Entitled:
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
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2013 ]
7/31/2013	Introduced by Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III;
8/12/2013	Submitted to the Senate and Referred to the Committee(s) on PUBLIC SERVICES; and SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, all Proposed Senate Resolutions which have not been adopted, transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service, for safekeeping and preservation on June 15, 2016)
(Prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE)