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David Kustoff (R-TN)

Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025

H.R. 2350 · House bill Science, Technology, Communications

A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See all 23 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. 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

  • Scored +5

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    The bill empowers state correctional facilities to implement jamming systems by removing FCC restrictions.

The opposite

  • Scored -3

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    This bill limits the FCC's authority to prevent state and federal correctional facilities from using jamming equipment.

  • Scored -3

    Does this protect the individual right to speak freely?

    The bill permits the use of technology that disrupts wireless communications within correctional facilities.