Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors. The main policy domain is Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors 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, law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section id38CABF776EAA4E31AA2CFD6DD6B94A01: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025.
- Section id8023DD821A5E4B8998A572E7F000A220: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: The Director of the Bureau of Prisons leads a law enforcement component of the Department of Justice with a budget...
- Section id4B5270989EE648B7B8D1F2A57AD21D70: 3. Director of the Bureau of Prisons Section 4041 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking appointed by and serving directly under the Attorney...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Government Operations, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- law enforcement, courts, victims, and regulated public-safety actors
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. McConnell (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Paul, Mr. Lankford, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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