U.S. House · 117th Congress · H.R. 5655
Kelsey Smith Act
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.
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- Sponsor
- Jake LaTurnerR-KS-2
- Introduced
- October 21, 2021, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (7)
6 Republicans, 1 Democrat. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Sharice DavidsD-KS-3
- Ron EstesR-KS-4
- Tracey MannR-KS-1
Signed on later
- Steven M. PalazzoR-MS-4November 19, 2021
- Stephanie I. BiceR-OK-5December 7, 2021
- David P. JoyceR-OH-14December 7, 2021
- Burgess OwensR-UT-4December 7, 2021