[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 428 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 428

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain disclosures 
                         of cell phone numbers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2009

 Mr. Poe of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain disclosures 
                         of cell phone numbers.

    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 ``Consumer Cellphone Number 
Distribution Protection Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. MISUSE OF WIRELESS SUBSCRIBER CUSTOMER INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 88 of title 18 is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
``Sec. 1802. Misuse of wireless subscriber customer information
    ``(a) Whoever knowingly discloses to another, for gain, a wireless 
subscriber's cell phone number without the express permission of the 
subscriber for that specific disclosure, if the number--
            ``(1) is not already readily publicly available; and
            ``(2) was obtained by the discloser or one in privity with 
        the discloser as a condition of completing a commercial 
        transaction that is in or affects interstate or foreign 
        commerce and is unrelated to the disclosure;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 6 months, 
or both.
    ``(b) As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `wireless subscriber' means a subscriber to 
        a commercial mobile service as defined in section 332(d) of the 
        Communications Act of 1934; and
            ``(2) the term `cell phone number' means the number 
        assigned to a wireless subscriber for the use of a commercial 
        mobile service as so defined.''.
    (b) Amendment to Table of Sections.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 88 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item:

``1802. Misuse of wireless subscriber customer information.''.
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