[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1749 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1749

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or 
 use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 5, 2009

Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 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.

    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 ``Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. WIRELESS DEVICES IN PRISON.

    Section 1971 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``or (d)(1)(E)'' 
                and inserting ``, (d)(1)(E), or (d)(1)(F)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``(d)(1)(F)'' and 
                inserting ``(d)(1)(G)''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 
                subparagraph (G); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the 
                following:
                    ``(F) a phone or other device used by a user of 
                commercial mobile service (as defined in section 332(d) 
                of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d))) 
                in connection with such service; and''.
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