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. Aug. 10, 2010 [S. 1749]
