In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

July 20, 2010. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1749) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless 

devices by Federal prisoners.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cell Phone Contraband 

3 Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. WIRELESS DEVICES IN PRISON. 

5 Section 1791 of title 18, United States Code, is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or 

9 (d)(1)(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (d)(1)(E), or 

10 (d)(1)(F)’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking 

12 ‘‘(d)(1)(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)(1)(G)’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (d)(1)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

15 at the end; 
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1 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 

2 subparagraph (G); and 

3 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(F) a phone or other device used by a user 

6 of commercial mobile service (as defined in sec7 tion 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 

8 (47 U.S.C. 332(d))) in connection with such 

9 service; and’’. 

10 SEC. 3. GAO STUDY. 

11 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

12 this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to 

13 Congress with research and findings on the following issues: 

14 (1) A study of telephone rates within Federal 

15 prisons to include information on interstate, intra16 state and collect calls made by prisoners, including— 

17 (A) the costs of operating inmate telephone 

18 services; 

19 (B) the general cost to prison telephone 

20 service providers of providing telephone services 

21 to the Federal prisons; 

22 (C) the revenue obtained from inmate tele23 phone systems; 

24 (D) how the revenue from these systems is 

25 used by the Bureau of Prisons; and 
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1 (E) options for lowering telephone costs to 

2 inmates and their families, while still maintain3 ing sufficient security. 

4 (2) A study of selected State and Federal efforts 

5 to prevent the smuggling of cell phones and other 

6 wireless devices into prisons, including efforts that se7 lected State and Federal authorities are making to 

8 minimize trafficking of cell phones by guards and 

9 other prison officials and recommendations to reduce 

10 the number of cell phones that are trafficked into 

11 prisons. 

12 (3) A study of cell phone use by inmates in se13 lected State and Federal prisons, including— 

14 (A) the quantity of cell phones confiscated 

15 by authorities in selected State and Federal pris16 ons; and 

17 (B) the reported impact, if any, of: (1) in18 mate cell phone use on the overall security of 

19 prisons; and (2) connections to criminal activity 

20 from within prisons. 

21 SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH PAYGO. 

22 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

23 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

24 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 

25 ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 
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1 submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 

2 Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 

3 Representatives, provided that such statement has been sub4 mitted prior to the vote on passage. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

S. 1749 

AMENDMENT