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S. 2130

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A bill to clarify the legal standard needed to use cellular telephones as tracking devices.
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Committee
Latest Action · December 16, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Congress
109th (2005–2007)
Introduced
December 16, 2005
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Amends federal criminal code provisions regarding: (1) the interception of wire, electronic, and oral communications to include within the definition of "contents" of any such communication contemporaneous, real-time, or prospective information regarding the physical location of a cellular telephone; and (2) search and seizure provisions pertaining to the use of mobile tracking devices to include within the definition of "tracking device" a cellular telephone for which the government seeks contemporaneous, real-time, or prospective information regarding its location.

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