S.Amdt. 4159Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 4159
Sponsored by
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Submitted November 2, 2021
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November 2, 2021
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SA 4159. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following: SEC. ___. REPORT ON SURVEILLANCE THREAT POSED BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND CRIMINALS USING CELL-SITE SIMULATORS NEAR FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the surveillance threat posed by foreign governments and criminals using cell-site simulators near facilities of the Department of Defense to target the Government-issued and personal mobile telephones of personnel of the Department. (b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A detailed plan for addressing the threat described in subsection (a) for facilities of the Department located in the United States and for facilities of the Department located outside the United States. (2) An estimate of the initial and ongoing costs necessary to address such threat and the time it would take to do so. (3) A description of any legal, regulatory, or policy impediments, if any, impeding the Secretary from addressing such threat, and proposals to address such impediments. (c) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (d) Publication.--The Secretary shall make available to the public on an internet website the unclassified portion of the report submitted under subsection (a). (e) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``cell-site simulator'' means any device that functions as or simulates a base station for commercial mobile services or private mobile services in order to identify, locate, or intercept transmissions from cellular devices for purposes other than providing ordinary commercial mobile services or private mobile services. (2) The term ``commercial mobile service'' has the meaning given such term in section 332 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332). (3) The term ``private mobile service'' has the meaning given that term in section 332 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332). ______