HR 1764 107th Congress House

Public Safety Act

Official title: To ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the U… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments.

Introduced: May 8, 2001 See on congress.gov

Crime and Law Enforcement CommerceCorrectional institutionsCorrectional personnelCorrections

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Department of JusticeEconomics and Public FinanceFederal aid to law enforcementFederal law enforcement officersGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment service contractsLocal employeesPrison administrationPrisonsPrivatizationState employees

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Passed Senate

To President

Became law

May 30, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

May 8, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

May 8, 2001

Introduced in House

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Latest action May 30, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Safety Act - Provides that to be eligible to receive a grant under the violent offender incarceration and truth-in-sentencing incentive grant program, an applicant shall provide assurances to the Attorney General that if selected to receive funds the applicant shall not contract with a private contractor or vendor to provide core services related to the incarceration of an inmate. Makes this provision inapplicable to an existing contract to provide such core services, but applicable to renewals or extensions of an existing contract.

Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide that: (1) any penal or correctional facility or institution, except for nonprofit 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 Federal, State, or local government employees; and (2) the housing, safeguarding, protection, 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 Federal, State, or local government employees.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 7

McCollum, Betty

Minnesota · Sep 25, 2001

Wisconsin · May 8, 2001

HOEFFEL, JOSEPH

· May 8, 2001

McGovern, James P.

Massachusetts · May 8, 2001

Pelosi, Nancy

California · May 8, 2001

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1764: Public Safety Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1764/

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