HR 868
119th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Sex offenses
Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 31, 2025
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
This bill requires the Department of Justice to adopt national standards for the prevention, reduction, and punishment of sexual harassment and sexual assault by incarcerated individuals against correctional officers or other employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
4
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 868: Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-868/
"H.R. 868: Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-868/.
H.R. 868, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-868/.
[H.R. 868: Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-868/)