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Union Calendar No. 450 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4889 
[Report No. 114–580] 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of a covered 
service to provide call location information concerning the telecommuni-
cations device of a user of such service to an investigative or law enforce-
ment 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2016 
Mr. YODER (for himself, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. CLEAVER, and Mr. 
POMPEO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
MAY 23, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 23, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require pro-
viders of a covered service to provide call location infor-
mation concerning the telecommunications device of a 
user of such service to an investigative or law enforce-
ment 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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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 TO LAW ENFORCE-
MENT. 
Section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 222) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by redesignating sub-
paragraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) 
through (iii), respectively; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), 
respectively; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Nothing in this section’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) PERMITTED DISCLOSURES.—Nothing in this 
section’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED
EMERGENCY
DISCLOSURE
OF 
CALL
LOCATION
INFORMATION
TO
LAW
ENFORCE-
MENT.—Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), 
at the request of an investigative or law enforcement 
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officer, a provider of a covered service shall provide 
to such officer the call location information, or the 
best available location information, of a telecommuni-
cations device that is— 
‘‘(A) used to place a 9–1–1 call requesting 
emergency assistance; or 
‘‘(B) reasonably believed to be in the posses-
sion of an individual that the law enforcement 
officer reasonably believes is in an emergency sit-
uation that involves the risk of death or serious 
physical harm to the individual. 
‘‘(3) HOLD HARMLESS.—No cause of action shall 
lie in any court nor shall any civil or administrative 
proceeding be commenced by a governmental entity 
against any provider of a covered service, or its direc-
tors, officers, employees, agents, or vendors, for pro-
viding in good faith call location information or other 
information, facilities, or assistance in accordance 
with paragraph (2) and any regulations promulgated 
under such paragraph.’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(d)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(1)(D)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 
following: 
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