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Public Safety Act

Introduced: March 4, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 31, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Mar 4, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 4, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Public Safety Act - Provides that the recipient of a grant under the violent offender incarceration and truth-in-sentencing incentive grant program may not contract with a private contractor or vendor to provide services related to the operation of a correctional facility or the incarceration of inmates.

Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide that: (1) any penal or correctional facility or institution (except for community correctional confinement such as halfway houses) confining any person convicted of offenses against the United States shall be under the direction of the Director of the Bureau and shall be managed and maintained by U.S. employees; and (2) the housing, safeguarding, care, subsistence, protection, instructing, and disciplining of any person charged with or convicted of any offense against the United States (with that exception) shall be conducted and carried out by U.S. employees.

What's happening now March 31, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 16 Independent 1
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 24, 2000
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 30, 2000
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Mar 9, 2000
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 1, 2000
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 10, 2000
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Oct 20, 1999
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Oct 20, 1999
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Oct 5, 1999
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 29, 1999
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 29, 1999
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 29, 1999
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 16, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 16, 1999
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 28, 1999
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 11, 1999
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 4, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 979: Public Safety Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-979/
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"H.R. 979: Public Safety Act." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-979/.
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H.R. 979, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-979/.
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