HR 4970
116th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public contracts and procurement
End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019
Introduced: October 31, 2019
Introduced by:
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
Democratic
· New Jersey
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 18, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Oct 31, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 31, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019
This bill phases out the use of private prisons and private, for-profit community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses) to confine individuals serving terms for federal offenses. It also requires the Bureau of Prisons to provide inmates with counseling about resources in their communities as part of prerelease procedures and certain postrelease information about any fines, assessments, or other penalties connected to their convictions.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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