# 119-hr-10705: Stop SIM Box Scams Act

119-hr-10705, Stop SIM Box Scams Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10705
- Congress: 119
- Title: Stop SIM Box Scams Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-10-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-17

## Summary

**A federal ban on SIM boxes that hide call and data origins and enable toll fraud.** This bill would make it unlawful to make, import, sell, advertise, possess, use, or modify devices or services that pool, rotate, or multiplex multiple SIMs to obscure caller identity, defeat authentication, or bypass mobile-operator controls. - Families and consumers would see targeted action against equipment designed to obscure call or data origin, which the bill aims to reduce as a source of spoofing and toll fraud. - Manufacturers, importers, and retailers would face a broad prohibition on producing, selling, or modifying SIM boxes and could have offending devices seized or forfeited. - Mobile service providers would gain a private right of action to seek injunctions, damages, and attorney's fees for harms from violations and would receive a safe harbor for good-faith network monitoring and cooperation with enforcement. - Regulators and law enforcement would get new tools. The Federal Communications Commission would write rules within 180 days, coordinate with DHS, Customs and Border Protection, the Justice Department, the FTC, and state attorneys general, and could issue temporary cease-and-desist orders lasting up to 180 days.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Federal coordination and state limits: benefit, low. If enacted, the FCC would coordinate with DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Attorney General, the FTC, and state attorneys general to prevent SIM‑box importation and distribution and to share information and training. The FCC would report to Congress within one year after enactment and a…
- Enforcement, penalties, and provider protections: mixed, medium. If enacted, the FCC could seize items used in prohibited SIM-box activity and treat each SIM box, each modified item, and each day of a continuing violation as a separate violation. The Commission could issue temporary cease‑and‑desist orders to stop activity for up to 180 days, with possible exten…
- Ban and FCC rules for SIM boxes: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would ban making, selling, importing, leasing, advertising, possessing, using, or distributing ‘‘SIM boxes’’ in interstate or foreign commerce. A ‘‘SIM box’’ would cover physical or cloud systems that automate use of two or more SIMs or credentials and are designed or expected…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-10705 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10705)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10705 (as of 2026-10-17).