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Long title

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES; AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO INQUIRE AND LOOK INTO, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RAMPANT USE OF PRE-PAID WIRELESS PHONES AS FAVORED TOOLS IN COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES DUE TO THEIR NATURE OF BEING UNREGISTERED AND UNTRACEABLE WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT CAN EFFICIENTLY NEUTRALIZE THE USE OF PRE-PAID CELLULAR PHONES BY ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ELEMENTS OF THE SOCIETY IN CARRYING OUT EFFECTIVELY ITS ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BY LOOKING AT THE VIABILITY OF REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF PREPAID PHONE SUBSCRIBERS, AND INSTALLATION OF A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) SOFTWARE IN ALL CELLULAR PHONE SIM CARDS TO EASILY TRACE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE USER OR RECOMMEND THE POSSIBLE BANNING OF PREPAID CELLULAR PHONES IF THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY VIABLE MEANS OF ERADICATING PREPAID CELLULAR-AIDED CRIMES

Scope

National

Legislative status

Pending in the Committee (8/12/2013)