Kelsey Smith Act

Bill: 113-s-721
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-04-15
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records

Emergency communications systems

First responders and emergency personnel

Government information and archives

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Law enforcement administration and funding

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Kelsey Smith Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require telecommunication carriers to provide, at the request of a law enforcement agency, call location information of users of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service (e.g., cell phones) to such agencies and other public safety agencies to respond to emergency situations. </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 721 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 15, 2013 Mr. Roberts (for himself and Mr. Moran ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require a provider of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service to provide call location 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kelsey Smith Act . 2. Required disclosure of call information location Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 201 ) is amended by inserting after section 222 the following new section: 222A. Required disclosure of call location information (a) In General Notwithstanding section 222, at the request of a law enforcement agency, a telecommunications carrier shall provide call location information concerning the user of a commercial mobile service (as such term is defined in section 332(d)) or the telecommunications device of the user of an IP-enabled voice service (as such term is defined in section 7 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 ( 47 U.S.C. 615b )) to a law enforcement official, in order to respond to the user's call for emergency services or to respond to an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm. (b) Hold Harmless No cause of action shall lie in any court against any provider of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service, its officers, employees, or agents for providing call location information under subsection (a) while acting in good faith and in accordance with this section and any regulations promulgated pursuant to this section. (c) Definition For the purpose of this section, the term emergency services have the meaning given such term in section 222. .