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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 736 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a correctional |
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| 6 | 6 | | facility, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. G |
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| 10 | 10 | | RASSLEY(for himself, Mr. OSSOFF, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, and Mr. BOOK- |
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| 11 | 11 | | ER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone |
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| 15 | 15 | | in a correctional facility, and for other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lieutenant Osvaldo 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITED PROVISION OF A PHONE. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section 1791(b) of title 18, United States Code, is 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | amended— 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; 10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 736 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | lowing: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(4) in the case of a violation of subsection 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a)(1), imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | both, if the object is specified in subsection 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (d)(1)(F) of this section;’’; and 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by in-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | serting ‘‘, in the case of a violation of subsection 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a)(2),’’ before ‘‘(d)(1)(F)’’. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SEC. 3. REVIEW OF POLICIES. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall— 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) conduct a review of the policies of the Bu-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | reau of Prisons pertaining to inmates who make, 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | possess, obtain, or attempt to make or obtain a pro-15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | hibited object, as defined in section 1791(d)(1) of 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | title 18, United States Code; and 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) update those policies as needed to improve 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | protections for incarcerated individuals and staff. 19 |
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