3.0.0 5983 2023-01-11T13:42:35Z 2023-01-11T13:42:35Z House HR 2018-05-25 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 87 (Friday, May 25, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. YODER:H.R. 5983.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3, The Congress shalhave power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts andExcises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defenceand the general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties,Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the UnitedStates; To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and amongthe several States, and with the Indian Tribes;____________________[Page H4733]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2018-05-25T14:01:45Z Kelsey Smith Act 115 2973 S 2018-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Identical bill CRS 2018-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2018-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress Y000063 Rep. Yoder, Kevin [R-KS-3] Kevin Yoder R KS 3 N J000290 Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] Lynn Jenkins R KS 2 2018-05-25 True E000298 Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4] Ron Estes R KS 4 2018-05-25 True Crime and Law Enforcement Civil actions and liability Criminal justice information and records Emergency communications systems Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers State and local government operations Telephone and wireless communication Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2018-05-25 Introduced in House 2019-08-20T22:10:03Z Kelsey Smith Act

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 (or public safety employee or agent on behalf of such officer), the location information of a device if the officer asserts: (1) that the device was used to place a 911 call, or (2) reasonable suspicion that the device is in the possession of an individual who is in an emergency situation.

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.

]]> Kelsey Smith Act Display Title Kelsey Smith Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of a covered service to provide location information concerning the telecommunications device of a user of such service to an investigative or law enforcement officer or an employee or other agent of a public safety answering point in an emergency situation involving risk of death or serious physical harm or in order to respond to the user's call for emergency services. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Kelsey Smith Act Introduced in House 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr5983ih/xml/BILLS-115hr5983ih.xml 2018-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.