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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 444 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To restrict the authority of the Attorney General to enter into contracts |
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| 6 | 6 | | for Federal correctional facilities and community confinement facilities, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY20, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. W |
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| 11 | 11 | | ATSONCOLEMANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 12 | 12 | | the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To restrict the authority of the Attorney General to enter |
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| 15 | 15 | | into contracts for Federal correctional facilities and com- |
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| 16 | 16 | | munity confinement facilities, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End For-Profit Pris-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | ons Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CONTRACTING FOR FEDERAL 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND COMMU-2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | NITY CONFINEMENT FACILITIES. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 301 of title 18, United 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | lowing: 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘§ 4015. No contracting out of Federal prison facili-7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ties or community confinement facilities 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(a) F |
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| 35 | 35 | | EDERALCORRECTIONAL FACILITIESGEN-9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ERALLY.—Beginning on the date that is 6 years after the 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | date of the enactment of the End For-Profit Prisons Act 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of 2023— 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(1) all core correctional services at each cor-13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | rectional facility which is used by the Bureau of 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Prisons for the confinement of persons serving sen-15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tences of imprisonment for Federal offenses shall be 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | performed by employees of the Federal Government; 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(2) all core correctional services at each cor-19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | rectional facility which is used by the United States 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Marshals Service for the confinement of persons in 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | the custody of the United States Marshals Service 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | shall be performed by employees of the Federal Gov-23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ernment, except that the United States Marshals 24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Service may enter and maintain a contract with a 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | facility operated by a State or unit of local govern-1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ment if— 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(A) the core correctional services at such 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | correctional facility are performed by employees 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | of such State or unit of local government; and 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(B) the facility meets all constitutional, 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Federal statutory, United States Marshals 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Service, and any applicable State or local stand-8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ards. 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(b) F |
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| 65 | 65 | | EDERALCOMMUNITYCONFINEMENTFACILI-10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | TIES.—Beginning on the date that is 8 years after the 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | date of the enactment of the End For-Profit Prisons Act 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | of 2023, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons may not 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | enter into or maintain any contract with any for-profit en-14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | tity to provide or manage any community confinement fa-15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | cility. 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(c) D |
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| 73 | 73 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(1) The term ‘community confinement facility’ 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | has the meaning given that term in section 115.5 of 19 |
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| 76 | 76 | | title 28, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 20 |
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| 77 | 77 | | the date of the enactment of the End For-Profit 21 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Prisons Act of 2023). 22 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(2) The term ‘core correctional services’ means 23 |
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| 80 | 80 | | the housing, safeguarding, protecting, and dis-24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ciplining of individuals charged with or convicted of 1 |
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| 85 | 85 | | an offense.’’. 2 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (b) C |
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| 87 | 87 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | at the beginning of chapter 301 of title 18, United States 4 |
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| 89 | 89 | | Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 5 |
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| 90 | 90 | | item: 6 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘4015. No contracting out of Federal prison facilities or community confinement |
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| 92 | 92 | | facilities.’’. |
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| 93 | 93 | | SEC. 3. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. |
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| 95 | 95 | | (a) F |
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| 96 | 96 | | EDERALCORRECTIONALFACILITIES.—The At-8 |
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| 97 | 97 | | torney General shall take appropriate action to phase out 9 |
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| 98 | 98 | | existing Bureau of Prisons and United States Marshals 10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Service contracts for core correctional services which, at 11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | the conclusion of the transition period, will be prohibited 12 |
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| 101 | 101 | | under section 4015 of title 18, United States Code. 13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (b) F |
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| 103 | 103 | | EDERALCOMMUNITYCONFINEMENT FACILI-14 |
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| 104 | 104 | | TIES.—The Attorney General shall take appropriate ac-15 |
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| 105 | 105 | | tion to phase out existing Bureau of Prisons contracts for 16 |
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| 106 | 106 | | community confinement facilities which, at the conclusion 17 |
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| 107 | 107 | | of the transition period, will be prohibited under section 18 |
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| 108 | 108 | | 4015 of title 18, United States Code. 19 |
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| 109 | 109 | | SEC. 4. REPORT. 20 |
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| 110 | 110 | | Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-21 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Attor-22 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ney General shall submit to Congress a report which de-23 |
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| 113 | 113 | | scribes and evaluates the prison population in the custody 24 |
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| 117 | 117 | | of the Bureau of Prisons. The report shall include infor-1 |
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| 118 | 118 | | mation regarding the race, gender, age, and nationality 2 |
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| 119 | 119 | | of such persons, as well as the location of the custody of 3 |
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| 120 | 120 | | such persons. 4 |
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| 121 | 121 | | SEC. 5. RESEARCH ON PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT RE-5 |
