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Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025
To provide that the Federal Communications Commission may not prevent a State or Federal correctional facility from utilizing jamming equipment, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill restricts the Federal Communications Commission's authority to prevent state and federal correctional facilities from operating cell phone jamming systems. The jamming systems would be used to disrupt wireless communications involving contraband devices or communications by or to inmates within the facility. Operation of jamming systems would be limited to the housing areas of the correctional facility, and state facilities would be responsible for funding the entire cost of their systems. Correctional facilities must consult with local law enforcement before implementing a jamming system and notify the Bureau of Prisons about its operation.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8] (R-TN)
22 cosponsors
- Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK)
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert [R-PA-8] (R-PA)
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA)
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO)
- Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (R-MS)
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL)
- Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7] (R-SC)
- Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] (R-MS)
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC)
- Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7] (R-GA)
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA)
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC)
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC)
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT)
- Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6] (R-TN)
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL)
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY)
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA)
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX)
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR)
Actions (2)
- Mar 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Mar 26, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 26, 2025
Mr. Kustoff (for himself, Mr. Norman, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Guest, and Mr. Collins) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To provide that the Federal Communications Commission may not prevent a State or Federal correctional facility from utilizing jamming equipment, 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 “Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FCC AUTHORITY.
(a) Definitions.—In this section—
(1) the term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission;
(2) the term “correctional facility” means a jail, prison, penitentiary, or other correctional facility; and
(3) the term “jamming system”—
(A) means a system of radio signal generating and processing equipment and antennas designed to disrupt, prevent, interfere with, or jam a wireless communication into, from, or within a correctional facility; and
(B) includes the components and functionality of a system described in subparagraph (A), such as—
(i) antennas, cabling, and cable elements;
(ii) the installation, interconnection, and operation of system elements, power levels, and radio frequencies carried on the cables or fed into antennas;
(iii) the radiation pattern of the antennas; and
(iv) the location and orientation of the antennas.
(b) Restriction.—
(1) In general.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, and subject to paragraph (2), the Commission may not prevent a State or Federal correctional facility from operating a jamming system within the correctional facility to prevent, jam, or otherwise interfere with a wireless communication that is sent—
(A) to or from a contraband device in the facility; or
(B) by or to an individual held in the facility.
(2) Requirements.—With respect to a jamming system described in paragraph (1)—
(A) the operation of the system shall be limited to the housing facilities of the correctional facility in which the system is located;
(B) if the correctional facility that operates the system is a State correctional facility, the State that operates the correctional facility shall be responsible for funding the entire cost of the system, including the operation of the system; and
(C) the correctional facility that operates the system shall—
(i) before implementing the system, consult with local law enforcement agencies and other public safety officials in the area in which the facility is located; and
(ii) submit to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons a notification regarding that operation. <all>
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