Last action was on 3-26-2025
Current status is Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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This Act may be cited as the "Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025".
(a) Definitions - In this section—
(1) - the term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission;
(2) - the term correctional facility means a jail, prison, penitentiary, or other correctional facility; and
(3) - the term jamming system—
(A) - means a system of radio signal generating and processing equipment and antennas designed to disrupt, prevent, interfere with, or jam a wireless communication into, from, or within a correctional facility; and
(B) - includes the components and functionality of a system described in subparagraph (A), such as—
(i) - antennas, cabling, and cable elements;
(ii) - the installation, interconnection, and operation of system elements, power levels, and radio frequencies carried on the cables or fed into antennas;
(iii) - the radiation pattern of the antennas; and
(iv) - the location and orientation of the antennas.
(b) Restriction -
(1) In general - Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, and subject to paragraph (2), the Commission may not prevent a State or Federal correctional facility from operating a jamming system within the correctional facility to prevent, jam, or otherwise interfere with a wireless communication that is sent—
(A) - to or from a contraband device in the facility; or
(B) - by or to an individual held in the facility.
(2) Requirements - With respect to a jamming system described in paragraph (1)—
(A) - the operation of the system shall be limited to the housing facilities of the correctional facility in which the system is located;
(B) - if the correctional facility that operates the system is a State correctional facility, the State that operates the correctional facility shall be responsible for funding the entire cost of the system, including the operation of the system; and
(C) - the correctional facility that operates the system shall—
(i) - before implementing the system, consult with local law enforcement agencies and other public safety officials in the area in which the facility is located; and
(ii) - submit to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons a notification regarding that operation.