,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dieb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bd1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,griffith of ,virginia introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to prohibit the unauthorized   
remote shut down of a cellular phone4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,cell ,phone ,freedom ,act of   
#bjad4  #b4 ,unauthorized remote        
shutdown of a mobile device  7a7 ,in    
general ,chapter #ac of title #ah1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  #bej4 
,unauthorized remote shutdown of a      
mobile device  7a7 ,in general ,whoever1
 being an officer or employee of the    
,united ,states1 any ,state1 ,territory1
 ,commonwealth1 ,possession1 or         
,district1 or of any department or      
agency thereof1 knowingly causes a      
mobile device phone to be shut down     
without the consent of the owner or     
account holder of that mobile device    

phone or without the order of a court   
authorizing such shut down shall be     
imprisoned not more than #e years or    
fined under this title1 or both1 and    
shall be removed from such office or    
employment4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this  
section--  7#a7 the term account holder1
 with respect to a mobile device--  7,a7
 means the person who holds the account 
through which commercial mobile service 
or commercial mobile data service is    
provided on the device2 and  7,b7       
includes a person authorized by the     
person described in subparagraph 7,a7 to
 take actions with respect to the       
device2  7#b7 the term commercial mobile
 data service means any mobile service  
7as defined in ,section #c of the       
,communications ,act of #aicd7 that is--
  7,a7 a data service2  7,b7 provided   
for profit2 and  7,c7 available to the  
public or such classes of eligible users
 as to be effectively available to a    
substantial portion of the public1 as   
specified by regulation by the          

,commission2  7#c7 the term commercial  
mobile service has the meaning given the
 term in section #ccb of ,communications
 ,act of #aicd2  7#d7 the term mobile   
device means a personal electronic      
device on which commercial mobile       
service or commercial mobile data       
service is provided2 and  7#e7 the term 
shut down means to make use of a        
hardware or software function to        
remotely--  7,a7 delete or render       
inaccessible from the device all        
information relating to the account     
holder that has been placed on the      
device2  7,b7 render the device         
inoperable on the network of any        
provider of commercial mobile service or
 commercial mobile data service         
globally1 even if the device is turned  
off or has the data storage medium      
removed2  7,c7 prevent the device from  
being reactivated or reprogrammed       
without a passcode or similar           
authorization after the device has      
been--  7i7 rendered inoperable as      

described in subparagraph 7,b72 or  7ii7
 subject to an unauthorized factory     
reset2 and  7,d7 reverse any action     
described in subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71 or
 7,c7 if the device is recovered by the 
account holder4  4  7b7 ,clerical       
amendment ,the table of sections for    
such chapter is amended by adding at the
 end the following3  #bej4 ,unauthorized
 remote shutdown of a mobile device4  4