PREP Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 11, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 11, 2018
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons Act of 2018 or the PREP Act
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish, within the Bureau of Prisons, an Office of Federal Correctional Education to promote educational services for federal criminal offenders.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
2
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3588: PREP Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3588/
"S. 3588: PREP Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3588/.
S. 3588, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3588/.
[S. 3588: PREP Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3588/)