House lawmakers introduced two bills last week to...
House lawmakers introduced two bills last week to modify communications law. Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., introduced the Cell Phone Freedom Act, HR-4952 (http://1.usa.gov/1oazYWx), which “would prevent government agents from accessing the smartphone kill switch feature without either a court order…
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or the express permission of the device’s owner or primary user,” Griffith said in a statement (http://1.usa.gov/1qC2XU0). It has been referred to the Judiciary Committee and has no co-sponsors. Meanwhile, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., joined with Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., to introduce HR-4969. It has not yet been posted online but it would direct the FCC “to extend to private land use restrictions its rule relating to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications,” according to its longer title. That bill has been referred to the Commerce Committee.