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S 2130 109th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Armed Forces and National Security Criminal investigation Electronic surveillance Science, Technology, Communications Searches and seizures Wireless communication

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

Introduced: December 16, 2005 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 16, 2005
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now December 16, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2130: A bill to clarify the legal standard needed to use cellular telephones as tracking devices.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2130/
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"S. 2130: A bill to clarify the legal standard needed to use cellular telephones as tracking devices.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2130/.
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S. 2130, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2130/.
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