Kelsey Smith Act

Bill: 114-s-2770
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2016-04-11
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Emergency communications systems

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Kelsey Smith Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a mobile or Internet voice service provider to disclose, at the request of an investigative or law enforcement officer, the call location information of a device that is: (1) used to place a 911 call, or (2) reasonably believed to be in the possession of an individual who is in an emergency situation that involves a risk of death or serious physical harm.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill prohibits a civil action or administrative proceeding against a telecommunications carrier who discloses call location information in good faith in accordance with this bill.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2770 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 11, 2016 Mr. Roberts 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 providers of a covered service to provide call location information concerning 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kelsey Smith Act . 2. Required emergency disclosure of call location information to law enforcement 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 subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; (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 enforcement (A) In general Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c), at the request of an investigative or law enforcement officer, a provider of a covered service shall provide to the officer the call location information, or the best available location information, of a telecommunications device that is— (i) used to place a 9–1–1 call requesting emergency assistance; or (ii) reasonably believed to be in the possession of an individual that the officer reasonably believes is in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm to the individual. (B) 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 a 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 subparagraph (A) and any regulations promulgated under this 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: (8) Covered service The term covered service means— (A) a commercial mobile service (as defined in section 332); or (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 )). (9) Investigative or law enforcement officer The term investigative or law enforcement officer has the meaning given the term Investigative or law enforcement officer in section 2510 of title 18, United States Code. .