Private Prison Information Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 26, 2008 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 17, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Private Prison Information Act of 2007 - Provides that each nongovernmental entity contracting with the federal government to incarcerate or detain federal prisoners in a privately-owned prison or other correctional facility shall have the same duty to release information about the operation of that facility as a federal agency operating such a facility would have under the Freedom of Information Act. Authorizes any party aggrieved by a violation of that duty to obtain relief in a civil action.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 17, 2007 to Oct 2, 2008; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | Brad Ellsworth | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Apr 17, 2007 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Apr 25, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | May 7, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | May 22, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | May 22, 2007 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | May 23, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jun 19, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jun 28, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Dec 10, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jan 28, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 26, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Mar 5, 2008 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Apr 17, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | May 21, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Oct 2, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 17, 2007 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 4, 2007Hearings Jun 26, 2008 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2008Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Nov 8, 2007Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- May 4, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Apr 17, 2007Introduced in House
- Apr 17, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-190 | PRIVATE PRISON INFORMATION ACT OF 2007 (PART II)95 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jun 26, 2008 |
| Serial No. 110-62 | PRIVATE PRISON INFORMATION ACT OF 2007, AND REVIEW OF THE PRISON LITIGATION REFORM ACT: A DECADE OF REFORM OR AN INCREASE IN PRISON AND ABUSES?206 pages | Judiciary Committee | Nov 8, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2010 | Private Prison Information Act of 2007 | Related bill | Aug 3, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same information available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are required to do by law.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Private Prison Information Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
