CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Justice: require Bureau of Prisons Director to be appointed by and with advice and consent of the Senate (see S. 2169), S1459 [7MR] (see H.R. 4730), H2125 [25AP]

FCC: prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates (see H.R. 6624), H6578 [30NO]

Foreign aid: eliminate conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities that do not meet minimum human standards of health, sanitation, and safety (see S. 3577), S6454 [19SE] (see H.R. 6436), H6150 [19SE]

Immigration: improve sharing of information and enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 2266), S2242 [29MR]

——— make detention and deportation mandatory for illegal aliens convicted of drunk driving (see H.R. 3808), H114 [23JA]

Social Security: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 6256), H5628 [1AU]

Taxation: provide benefits to individuals who have been wrongfully incarcerated (see H.R. 4241), H1541 [22MR]

——— require student Social Security numbers and employer identification numbers for education tax credits and disclose return information to prison officials to prevent prisoner tax fraud (see H.R. 4372), H1914 [17AP]

Eulogies

Colson, Charles W.: by Emily Colson, E996 [6JN]

——— by Timothy George, E996–E998 [6JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding for contravention of mandatory detention requirement for non-U.S. citizens convicted of certain crimes, H3641–H3643 [7JN]

Dept. of Justice: allow private sector competition for performance of commercial activities within the Bureau of Prisons, H2406 [8MY]

——— prohibit State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding to jurisdictions that have illegal immigration sanctuary policies, H2524 [9MY]

——— Second Chance Act grant funding, H2390, H2391 [8MY], E734 [8MY]

——— State Criminal Alien Assistance Program suspension of reimbursement to States for costs of incarcerating unknown documented aliens, H3543, H3544 [6JN]

Prince William County, VA: tribute to Juvenile Detention Center volunteers, E965 [1JN]

Service League of San Mateo County (organization): tribute, E264 [28FE]

Taiwan: imprisonment conditions of former President Chen Shui-Bian, E1258 [17JY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Defense: prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and certain other enemy belligerents to the U.S., S7168, S7178–S7180 [29NO], S7391 [4DE]

Dept. of Justice: implement national standards to eliminate sexual assault in prisons, jails, and detention centers, S3509–S3511 [23MY]

Foreign aid: eliminate conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities that do not meet minimum human standards of health, sanitation, and safety (S. 3577), S6462, S6463 [19SE]

Reports

Effects of Incarceration on the Mental and Physical Health of Former President Chen Shui-Bian of Taiwan: Joseph Lin, Ken Yoneda, and Charles Whitcomb, E1258 [17JY]

Texts of

S. 2169, Federal Prisons Accountability Act, S1461 [7MR]