3.0.0 7362 2023-07-21T00:15:18Z 2023-07-21T00:15:18Z House HR 2022-04-01 117 [Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 58 (Friday, April 1, 2022)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GARBARINO:H.R. 7362.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 H4127]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2022-04-04T18:02:57Z Referred to 2022-04-01T13:02:00Z 2022-04-04 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2022-04-01 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2022-04-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2022-04-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000597 Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] Andrew Garbarino R NY R. 2 N Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 00 2022-04-01 Introduced in House 2022-09-14T15:46:55Z Detective Brian Simonsen Memorial Act of 2022 or the Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2022

This bill sets out requirements to prevent the sale of stolen smartphones.

Specifically, a commercial provider of mobile or data services may not knowingly provide its services on a smartphone that has been reported stolen by an authorized user. When a user makes such a report, the bill further requires that the provider transmit the report to a central registry of stolen smartphones. Providers may not provide their services on a smartphone that is included in the registry.

Additionally, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly

  • sell a smartphone if its mobile device identification number (i.e., a number or signal that identifies a specific device) is listed as stolen on the registry; or
  • remove, obliterate, tamper with, or alter the mobile device identification number, including by facilitating such conduct through hardware or software.

Violators are subject to a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.

The bill also requires any smartphone manufactured for the U.S. market to have (1) a mobile device identification number, or (2) anti-theft functionality that is available to the consumer at no cost.

]]> Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2022 Display Title Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2022 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Detective Brian Simonsen Memorial Act of 2022 Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit mobile service providers from providing service on smart phones that have been reported stolen, to require smart phones to be equipped with anti-theft functionality and mobile device identification numbers, and to prohibit the alteration or removal of mobile device identification numbers of smart phones, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr7362ih/xml/BILLS-117hr7362ih.xml 2022-04-04 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.