[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2361 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2361

  To ensure the privacy of wireless telephone numbers, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 15, 2007

   Mr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure the privacy of wireless telephone numbers, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cell Phone Number Protection Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF CELL PHONE NUMBERS TO THIRD PARTIES.

    Section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(h) Prohibitions With Respect to Dissemination or Collection of 
Cell Phone Numbers.--
            ``(1) Prohibition on sale to third parties.--
        Notwithstanding the exception provided under subsection (e), no 
        person, including any provider of commercial mobile services, 
        wireless directory assistance service, or any direct or 
        indirect affiliate or agent of such a provider, shall sell, 
        offer for sale, or otherwise disseminate, the wireless 
        telephone information of any individual unless the individual 
        provides, in writing, to such person express prior 
        authorization for the sale, offer for sale, or dissemination of 
        such information.
            ``(2) Prohibition on publication of directories.--No person 
        may publish, market for sale, or otherwise disseminate, any 
        directory, index, or other list of the wireless telephone 
        information of individuals unless each individual whose 
        information appears in such directory, index, or list provides, 
        in writing, to such person express prior authorization for the 
        publication, marketing, or dissemination of such information.
            ``(3) Preemption.--This subsection shall not be construed 
        as superseding, altering, or affecting any statute, regulation, 
        order, or interpretation in effect in any State, except to the 
        extent that such statute, regulation, order, or interpretation 
        is inconsistent with the provisions of this subsection, and 
        then only to the extent of the inconsistency. A State statute, 
        regulation, order, or interpretation is not inconsistent with 
        the provisions of this subsection if the protection such 
        statute, regulation, order, or interpretation affords any 
        resident of the United States is greater than the protection 
        provided under this subsection.
            ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Wireless telephone number information.--The 
                term `wireless telephone number information' means the 
                telephone number, electronic address, and any other 
                identifying information by which a calling party may 
                reach a commercial mobile services customer, and which 
                is assigned by a commercial mobile service provider to 
                such customer, and includes the name and address of 
                such customer.
                    ``(B) Wireless directory assistance service.--The 
                term `wireless directory assistance service' means any 
                service for connecting calling parties to a commercial 
                mobile service customer when such calling parties 
                themselves do not possess the wireless telephone number 
                information of such customer.''.
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