,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cidi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #i1 #bjbc,mr4  
,bilirakis 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,dunn of  
,florida1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,georgia1 ,mr4
 ,weber of ,texas1 and ,mr4 ,walberg7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,communications ,act of #aicd to provide
 for additional prohibitions and        
enhanced penalties for providing or     
possessing wireless communications      
devices in detention facilities1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,eliminate    
,non-approved ,devices and ,contraband  
,electronics ,limiting ,links to        
,society in ,confined ,environments for 
,longer ,lasting ,safety ,act or the    
,,end ,,cells in ,,cells ,act4  #b4     
,amendment to ,communications ,act of   
#aicd ,title ,v of the ,communications  
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #eja et    
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   

the following3  #eab4 ,providing or     
possessing wireless communications      
devices in detention facilities  7a7    
,prohibited acts ,it shall be unlawful  
for any person-- 7#a7 in violation of   
any ,federal or ,state statute or rule1 
or order issued under such statute or   
rule1 to provide or attempt to provide  
to a person held in a detention facility
 a wireless communications device2  7#b7
 to willfully and knowingly facilitate  
the introduction1 in violation of any   
,federal or ,state statute or rule1 or  
order issued under such statute or rule1
 of a wireless communications device    
into a detention facility2 or  7#c7     
being a person held in a detention      
facility1 to possess or obtain1 or      
attempt to obtain1 a wireless           
communications device in violation of a 
,federal or ,state statute or rule1 or  
order issued under such statute or rule4
  7b7 ,penalties  7#a7 ,civil forfeiture
  7,a7 ,amount ,notwithstanding         
paragraph 7#b7 of section #ejc7;b71 the 

amount of any forfeiture penalty        
determined or imposed under such section
 for a violation of subsection 7a7 shall
 not exceed #ej1jjj for each violation  
or each day of a continuing violation1  
except that the amount assessed for any 
continuing violation shall not exceed a 
total of #a1jjj1jjj for any single act  
or failure to act4  7,b7 ,no citation   
required ,paragraph 7#e7 of section     
#ejc7;b7 shall not apply in the case of 
a violation of subsection 7a74  7,c7    
#b-year statute of limitations          
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#f7 of      
section #ejc7;b71 no forfeiture penalty 
for violation of subsection 7a7 shall be
 determined or imposed against any      
person if the violation charged occurred
 more than #b years prior to the date of
 issuance of the notice required by     
paragraph 7#c7 of section #ejc7;b7 or   
the notice of apparent liability        
required by paragraph 7#d7 of section   
#ejc7;b7 7as the case may be74  7#b7    
,criminal fine ,any person who willfully

 and knowingly violates subsection 7a7  
shall upon conviction thereof be fined  
not more than #ej1jjj for each          
violation1 in lieu of the fine provided 
by section #eja for such a violation4   
,nothing in this section shall be       
construed to supersede the provisions of
 section #eja relating to imprisonment  
or the imposition of a penalty of both  
fine and imprisonment4  7c7 ,effect on  
other laws ,nothing in this section     
shall be construed to-- 7#a7 prohibit   
any lawfully authorized investigative1  
protective1 or intelligence activity of 
a law enforcement agency of the ,united 
,states1 a ,state1 or a political       
subdivision of a ,state1 or of an       
intelligence agency of the ,united      
,states2 or  7#b7 prevent the chief     
legal officer1 or any other officer1 of 
a ,state from exercising the powers     
conferred on such officer by the laws of
 such ,state to enforce ,state law1     
including punishing those found guilty  
of violating ,state law4  7d7           

,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,detention facility ,the term detention 
facility means a correctional1          
detention1 or penal facility located    
within the ,united ,states4  7#b7       
,wireless communications device ,the    
term wireless communications device     
means-- 7,a7 a device that enables the  
user to send or receive a radio         
communication1 regardless of whether a  
license from the ,commission is required
 for the use or operation of such       
device2 or  7,b7 a component that       
provides identification or              
authentication to enable a device       
described in subparagraph 7,a7 to       
connect to a communications network4  4 
#c4 ,effective date ,the amendment made 
by this ,act shall apply with respect to
 conduct that occurs after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4