A bill to clarify the legal standard needed to use cellular telephones as tracking devices.

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D SchumerSponsor

No cosponsors.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 16, 2005

Amends federal criminal code provisions regarding: (1) the interception of wire, electronic, and oral communications to include within the definition of "contents" of any such communication contemporaneous, real-time, or prospective information regarding the physical location of a cellular telephone; and (2) search and seizure provisions pertaining to the use of mobile tracking devices to include within the definition of "tracking device" a cellular telephone for which the government seeks contemporaneous, real-time, or prospective information regarding its location.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to clarify the legal standard needed to use cellular telephones as tracking devices.

Latest action (Dec 16, 2005): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 16, 2005

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.