1. Short titles This Act may be cited as the Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act or the GPS Act . 2. Protection of geolocation information (a) In general Part 1 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 119 the following: 120 Geolocation information Sec. 2601. Definitions. 2602. Interception and disclosure of geolocation information. 2603. Prohibition of use as evidence of acquired geolocation information. 2604. Emergency situation exception. 2605. Recovery of civil damages authorized. 2601. Definitions In this chapter: (1) Covered service The term covered service means an electronic communication service, a geolocation information service, or a remote computing service. (2) Electronic communication service The term electronic communication service has the meaning given that term in section 2510. (3) Electronic surveillance The term electronic surveillance has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 ). (4) Geolocation information The term geolocation information means, with respect to a person, any information, that is not the content of a communication, concerning the location of a wireless communication device or tracking device (as that term is defined section 3117) that, in whole or in part, is generated by or derived from the operation of that device and that could be used to determine or infer information regarding the location of the person. (5) Geolocation information service The term geolocation information service means the provision of a global positioning service or other mapping, locational, or directional information service to the public, or to such class of users as to be effectively available to the public, by or through the operation of any wireless communication device, including any mobile telephone, global positioning system receiving device, mobile computer, or other similar or successor device. (6) Intercept The term intercept means the acquisition of geolocation information through