3.0.0 1730 2022-11-15T16:33:38Z 2022-11-15T16:33:38Z House H HR 2013-04-25 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ENGEL:H.R. 1730.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution. Congress has thepower to enact this legislation, as well, under Article 1,Section 8, Clauses 1, 3 and 18.[Page H2352]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2013-04-26T14:19:23Z Referred to 2013-04-25T14:04:25Z 2013-04-26 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2013-04-25 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2013-04-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-04-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 16 N N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2013-04-25 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2013-05-06 False Science, Technology, Communications Crimes against property Criminal justice information and records Government information and archives Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2013-04-25 Introduced in House 2013-05-16T13:19:05Z Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a provider of commercial mobile or commercial mobile data service from providing service on a mobile device that has been reported to such provider as stolen: (1) by the person who holds the account with respect to such service, or (2) by another service provider receiving a report that the device has been stolen.

Requires service providers receiving a report that a device has been stolen to inform all other providers.

Directs service providers to make available to the account holders the capability of deleting, from a remote location, all information that was placed on a mobile device after its manufacture.

Prohibits the manufacturing of a mobile device, or the importation of such a device into the United States for sale or resale to the public, unless the device is equipped with an identification number and configured with remote deletion capability.

Establishes criminal penalties for the alteration or removal of a mobile device identification number or for the knowing use, production, trafficking in, control, custody, or possession of hardware or software configured to engage in the alteration or removal of such numbers.

]]> Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2013 Display Title Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit mobile service providers from providing service on mobile devices that have been reported stolen, to require such providers to give consumers the ability to remotely delete data from mobile devices, to prohibit the alteration or removal of mobile device identification numbers, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2013-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr1730ih/xml/BILLS-113hr1730ih.xml 2013-04-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.