HR 5654
110th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Family services
Federal aid to law enforcement
Parent and child
Prisoners
Families Beyond Bars Act of 2008
Introduced: March 14, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 14, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Families Beyond Bars Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to qualified organizations to carry out child-parent visitation programs that foster and develop familial ties between eligible children and their incarcerated parents.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on child-parent visitation programs.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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