PUBLIC LAW 102-556—OCT. 28, 1992 106 STAT. 4195

"(C) may, by rule or order, exempt from the require-
ments of paragraphs (IXAXiii) of this subsection calls to
a telephone number assigned to a cellular telephone service
that are not charged to the called party, subject to such
conditions as the Commission may prescribe as necessary
in the interest of the privacy rights this section is intended
to protect.".

SEC. 403. INTERCEPTION OF CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 302 of the Communications Act of

1934 (47 U.S.C. 302) is amended by adding at the end the following 47 USC 302a.
new subsection:

"(d)(l) Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Regulations.
subsection, the Commission shall prescribe and make effective regu-
lations denying equipment authorization (under part 15 of title
47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other part of that title)
for any scanning receiver that is capable of—

"(A) receiving transmissions in the frequencies allocated
to the domestic cellular radio telecommunications service,

"(B) readily being altered by the user to receive trans-
missions in such frequencies, or

"(C) being equipped with decoders that convert digital cel-
lular transmissions to analog voice audio.
"(2) Beginning 1 year after the effective date of the regulations
adopted pursuant to paragraph (1), no receiver having the capabili-
ties described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1),
as such capabilities are defined in such regulations, shall be manu-
factured in the United States or imported for use in the United
States.".

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Commission shall report to
Congress no later than June 1, 1993, on available security features
for both analog and digital radio signals. This report shall include
a study of security technologies currently available as well as those
in development. The study shall assess the capabilities of such
technologies, level of security afforded, and cost, with wide-spread
deployment of such technologies.

(c) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—This section shall not affect sec- 47 use 302a
tion 2512(2) of title 18, United States Code. note-

Approved October 28,1992.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6191:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992):
Oct. 5, considered and passed House.
Oct. 7, considered and passed Senate.