Public Safety Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (May 8, 2001)
Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide that: (1) any penal or correctional facility or institution, except for nonprofit community correctional confinement (such as halfway houses), confining any person convicted of offenses against the United States shall be under the direction of the Director of the Bureau and shall be managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local government employees; and (2) the housing, safeguarding, protection, and disciplining of any person charged with or convicted of any offense against the United States (with that exception) shall be conducted and carried out by Federal, State, or local government employees.
What just happenedMay 8, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4512)
Who’s behind it
- May 8, 2001IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4512)
Judiciary Committee - May 8, 2001IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4511-4512)
- May 8, 2001IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate