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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3577 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3577 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for additional prohibitions and enhanced penalties for providing or possessing wireless communications devices in detention facilities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2025 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Balderson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for additional prohibitions and enhanced penalties for providing or possessing wireless communications devices in detention facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminate Non-approved Devices and Contraband Electronics Limiting Links to Society Act'' or the ``END CELLS Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934. Title V of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 512. PROVIDING OR POSSESSING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES IN DETENTION FACILITIES. ``(a) Prohibited Acts.--It shall be unlawful for any person-- ``(1) in violation of any Federal or State statute or rule, or order issued under such statute or rule, to provide or attempt to provide to a person held in a detention facility a wireless communications device; ``(2) to willfully and knowingly facilitate the introduction, in violation of any Federal or State statute or rule, or order issued under such statute or rule, of a wireless communications device into a detention facility; or ``(3) being a person hel