Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act of 2020
Latest action · Sep 29, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act of 2020
This bill requires the Bureau of Prisons to report on the impact of major disasters on federal correctional facilities. The bill also (1) requires the National Institute of Corrections Advisory Board to report on the emergency and evacuation procedures at state and territorial correctional facilities during major disasters, and (2) expands membership of the advisory board to include those with specific backgrounds in areas such as public health or emergency response.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Sep 29, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Department of Justice
- Disability assistance
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Lawyers and legal services
- Natural disasters
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2020Introduced in Senate
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