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On the recordJuly 28, 2010
Mr. President, I ask the chair to lay before the Senate a message from the House with respect to S. 1749. The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message: Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1749) entitled ``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.'', do pass with the following amendment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 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 commercial mobile service (as defined in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d))) in connection with such service; and''. SEC. 3. GAO STUDY.…
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