United States · Law · S
S. 517 (113th)
Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act
Introduced
11 March 2013
Last action
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Status
Became Public Law No: 113-144.
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10 August 2026
Summary
Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act - Repeals a Library of Congress (LOC) rulemaking determination, made upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, regarding the circumvention of technological measures controlling access to copyrighted software on wireless telephone handsets (mobile telephones) for the purpose of connecting to different wireless telecommunications networks (a practice commonly referred to as "unlocking" such devices). Reestablishes, as an exemption to provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) prohibiting such circumvention, a previous LOC rule permitting the use of computer programs, in the form of firmware or software, that enable used wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telecommunications network, when circumvention is initiated by the owner of the copy of such computer program solely to connect to such a network and access to the network is authorized by the network operator, thus permitting unlocked phones. Directs the Librarian of Congress, upon the recommendation of the Register, to determine whether to extend such exemption to include any other category of wireless devices in addition to wireless telephone handsets (e.g., tablets and other mobile broadband-enabled devices).
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15 official files
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill (text)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Enrolled Bill (PDF)
Enrolled Bill · EN
Public Law (text)
Public Law · EN · 2 August 2014
Public Law (PDF)
Public Law · EN · 2 August 2014
Public Law
summary · EN · 1 August 2014
Passed House without amendment
summary · EN · 25 July 2014
Engrossed in Senate (text)
Engrossed in Senate · EN · 15 July 2014
Engrossed in Senate (PDF)
Engrossed in Senate · EN · 15 July 2014
Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 15 July 2014
Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 10 July 2014
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 10 July 2014
Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 10 July 2014
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 March 2013
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 11 March 2013
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 11 March 2013
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/517
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/517