Bill · H.R. 2350· House(119-HR-2350)

Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025

Age: 60 years

Tennessee

Introduced: 3/26/2025
Last activity: 3/26/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sponsored by: David Kustoff
Cosponsors: - 22 - 1

Science, Technology, Communications

Introduced
In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025. It stops the Federal Communications Commission from preventing State and Federal correctional facilities from using cell phone jamming equipment. The bill defines what a correctional facility and a jamming system are. It sets rules saying the jamming systems must stay within the housing facilities of the prison or jail. The bill also states that States must pay the full cost for their own facilities' jamming systems. Finally, it requires facilities to talk with local law enforcement and notify the Director of the Bureau of Prisons before turning the system on.

Yes

Does this leave more decisions to the states?+5
The bill empowers state correctional facilities to implement jamming systems by removing FCC restrictions.

The opposite

Does this give the federal government more power?-3
This bill limits the FCC's authority to prevent state and federal correctional facilities from using jamming equipment.
Does this protect the individual right to speak freely?-3
The bill permits the use of technology that disrupts wireless communications within correctional facilities.