S 2361
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2361
To ensure the privacy of wireless telephone numbers, and for
other purposes.
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
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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