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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 868
To address sexual harassment and sexual assault of Bureau of Prisons staff
in prisons, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY31, 2025
Ms. L
EEof Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To address sexual harassment and sexual assault of Bureau
of Prisons staff in prisons, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prison Staff Safety 4
Enhancement Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. ADDRESSING SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL 6
ASSAULT OF BUREAU OF PRISONS STAFF. 7
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 8
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(1) CORRECTIONAL OFFICER .—The term ‘‘cor-1
rectional officer’’ has the meaning given the term in 2
section 4051 of title 18, United States Code. 3
(2) I
NSPECTOR GENERAL .—The term ‘‘Inspec-4
tor General’’ means the Inspector General of the De-5
partment of Justice. 6
(3) I
NCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL .—The term 7
‘‘incarcerated individual’’ has the meaning given the 8
term ‘‘prisoner’’ in section 4051 of title 18, United 9
States Code. 10
(4) S
EXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘‘sexual as-11
sault’’ means an act described in subsection (b), (c), 12
or (d) of section 920 of title 10, United States Code. 13
(5) S
EXUAL HARASSMENT .—The term ‘‘sexual 14
harassment’’ means unwelcome sexual advances, re-15
quests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical 16
conduct of a sexual nature that explicitly or implic-17
itly affect an individual’s employment, unreasonably 18
interfere with an individual’s work performance, or 19
create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work en-20
vironment. 21
(b) R
EVIEW ANDANALYSIS.— 22
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 23
the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector 24
General shall carry out a comprehensive statistical 25
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review and analysis of the incidence and effects of 1
sexual harassment and sexual assault perpetrated by 2
incarcerated individuals against a correctional officer 3
or other employee of the Bureau of Prisons. 4
(2) A
NALYSIS.—The review and analysis re-5
quired under paragraph (1) shall include an analysis 6
of punishments for sexual harassment and sexual as-7
sault as of the date of enactment of this Act in fa-8
cilities controlled by the Bureau of Prisons, includ-9
ing data on the use of such punishments during the 10
5-year period preceding the date of enactment of 11
this Act. 12
(c) R
EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after com-13
pleting the review and analysis under subsection (b)(1), 14
the Inspector General shall submit to the Attorney Gen-15
eral and to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 16
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-17
resentatives a report that summarizes the findings of the 18
review and analysis. 19
(d) R
ULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year after re-20
ceiving the report under subsection (c), the Attorney Gen-21
eral shall promulgate a rule adopting national standards 22
for prevention, reduction, and punishment of sexual har-23
assment and sexual assault perpetrated by an incarcerated 24
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individual against a correctional officer or other employee 1
of the Bureau of Prisons. 2
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