[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1840 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1840


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 9, 1997

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To provide a law enforcement exception to the prohibition on the 
               advertising of certain electronic devices.

    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 ``Law Enforcement Technology 
Advertisement Clarification Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION ON ADVERTISING CERTAIN DEVICES.

    Section 2512 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(3) It shall not be unlawful under this section to advertise for 
sale a device described in subsection (1) of this section if the 
advertisement is mailed, sent, or carried in interstate or foreign 
commerce solely to a domestic provider of wire or electronic 
communication service or to an agency of the United States, a State, or 
a political subdivision thereof which is duly authorized to use such 
device.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 8, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.