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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 Flor-
ida, 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 fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
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 pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cellphone Jamming 
Reform Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FCC AUTHORITY. 
(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 gener-
ating 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 subpara-
graph (A), such as— 
(i) antennas, cabling, and cable ele-
ments; 
(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 an-
tennas; and 
(iv) the location and orientation of the 
antennas. 
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(b) RESTRICTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law or regulation, and subject to para-
graph (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 facil-
ity. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to a jam-
ming system described in paragraph (1)— 
(A) the operation of the system shall be 
limited to the housing facilities of the correc-
tional 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— 
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(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 Bu-
reau of Prisons a notification regarding 
that operation. 
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