1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cell Location Privacy Act of 2017 . 2. Prohibition on cell-site simulator use (a) In general Chapter 205 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 3119. Cell-site simulators (a) Prohibition of use Except as provided in subsection (d), anyone who knowingly uses a cell-site simulator shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). (b) Penalty The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) is a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than 10 years, or both. (c) Prohibition of use as evidence No information acquired through the use of a cell-site simulator in violation of subsection (a), and no evidence derived therefrom, may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision thereof. (d) Exceptions Subsection (a) does not apply to the following: (1) Warrant Use of a cell-site simulator by a governmental entity under a warrant issued under the procedures described in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (or, in the case of a State court, issued under State warrant procedures) by a court of competent jurisdiction. (2) Foreign intelligence surveillance Use of a cell-site simulator by a governmental entity to conduct electronic surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Service Act of 1978 ( 50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). (3) Emergency Subject to subsection (e), use of a cell-site simulator by a governmental entity, if— (A) such governmental entity reasonably determines an emergency exists that— (i) involves— (I) immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person; (II) conspiratorial activities threatening the national security interest; or (III) conspiratorial activities characteristic of organized crime; and (ii) requires use of a cell-site simulator before a warrant can, with due diligence, be obtained