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S 1949 114th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against property Fraud offenses and financial crimes Telephone and wireless communication

Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2015

Introduced: August 5, 2015 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2015

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit knowingly: (1) removing, obliterating, tampering with, or altering a mobile device identification number; or (2) using, producing, trafficking in, having control or custody of, or possessing hardware or software, knowing it has been configured to engage in such conduct.

Exempts the manufacturer of a mobile device, a person that engineers, tests, repairs, or refurbishes a mobile device, or a person that implements technologies for the purpose of protecting the security and privacy of mobile device end users while allowing the transmission of the mobile device identification number to service providers, unless such manufacturer or person knows that the mobile device or part involved is stolen.

What's happening now August 5, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Aug 5, 2015
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Aug 5, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1949: Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1949/
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"S. 1949: Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1949/.
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S. 1949, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1949/.
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