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HR 1143 113th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Correctional facilities and imprisonment Department of Justice Firearms and explosives Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Law enforcement officers

Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013

Introduced: April 11, 2013 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
Mar 13, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 13, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to: (1) ensure that each prison facility provides a secure firearms storage area for use by all employees who are authorized to carry a firearm, or (2) allow such employees to store their firearm in a Bureau-approved vehicle lockbox.

What's happening now April 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 5
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Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Jan 9, 2014
 R
Thompson, Glenn
Pennsylvania · Aug 2, 2013
Holding, George
· May 22, 2013
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · May 22, 2013
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Apr 26, 2013
COBLE, HOWARD
· Apr 11, 2013
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Apr 11, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1143: Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1143/
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"H.R. 1143: Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1143/.
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H.R. 1143, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1143/.
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