Public Safety Act
Latest action · May 4, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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
Public Safety Act - Prohibits funds provided by the federal government to a state or local government for the purpose of providing core correctional services from being used to contract with private contractors or vendors to provide such services. Defines "core correctional services" as the housing, safeguarding, protecting, and disciplining of persons charged with or convicted of an offense.
Amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide that: (1) any penal or correctional facility or institution, except a facility for nonprofit community correctional confinement (such as halfway houses), confining any person convicted of any offense against the United States shall be under the direction of the Director of the Bureau and shall be managed and maintained by federal, state, or local government employees; and (2) the housing, safeguarding, protection, and disciplining of any person charged with or convicted of any offense against the United States (with that exception) shall be conducted and carried out by federal, state, or local government employees.
Cosponsors 21
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 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | May 3, 2007 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | May 22, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Marion Berry | Jun 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Jul 18, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Christopher P. Carney | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Dec 17, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Feb 13, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Feb 13, 2008 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Mar 5, 2008 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Apr 17, 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, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To ensure that the incarceration of inmates is not provided by private contractors or vendors and that persons charged with or convicted of an offense against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal, State, or local governments.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Public Safety Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Commerce
- Correctional institutions
- Correctional personnel
- Corrections
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Justice
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government service contracts
- Local employees
- Prison administration
- Prisons
- Privatization
- State employees
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 17, 2007Introduced in House
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