Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kelsey Smith Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIRED EMERGENCY DISCLOSURE OF CALL LO-
CATION INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 222 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 222A. REQUIRED EMERGENCY DISCLOSURE OF CALL 
LOCATION INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 222, at 
the request of an investigative or law enforcement officer 
in accordance with this section, a provider of a covered serv-
ice shall provide call location information concerning the 
telecommunications device of a user of such service to such 
officer. 
‘‘(b) FORM OF REQUEST.—A request to a provider of 
a covered service by an investigative or law enforcement of-
ficer for call location information under subsection (a) shall 
be accompanied by a sworn written statement from such 
officer stating facts that support such officer’s probable 
cause to believe that disclosure without delay is required— 
‘‘(1) by an emergency involving risk of death or 
serious physical injury; or 
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‘‘(2) in order to respond to the user’s call for 
emergency services. 
‘‘(c) HOLD HARMLESS.—No cause of action shall lie 
in any court nor shall any civil or administrative pro-
ceeding be commenced by a governmental entity against 
any telecommunications carrier, or its directors, officers, 
employees, agents, or vendors, for providing in good faith 
call location information or other information, facilities, or 
assistance in accordance with subsection (a) and any regu-
lations promulgated under this section. 
‘‘(d) COURT ORDER.—Not later than 48 hours after 
an investigative or law enforcement officer makes a request 
for call location information under subsection (a), the law 
enforcement agency of such officer shall request a court 
order stating whether such officer had probable cause to be-
lieve that the conditions described in subsection (b)(1) or 
subsection (b)(2) existed at the time of the request under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
SERVICE.—The term ‘covered 
service’ means— 
‘‘(A) a commercial mobile service (as de-
fined in section 332); or 
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‘‘(B) an IP-enabled voice service (as defined 
in section 7 of the Wireless Communications and 
Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615b)). 
‘‘(2) EMERGENCY SERVICES.—The term ‘emer-
gency services’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 222. 
‘‘(3) INVESTIGATIVE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-
FICER.—The term ‘investigative or law enforcement 
officer’ has the meaning given such term in section 
2510 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communica-
tions Commission shall, after public notice and comment, 
adopt regulations to implement section 222A(a) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934, as added by subsection (a). 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of a 
covered service to provide call location information con-
cerning the telecommunications device of a user of such 
service to an investigative or law enforcement officer in 
an emergency situation involving risk of death or serious 
physical injury or in order to respond to the user’s call 
for emergency services.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 560 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1575 
[Report No. 113–729, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to re-
quire a provider of a commercial mobile service 
or an IP-enabled voice service to provide call lo-
cation information concerning the user of such a 
service to law enforcement agencies in order to 
respond to a call for emergency services or in an 
emergency situation that involves risk of death or 
serious physical harm. 
JANUARY 2, 2015 
Reported with amendments and referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary for a period ending not later 
than January 2, 2015, for consideration of such provi-
sions of the bill and amendments as fall within the ju-
risdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(l) of 
rule X 
JANUARY 2, 2015 
The Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
the Union and ordered to be printed 
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