U.S. Congress - S.1749 Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2009
S.1749 - Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2009
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners. view all titles (6)
All Bill Titles
- Short: Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2009 as introduced.
- Official: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners. as introduced.
- Short: Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 as reported to senate.
- Short: Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 as passed senate.
- Short: Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 as passed house.
- Short: Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 as enacted.
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Official Summary
8/10/2010--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 20, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to include a phone or other device provided by a commercial mobilOfficial Summary
8/10/2010--Public Law. (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 20, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to include a phone or other device provided by a commercial mobile service as a "prohibited object" the provision of which to, or the possession of which by, a federal prisoner is prohibited.Directs the Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act on a study of:(1) telephone rates within federal prisons, to include information on interstate, intrastate, and collect calls made by prisoners;
(2) state and federal efforts to prevent the smuggling of cell phones and other wireless devices into prisons; and
(3) cell phone use by inmates in selected state and federal prisons. Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
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Organizations Supporting S.1749
- International Union of Police Associations
- The International Association for Wireless Telecommunications
Organizations Opposing S.1749
- None via MapLight at this time.
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