[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4157 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4157

   To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that Bureau of 
    Prisons help Federal prisoners who are being released to obtain 
appropriate ID to facilitate their reentry into society, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2017

   Mr. Takano (for himself, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Raskin, and Mr. Evans) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that Bureau of 
    Prisons help Federal prisoners who are being released to obtain 
appropriate ID to facilitate their reentry into society, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Identity and Dignity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REENTRY ASSISTANCE FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS.

    Section 4042(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (D) as paragraph (6), and 
        redesignating subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of that paragraph as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B) respectively;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (E) as paragraph (7), and 
        redesignating subparagraphs (i) through (vii) of that paragraph 
        as subparagraphs (A) through (G) respectively; and
            (3) by amending paragraph (6), as redesignated by this 
        section to read as follows:
            ``(6) establish prerelease planning procedures (including 
        the payment of any costs) that help the prisoner, subject to 
        any limitations in law--
                    ``(A) apply for available Federal and State 
                benefits (including Social Security benefits and 
                veterans' benefits) upon release;
                    ``(B) obtain appropriate documents, such as Social 
                Security cards, birth certificates, and driver's 
                licenses or State identification documents, to assist 
                the prisoner in doing so, prior to release; and
                    ``(C) pay for the cost of applying for those 
                benefits and obtaining those documents; and''.
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