Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2022
Latest action · Apr 4, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Detective Brian Simonsen Memorial Act of 2022 or the Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act of 2022
This bill sets out requirements to prevent the sale of stolen smartphones.
Specifically, a commercial provider of mobile or data services may not knowingly provide its services on a smartphone that has been reported stolen by an authorized user. When a user makes such a report, the bill further requires that the provider transmit the report to a central registry of stolen smartphones. Providers may not provide their services on a smartphone that is included in the registry.
Additionally, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly
- sell a smartphone if its mobile device identification number (i.e., a number or signal that identifies a specific device) is listed as stolen on the registry; or
- remove, obliterate, tamper with, or alter the mobile device identification number, including by facilitating such conduct through hardware or software.
Violators are subject to a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
The bill also requires any smartphone manufactured for the U.S. market to have (1) a mobile device identification number, or (2) anti-theft functionality that is available to the consumer at no cost.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 4, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Apr 1, 2022Introduced in House
- Apr 1, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2022Introduced in House
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