3.0.0 1890 2023-01-11T19:43:55Z 2023-01-11T19:43:55Z House H HR 2007-04-17 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2007-05-04T13:38:07Z Referred to 2007-04-17T14:36:05Z 2007-05-04 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2007-04-17 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-04-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-04-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 N L000554 Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] FRANK LOBIONDO R NJ A. 2 2007-04-17 True E000289 Rep. Ellsworth, Brad [D-IN-8] Brad Ellsworth D IN 8 2007-04-17 True M001120 Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] JOHN MURTHA D PA P. 12 2007-04-17 True B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2007-04-17 True K000180 Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] CAROLYN KILPATRICK D MI CHEEKS 13 2007-04-17 True M000309 Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] CAROLYN MCCARTHY D NY 4 2007-04-17 True J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2007-04-17 True M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 2007-04-17 True L000552 Rep. LaHood, Ray [R-IL-18] RAY LAHOOD R IL 18 2007-04-17 True P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2007-04-25 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2007-05-03 False B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2007-05-22 False B000420 Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] MARION BERRY D AR 1 2007-06-05 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2007-07-18 False C001065 Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10] Christopher Carney D PA P. 10 2007-11-15 False H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 15 2007-12-17 False R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2008-02-13 False G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2008-02-13 False G000553 Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] Al Green D TX 9 2008-03-05 False B001254 Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] Dan Boren D OK 2 2008-04-17 False H001039 Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19] John Hall D NY J. 19 2008-10-02 False Crime and Law Enforcement Commerce Correctional institutions Correctional personnel Corrections Department of Justice Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to law enforcement Federal law enforcement officers Government Operations and Politics Government service contracts Local employees Prison administration Prisons Privatization State employees Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2007-04-17 Introduced in House 2007-05-21T15:15:31Z Public Safety Act - Prohibits funds provided by the federal government to a state or local government for the purpose of providing core correctional services from being used to contract with private contractors or vendors to provide such services. Defines "core correctional services" as the housing, safeguarding, protecting, and disciplining of persons charged with or convicted of an offense.

Amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide that: (1) any penal or correctional facility or institution, except a facility for nonprofit community correctional confinement (such as halfway houses), confining any person convicted of any offense 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.]]>

Public Safety Act Official Title as Introduced To ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged with or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments. Introduced in House IH Display Title Public Safety Act Short Titles as Introduced Public Safety Act Introduced in House 2007-04-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1890ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1890ih.xml 2007-05-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.