Bill > S4699

This bill, the Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2022, would allow federal and state correctional facilities to use jamming equipment to prevent, jam, or interfere with wireless communications to and from contraband devices within the facility. The bill defines "jamming system" and sets requirements for the operation of such systems, including limiting their use to the housing facilities within the correctional facility, requiring state facilities to fund the entire cost of the system, and mandating consultation with local law enforcement and notification to the Bureau of Prisons before implementation. The key change this bill proposes is overriding the Federal Communications Commission's current authority to prevent states and the federal government from using these jamming systems in correctional facilities.