ice on a mobile device shall make available to the person 
who holds the account with respect to such service the ca-
pability of deleting from such device, from a remote loca-
tion, all information that was placed on such device after 
its manufacture. 
‘‘(c) DEVICE STANDARDS.—A person may not manu-
facture in the United States or import into the United 
States for sale or resale to the public a mobile device un-
less such device is— 
‘‘(1) equipped with a mobile device identifica-
tion number; and 
‘‘(2) configured in such a manner that the pro-
vider of commercial mobile service or commercial 
mobile data service on the device is able to make 
available the remote deletion capability required by 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) ALTERATION OR REMOVAL OF MOBILE DEVICE 
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful to— 
‘‘(A) knowingly remove, obliterate, tamper 
with, or alter a mobile device identification 
number; or 
‘‘(B) knowingly use, produce, traffic in, 
have control or custody of, or possess hardware 
or software, knowing it has been configured to 
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engage in the conduct described in subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(2) PENALTY.—Any person who violates para-
graph (1) shall be fined under title 18, United 
States Code, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or 
both. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMERCIAL
MOBILE
DATA
SERVICE.— 
The term ‘commercial mobile data service’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 6001 of the Mid-
dle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 
(47 U.S.C. 1401). 
‘‘(2) COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE.—The term 
‘commercial mobile service’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 332. 
‘‘(3) MOBILE DEVICE.—The term ‘mobile de-
vice’ means a personal electronic device on which 
commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data 
service is provided. 
‘‘(4) MOBILE
DEVICE
IDENTIFICATION
NUM-
BER.—The term ‘mobile device identification num-
ber’ means an international mobile equipment iden-
tity number, electronic serial number, or any other 
number or signal that identifies a specific mobile de-
vice.’’. 
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(b) REPORT TO FCC.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, each provider of 
commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data serv-
ice that provides such service on a mobile device shall sub-
mit to the Federal Communications Commission a report 
on— 
(1) the efforts such provider is making in order 
to be prepared to comply, not later than the effective 
date described in subsection (c)(1), with the require-
ments of subsections (a) and (b) of section 343 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as added by sub-
section (a) of this section; and 
(2) the progress of such provider toward being 
prepared to comply with such requirements by such 
date. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Such section 343 shall take 
effect on the date that is 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(2) DEVICES PREVIOUSLY MANUFACTURED OR 
IMPORTED.—In the case of a mobile device that was 
manufactured in the United States (or imported into 
the United States, if such device was manufactured 
outside the United States) before the date that is 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, a 
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provider of commercial mobile service or commercial 
mobile data service shall only be required to comply 
with subsections (a) and (b) of such section to the 
extent technologically feasible. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, a term that is de-
fined in such section 343 shall have the meaning given 
such term in such section. 
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