3.0.0 1784 2023-01-11T13:30:06Z 2023-01-11T13:30:06Z Senate S 2015-07-16 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-16T14:37:52Z Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2016 114 2459 S 2016-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S161) Related bill CRS 2015-07-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5172) IntroReferral 2015-07-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2015-07-16 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2015-10-19 False Crime and Law Enforcement Correctional facilities and imprisonment Department of Justice Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-07-16 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-24T21:16:58Z Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2015

This bill amends the federal criminal code to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Currently, the Director is appointed by the Attorney General.

The bill permits continued service by the incumbent Director for three months after the date of enactment. The President may appoint that individual to be the Director of the Bureau of Prisons in accordance with the requirements of this Act.

]]> Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2015 Display Title Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1784is/xml/BILLS-114s1784is.xml 2015-07-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5172) 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.