FRAUDULENT ALTERATION OF COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO INSTRUMENTS.

SEC. 206. FRAUDULENT ALTERATION OF COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO INSTRUMENTS. (a) Offense.—Section 1029(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “or” at the end of paragraph (3); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraphs: “(5) knowingly and with intent to defraud uses, produces, traffics in, has control or custody of, or possesses a telecommunications instrument that has been modified or altered to obtain unauthorized use of telecommunications services; or “(6) knowingly and with intent to defraud uses, produces, traffics in, has control or custody of, or possesses— “(A) a scanning receiver, or “(B) hardware or software used for altering or modifying telecommunications instruments to obtain unauthorized access to telecommunications services,”. (b) Penalty.—Section 1029(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking “(a)(D or (a)(4)” and inserting “(a) (1), (4), (5), or (6)”. (c) Definitions.— Section 1029(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting “electronic serial number, mobile identification number, personal identification number, or other telecommunications service, equipment, or instrument identifier,” after “account number”; (2) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (5); (3) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting “; and”; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 108 STAT. 4292 “(7) the term ‘scanning receiver’ means a device or apparatus that can be used to intercept a wire or electronic communication in violation of chapter 119.”.