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Defense Secure Mobile Phones Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced
Summary
Secure mobile phones for senior Defense Department leaders and designated sensitive personnel. This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to provide wireless mobile phones and related telecommunications services to senior DoD officials and other employees who perform sensitive national security functions, and to mandate enhanced cybersecurity protections for those devices and services.
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- DoD senior officials and designated personnel would receive phones that must encrypt data on the device and encrypt all telecommunications to and from the device, support continuous monitoring, and include capabilities to mitigate or rotate persistent device identifiers to reduce tracking.
- Vendors and acquisition teams would be required to use contracts or agreements that include those mandatory protections, so supplied phones and service plans must meet the specified technical features.
- The Secretary would have to report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after enactment with a list of the contracts or agreements, the criteria used to designate which employees are covered, the total number of such employees, and the total costs of the phones and services.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Secure phones for Defense leaders and staff
The bill would have the Defense Department give secure mobile phones to senior leaders and staff doing sensitive national security work. The Secretary would decide which staff qualify. No later than 90 days after enactment, phones and service would be bought under contracts with extra protections. Required features would include encryption, rotating or hiding device IDs to reduce tracking, and continuous monitoring. Within 180 days, the Secretary would report to Congress on contracts, selection criteria, number of covered employees, and total costs.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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