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HR 3488 110th Congress House

Camera Phone Predator Alert Act

Official title: To require mobile phones containing digital cameras to make a sound when a photograph is taken.

Introduced: September 6, 2007 See on congress.gov
Commerce
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Sep 6, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Sep 6, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 6, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 6, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Camera Phone Predator Alert Act - Requires any mobile phone containing a digital camera to sound a tone whenever a photograph is taken with the camera's phone. Prohibits such a phone from being equipped with a means of disabling or silencing the tone. Treats the requirement as a consumer product safety standard and requires enforcement by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3488: Camera Phone Predator Alert Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3488/
MLA
"H.R. 3488: Camera Phone Predator Alert Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3488/.
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H.R. 3488, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3488/.
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[H.R. 3488: Camera Phone Predator Alert Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3488/)
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