Kelsey Smith Act
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of a covered service to provide location information concerning the telecommunications device of a… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: 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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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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- AT&T SERVICES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES
- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
- MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC
- AT&T SERVICES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES
- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
- MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)
- Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
- White House Office
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3825: Kelsey Smith Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3825/
"H.R. 3825: Kelsey Smith Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3825/.
H.R. 3825, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3825/.
[H.R. 3825: Kelsey Smith Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3825/)