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Senate Bill 1401
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Federal Prison Oversight Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 2, 2023
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Democrat
Introduced
May 2, 2023
Latest Action
May 2, 2023
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
1401
Congress
118
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
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Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Jon Ossoff
Georgia
Democrat
Dick Durbin
Illinois
Republican
Mike Braun
Indiana
Democrat
Tim Kaine
Virginia
Democrat
Joe Manchin
West Virginia
Republican
Shelley Moore Capito
West Virginia
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Federal Prison Oversight Act

This bill establishes an inspections regime for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP).

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General must conduct risk-based evaluations of BOP facilities.

An inspection of a facility may be announced or unannounced. Higher risk facilities must receive more frequent inspections.

The bill (1) provides for the establishment in DOJ of an Ombudsman who may receive complaints, make inquiries, and recommend actions, and decline to investigate or take action, as specified; and (2) prohibits BOP retaliation against any person or entity that has instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding, investigation, or inspection under this bill.

The ombudsman shall coordinate with the BOP to educate incarcerated people, their representatives, and the public about the existence and functions of the ombudsman.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
May 2, 2023
Related Bills (1)
Apr 28, 2023
Introduced in House
31
Sponsorship
House Bill 3019
Federal Prison Oversight Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
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CRS
Actions (2)
05/02/2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
05/02/2023
Introduced in Senate
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