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‘‘(A) to a public safety answering point,
emergency medical service provider or emer-
gency dispatch provider, public safety, fire serv-
ice, or law enforcement official, or hospital
emergency or trauma care facility, in order to
respond to the user’s call for emergency serv-
ices;
‘‘(B) to inform the user’s legal guardian or
members of the user’s immediate family of the
user’s location in an emergency situation that
involves the risk of death or serious physical
harm; or
‘‘(C) to providers of information or data-
base management services solely for purposes of
assisting in the delivery of emergency services
in response to an emergency; or
‘‘(5) to transmit automatic crash notification
information as part of the operation of an automatic
crash notification system.’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (h) and by inserting before such subsection
the following new subsections:
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY TO USE WIRELESS LOCATION IN-
FORMATION.—For purposes of subsection (c)(1), without
the express prior authorization of the customer, a cus-
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tomer shall not be considered to have approved the use
or disclosure of or access to—
‘‘(1) call location information concerning the
user of a commercial mobile service (as such term is
defined in section 332(d)), other than in accordance
with subsection (d)(4); or
‘‘(2) automatic crash notification information to
any person other than for use in the operation of an
automatic crash notification system.
‘‘(g) SUBSCRIBER LISTED AND UNLISTED INFORMA-
TION FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES.—Notwithstanding sub-
sections (b), (c), and (d), a telecommunications carrier
that provides telephone exchange service shall provide in-
formation described in subsection (h)(3)(A) (including in-
formation pertaining to subscribers whose information is
unlisted or unpublished) that is in its possession or control
(including information pertaining to subscribers of other
carriers) on a timely and unbundled basis, under non-
discriminatory and reasonable rates, terms, and conditions
to providers of emergency services, and providers of emer-
gency support services, solely for purposes of delivering
or assisting in the delivery of emergency services.’’;
(3) in subsection (h)(1)(A) (as redesignated by
paragraph (2)), by inserting ‘‘location,’’ after ‘‘des-
tination,’’; and
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(4) in such subsection (h), by adding at the end
the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(4) PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT.—The
term ‘public safety answering point’ means a facility
that has been designated to receive emergency calls
and route them to emergency service personnel.
‘‘(5) EMERGENCY SERVICES.—The term ‘emer-
gency services’ means 911 emergency services and
emergency notification services.
‘‘(6) EMERGENCY
NOTIFICATION
SERVICES.—
The term ‘emergency notification services’ means
services that notify the public of an emergency.
‘‘(7) EMERGENCY
SUPPORT
SERVICES.—The
term ‘emergency support services’ means informa-
tion or data base management services used in sup-
port of emergency services.’’.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘State’’ means any of the several
States, the District of Columbia, or any territory or
possession of the United States.
(2) The term ‘‘public safety answering point’’
or ‘‘PSAP’’ means a facility that has been des-
ignated to receive emergency calls and route them to
emergency service personnel.
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(3) The term ‘‘wireless carrier’’ means a pro-
vider of commercial mobile services or any other
radio communications service that the Federal Com-
munications Commission requires to provide wireless
emergency service.
(4) The term ‘‘enhanced wireless 911 service’’
means any enhanced 911 service so designated by
the Federal Communications Commission in the pro-
ceeding entitled ‘‘Revision of the Commission’s Rules
to Ensure Compatibility with Enhanced 911 Emer-
gency Calling Systems’’ (CC Docket No. 94–102;
RM–8143), or any successor proceeding.
(5) The term ‘‘wireless 911 service’’ means any
911 service provided by a wireless carrier, including
enhanced wireless 911 service.
Passed the House of Representatives February 24,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.