[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 957 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 957

  To require that State and local law enforcement agencies conform to 
   Federal guidelines in using cell simulator devices, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2017

   Mr. Jeffries (for himself, Mr. Poe of Texas, and Mr. Farenthold) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require that State and local law enforcement agencies conform to 
   Federal guidelines in using cell simulator devices, 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 ``Fourth Amendment Integrity 
Restoration in Surveillance Act of 2017'' or as the ``F.A.I.R. 
Surveillance Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. USE OF CELL SIMULATOR DEVICES BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT.

    In the case of any coordination or agreement between a Federal 
agency and a State or local law enforcement agency pertaining to the 
acquisition or use by that State or local law enforcement Agency of any 
cell simulator device, such coordination or agreement shall require 
that such use, at minimum, conform to the guidance and policies that 
apply to the Federal agency on the use of such a device.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

    Any agreement as referenced in section 2 that is in effect at the 
date of enactment of this Act shall be renewed within a year of the 
date of enactment.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the term ``cell simulator device'' means any device 
that simulates cellular facilities for the provision of electronic 
communication service (as such term is defined in section 2510 of title 
18, United States Code) or any device that locates cellular devices or 
their unique identifiers by functioning as a cell tower.
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