Rehabilitation Through Reading Act of 2026
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill defines introduces a definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Director means the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. The term professional librarian means a librarian who has a master's degree, adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Banned books in prisons, and adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Annual reporting requirement. It relies on compliance mandates, definition changes, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Education and Transportation.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Defines introduces a definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Director means the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. The term professional librarian means a librarian who has a master's degree...
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Banned books in prisons.
- Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Annual reporting requirement.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill defines introduces a definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Director means the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. The term professional librarian means a librarian who has a master's degree, adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Banned books in prisons, and adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Annual reporting requirement.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Transportation
Primary Purpose
The bill defines introduces a definition change provision: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Director means the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. The term professional librarian means a librarian who has a master's degree, adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 3. Banned books in prisons, and adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 4. Annual reporting requirement.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Schiff (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, Mr. Welch, …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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