To require a GAO study of cell phone use in prisons.

1. Adds SEC. ___. GAO STUDY at the end of the bill

   Adds a section

   In S. 1749 · Reported to Senate

   "(F) a phone or other device used by a user of commercial mobile service (as defined in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d))) in connection with such service; and".

   Inserted: SEC. ___. GAO STUDY.

   Inserted: Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress with research and findings on the following issues:

   Inserted: (1) A study of telephone rates within State and Federal prisons and jails to include information on interstate, intrastate and collect calls made by prisoners, including--

   Inserted: (A) the costs of operating inmate telephone services;

   Inserted: (B) the revenue obtained from inmate telephone systems;

   Inserted: (C) how the revenue from these systems is used by State governments and the Bureau of Prisons; and

   Inserted: (D) recommendations to lower telephone costs to inmates and their families, while still maintaining sufficient security.

   Inserted: (2) A study of State and Federal efforts to prevent the smuggling of cell phones and other wireless devices into prisons and jails, including efforts that State and Federal authorities are making to minimize trafficking of cell phones by guards and other prison officials and recommendations to reduce the number of cell phones that are trafficked into prisons and jails.

   Inserted: (3) A study of cell phone use by inmates in State and Federal prisons and jails, including--

   Inserted: (A) the cost that inmates pay for cell phones trafficked into prisons;

   Inserted: (B) the quantity of cell phones that are located in State and Federal prisons and jails; and

   Inserted: (C) the quantity of illegal activity that is conducted or facilitated as a result of inmate cell phone use.

   Original wording

   At the end of the bill, insert the following:

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