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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2380 

To provide that the Federal Communications Commission may not prevent 

a State or Federal correctional facility from utilizing jamming equipment, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2023 

Mr. KUSTOFF (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. 

FRY, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. FLOOD, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 

FITZGERALD, Mr. BARR, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. COLE, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. 

GIMENEZ, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, 

Mr. ISSA, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, and Mr. HILL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To provide that the Federal Communications Commission 

may not prevent a State or Federal correctional facility 

from utilizing jamming equipment, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cellphone Jamming 

5 Reform Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FCC AUTHORITY. 

2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

3 (1) the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal 

4 Communications Commission; 

5 (2) the term ‘‘correctional facility’’ means a jail, 

6 prison, penitentiary, or other correctional facility; 

7 and 

8 (3) the term ‘‘jamming system’’— 

9 (A) means a system of radio signal gener10 ating and processing equipment and antennas 

11 designed to disrupt, prevent, interfere with, or 

12 jam a wireless communication into, from, or 

13 within a correctional facility; and 

14 (B) includes the components and 

15 functionality of a system described in subpara16 graph (A), such as— 

17 (i) antennas, cabling, and cable ele18 ments; 

19 (ii) the installation, interconnection, 

20 and operation of system elements, power 

21 levels, and radio frequencies carried on the 

22 cables or fed into antennas; 

23 (iii) the radiation pattern of the an24 tennas; and 

25 (iv) the location and orientation of the 

26 antennas. 


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1 (b) RESTRICTION.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

3 provision of law or regulation, and subject to para4 graph (2), the Commission may not prevent a State 

5 or Federal correctional facility from operating a 

6 jamming system within the correctional facility to 

7 prevent, jam, or otherwise interfere with a wireless 

8 communication that is sent— 

9 (A) to or from a contraband device in the 

10 facility; or 

11 (B) by or to an individual held in the facil12 ity. 

13 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to a jam14 ming system described in paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) the operation of the system shall be 

16 limited to the housing facilities of the correc17 tional facility in which the system is located; 

18 (B) if the correctional facility that operates 

19 the system is a State correctional facility, the 

20 State that operates the correctional facility 

21 shall be responsible for funding the entire cost 

22 of the system, including the operation of the 

23 system; and 

24 (C) the correctional facility that operates 

25 the system shall— 


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1 (i) before implementing the system, 

2 consult with local law enforcement agencies 

3 and other public safety officials in the area 

4 in which the facility is located; and 

5 (ii) submit to the Director of the Bu6 reau of Prisons a notification regarding 

7 that operation. 

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