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| 122 | 122 | | DUCE RECIDIVISM. 6 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (a) I |
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| 124 | 124 | | NGENERAL.—The Attorney General shall con-7 |
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| 125 | 125 | | duct research to evaluate the effectiveness at improving 8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | community reintegration of programs operated by, and 9 |
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| 127 | 127 | | policies of, community confinement facilities (as such term 10 |
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| 128 | 128 | | is defined in section 4015 of title 18, United States Code), 11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | and shall develop guidelines based on such research for 12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | the use of such programs and policies at community con-13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | finement facilities. 14 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (b) R |
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| 133 | 133 | | EPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 15 |
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| 134 | 134 | | of the enactment of this Act, and every 4 years thereafter, 16 |
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| 135 | 135 | | the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report 17 |
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| 136 | 136 | | which describes the results of the research conducted 18 |
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| 137 | 137 | | under subsection (a), the guidelines developed pursuant to 19 |
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| 138 | 138 | | such research, and how such guidelines are being incor-20 |
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| 139 | 139 | | porated into any contract for the provision or management 21 |
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| 140 | 140 | | of a community confinement facility to which the Bureau 22 |
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| 141 | 141 | | of Prisons is a party. 23 |
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| 145 | 145 | | SEC. 6. ANNUAL INSPECTION OF CORRECTIONAL FACILI-1 |
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| 146 | 146 | | TIES USED FOR THE CONFINEMENT OF PER-2 |
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| 147 | 147 | | SONS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE UNITED 3 |
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| 148 | 148 | | STATES MARSHALS SERVICE. 4 |
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| 149 | 149 | | Not later than one year after the date of the enact-5 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the United 6 |
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| 151 | 151 | | States Marshals Service shall conduct a thorough inspec-7 |
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| 152 | 152 | | tion of each correctional facility which is used by the 8 |
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| 153 | 153 | | United States Marshals Service for the confinement of 9 |
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| 154 | 154 | | persons in the custody of the United States Marshals 10 |
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| 155 | 155 | | Service to ensure that each such facility meets all constitu-11 |
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| 156 | 156 | | tional, Federal statutory, United States Marshals Service, 12 |
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| 157 | 157 | | and any other applicable standards, including any State 13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | or local standards. 14 |
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| 159 | 159 | | SEC. 7. DUTIES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RELATING TO 15 |
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| 160 | 160 | | THE RELEASE OF FEDERAL PRISONERS. 16 |
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| 161 | 161 | | Section 3624 of title 18, United States Code, is 17 |
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| 162 | 162 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 18 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ‘‘(h) P |
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| 164 | 164 | | ROVISION OF INFORMATION AND COUN-19 |
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| 165 | 165 | | SELING.—The Attorney General shall make rules to as-20 |
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| 166 | 166 | | sure that each prisoner released from Federal custody 21 |
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| 167 | 167 | | upon the expiration of that prisoner’s term of imprison-22 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ment for an offense, including a prisoner who resides in 23 |
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| 169 | 169 | | a community confinement facility (as such term is defined 24 |
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| 170 | 170 | | in section 4015), receives information and appropriate 25 |
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| 171 | 171 | | counseling about each of the following: 26 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ‘‘(1) Any right the prisoner may have to have 1 |
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| 176 | 176 | | the prisoner’s criminal record expunged. 2 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(2) The availability of programs to remove em-3 |
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| 178 | 178 | | ployment barriers. 4 |
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| 179 | 179 | | ‘‘(3) Relevant vocational and educational reha-5 |
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| 180 | 180 | | bilitation programs that are available to the pris-6 |
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| 181 | 181 | | oner. 7 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ‘‘(4) A detailed record of participation in edu-8 |
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| 183 | 183 | | cational, employment, and treatment programs com-9 |
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| 184 | 184 | | pleted while incarcerated. 10 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ‘‘(5) Assistance with applications for the fol-11 |
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| 186 | 186 | | lowing: 12 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ‘‘(A) Programs providing nutritional as-13 |
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| 188 | 188 | | sistance. 14 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ‘‘(B) Medicaid. 15 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(C) Social Security. 16 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(D) Driver’s license. 17 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ‘‘(E) Registering to vote.’’. 18 |
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| 193 | 193 | | SEC. 8. DUTIES OF BUREAU OF PRISONS REGARDING RE-19 |
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| 194 | 194 | | LEASED PRISONERS. 20 |
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| 195 | 195 | | Section 4042 of title 18, United States Code, is 21 |
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| 196 | 196 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 22 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ‘‘(e) R |
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| 198 | 198 | | EQUIREMENTSWITHRESPECT TORELEASED 23 |
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| 199 | 199 | | P |
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| 200 | 200 | | RISONERS.—In carrying out the duties set forth in sub-24 |
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| 201 | 201 | | sections (a)(6) and (a)(7), the Director of the Bureau of 25 |
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| 205 | 205 | | Prisons shall ensure that each prisoner receives informa-1 |
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| 206 | 206 | | tion and counseling during prerelease procedures regard-2 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ing each area described in subsections (a)(6) and (a)(7). 3 |
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| 208 | 208 | | The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall provide each 4 |
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| 209 | 209 | | released prisoner, including a prisoner who resides in a 5 |
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| 210 | 210 | | community confinement facility (as such term is defined 6 |
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| 211 | 211 | | in section 4015), with information regarding fines, assess-7 |
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| 212 | 212 | | ments, surcharges, restitution, other penalties due from 8 |
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| 213 | 213 | | the prisoner in connection with the conviction, which it 9 |
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| 214 | 214 | | shall be the duty of the appropriate judicial officers to pro-10 |
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| 215 | 215 | | vide to the Bureau.’’. 11 |
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