[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7622]
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  SA 4159. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON SURVEILLANCE THREAT POSED BY FOREIGN 
                   GOVERNMENTS AND CRIMINALS USING CELL-SITE 
                   SIMULATORS NEAR FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     on the surveillance threat posed by foreign governments and 
     criminals using cell-site simulators near facilities of the 
     Department of Defense to target the Government-issued and 
     personal mobile telephones of personnel of the Department.
       (b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A detailed plan for addressing the threat described in 
     subsection (a) for facilities of the Department located in 
     the United States and for facilities of the Department 
     located outside the United States.
       (2) An estimate of the initial and ongoing costs necessary 
     to address such threat and the time it would take to do so.
       (3) A description of any legal, regulatory, or policy 
     impediments, if any, impeding the Secretary from addressing 
     such threat, and proposals to address such impediments.
       (c) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (d) Publication.--The Secretary shall make available to the 
     public on an internet website the unclassified portion of the 
     report submitted under subsection (a).
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``cell-site simulator'' means any device that 
     functions as or simulates a base station for commercial 
     mobile services or private mobile services in order to 
     identify, locate, or intercept transmissions from cellular 
     devices for purposes other than providing ordinary commercial 
     mobile services or private mobile services.
       (2) The term ``commercial mobile service'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 332 of the Communications Act of 
     1934 (47 U.S.C. 332).
       (3) The term ``private mobile service'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 332 of the Communications Act of 
     1934 (47 U.S.C. 332).
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