To improve the environmental health outcomes of incarcerated people and carceral facility workers, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To improve the environmental health outcomes of incarcerated people and carceral facility workers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Criminal Justice, Civil Rights.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Environmental Health in Prisons Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section id3206beccd1a745eab4adf233e3f67134: 2. Findings; sense of Congress Congress finds the following: In Helling v. McKinney, 509 U.S. 25 (1993), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the...
- Section id4b15bdf92c8c46088600e2f500579e6f: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Environment and Public...
- Section idcf690a8c127243f8be09656d47288d44: 4. Improving environmental monitoring and reporting at Federal carceral facilities Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually...
- Section id45fabdca489849e6a63287339d491074: 5. Communicating health information and options Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, acting through the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To improve the environmental health outcomes of incarcerated people and carceral facility workers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Criminal Justice, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
This bill, To improve the environmental health outcomes of incarcerated people and carceral facility workers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Booker, …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "administrator_of_epa"
- → Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a carceral facility operated by, affiliated with, or operated under a contract with— the Bureau of Prisons
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