S 2773
116th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Freedom of information
Public contracts and procurement
Private Prison Information Act of 2019
Introduced: November 5, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 5, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Private Prison Information Act of 2019
This bill specifies that a record related to a non-federal prison, correctional, or detention facility must be considered a federal agency record for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
A non-federal prison, correctional, or detention facility must disclose information under FOIA unless the information is exempt from disclosure or the disclosure is prohibited by law.
The term "non-federal prison, correctional, or detention facility" means (1) a private prison, correctional, or detention facility; or (2) a state or local prison, jail, or other correctional or detention facility.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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