I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1139 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to protect the privacy rights 
of subscribers to wireless communications services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2005 
Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SHADEGG, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. NOR-
WOOD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ISSA, Mr. COX, Mr. AKIN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. CALVERT, 
Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. FILNER, Mr. 
GILCHREST, Ms. MCCOLLUM
of Minnesota, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. 
MICHAUD, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, and Mr. MILLER of Florida) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to protect the 
privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communications 
services. 
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 ‘‘Wireless 411 Privacy 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following:
(1) There are roughly 150 million wireless sub-
scribers in the United States, up from approximately 
15 million subscribers just a decade ago. 
(2) Wireless phone service has proven valuable 
to millions of Americans because of its mobility, and 
the fact that government policies have expanded op-
portunities for new carriers to enter the market, of-
fering more choices and ever lower prices for con-
sumers. 
(3) In addition to the benefits of competition 
and mobility, subscribers also benefit from the fact 
that wireless phone numbers have not been publicly 
available. 
(4) Up until now, the privacy of wireless sub-
scribers has been safeguarded and thus vastly dimin-
ished the likelihood of subscribers receiving un-
wanted or annoying phone call interruptions on their 
wireless phones. 
(5) Moreover, because their wireless contact in-
formation, such as their phone number, have never 
been publicly available in any published directory or 
from any directory assistance service, subscribers 
have come to expect that if their phone rings it’s 
likely to be a call from someone to whom they have 
personally given their number.
(6) The wireless industry is poised to begin im-
plementing a directory assistance service so that 
callers can reach wireless subscribers, including sub-
scribers who have not given such callers their wire-
less phone number. 
(7) While some wireless subscribers may find 
such directory assistance service useful, current sub-
scribers deserve the right to choose whether they 
want to participate in such a directory. 
(8) Because wireless users are typically charged 
for incoming calls, consumers must be afforded the 
ability to maintain the maximum amount of control 
over how many calls they may expect to receive and, 
in particular, control over the disclosure of their 
wireless phone number. 
(9) Current wireless subscribers who elect to 
participate, or new wireless subscribers who decline 
to be listed, in any new wireless directory assistance 
service directory, including those subscribers who 
also elect not to receive forwarded calls from any 
wireless directory assistance service, should not be 
charged for exercising such rights. 
(10) The marketplace has not yet adequately 
explained an effective plan to protect consumer pri-
vacy rights.