Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010
PL 111-225 (S.1749), enacted 08/10/2010

124 STAT. 2387 
PUBLIC LAW 111–225—AUG. 10, 2010 
Public Law 111–225 
111th Congress 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cell Phone Contraband Act 
of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. WIRELESS DEVICES IN PRISON. 
Section 1791 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or (d)(1)(E)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, (d)(1)(E), or (d)(1)(F)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘(d)(1)(F)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(d)(1)(G)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph 
(G); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following: 
‘‘(F) a phone or other device used by a user of commer-
cial mobile service (as defined in section 332(d) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d))) in connec-
tion with such service; and’’. 
SEC. 3. GAO STUDY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress 
with research and findings on the following issues: 
(1) A study of telephone rates within Federal prisons to 
include information on interstate, intrastate and collect calls 
made by prisoners, including— 
(A) the costs of operating inmate telephone services; 
(B) the general cost to prison telephone service pro-
viders of providing telephone services to the Federal 
prisons; 
(C) the revenue obtained from inmate telephone sys-
tems; 
(D) how the revenue from these systems is used by 
the Bureau of Prisons; and 
(E) options for lowering telephone costs to inmates 
and their families, while still maintaining sufficient secu-
rity. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
18 USC 1 note. 
Cell Phone 
Contraband Act 
of 2010. 
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124 STAT. 2388 
PUBLIC LAW 111–225—AUG. 10, 2010 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1749: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 
Apr. 13, considered and passed Senate. 
July 20, considered and passed House, amended. 
July 28, Senate concurred in House amendment. 
(2) A study of selected State and Federal efforts to prevent 
the smuggling of cell phones and other wireless devices into 
prisons, including efforts that selected State and Federal 
authorities are making to minimize trafficking of cell phones 
by guards and other prison officials and recommendations to 
reduce the number of cell phones that are trafficked into 
prisons. 
(3) A study of cell phone use by inmates in selected State 
and Federal prisons, including— 
(A) the quantity of cell phones confiscated by authori-
ties in selected State and Federal prisons; and 
(B) the reported impact, if any, of: (1) inmate cell 
phone use on the overall security of prisons; and (2) connec-
tions to criminal activity from within prisons. 
SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH PAYGO. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 
by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 
PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives, provided that such state-
ment has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
Approved August 10, 2010. 
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