[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2468 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2468

  To reform the process under which Federal prisoners bring lawsuits 
              relating to prison conditions and treatment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 11, 1995

  Mr. LoBiondo (for himself, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mrs. 
 Vucanovich, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Hefley, 
   Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Blute, Mr. Boehner, Mr. 
 Christensen, Mr. Fields of Texas, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Saxton, Mr. 
 Gilchrest, Mr. Hastert, Mr. Klug, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Myers of Indiana, 
Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Montgomery, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Souder, Mr. Weller, Mr. Bryant of Tennessee, Mr. Collins of Georgia, 
 Mr. Oxley, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Heineman, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. 
LaTourette, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. King, Mr. Ney, Mr. Ramstad, 
  Mr. Royce, Mr. Stockman, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Stearns, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. 
  Hutchinson, Mr. Bereuter, and Mr. Ehlers) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reform the process under which Federal prisoners bring lawsuits 
              relating to prison conditions and treatment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Prisoner Lawsuit 
Efficiency Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. EXHAUSTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 4048. Exhaustion of administrative remedies
    ``No action shall be brought in any court, by a prisoner in the 
custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, concerning any aspect of such 
prisoner's incarceration until any administrative remedy procedures 
available are exhausted. This section applies to all actions regardless 
of the nominal party defendant. The fact that the administrative 
remedies do not include all the possible procedures and forms of 
recovery that are available in the civil action does not render such 
administrative remedies inadequate or excuse the failure to exhaust 
them''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding to 
the end the following new item:

``4018. Exhaustion of administrative process.''.
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