Private Prison Information Act of 2021
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 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.
- IntroducedNov 4, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Private Prison Information Act of 2021
This bill specifies that a record related to a nonfederal prison, correctional, or detention facility must be considered a federal agency record for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
A nonfederal prison, correctional, or detention facility must disclose information under FOIA unless the information is exempt from disclosure or the disclosure is prohibited by law.
The term nonfederal prison, correctional, or detention facility means (1) a private prison, correctional, or detention facility; or (2) a state or local prison, jail, or other correctional or detention facility.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 4, 2021 to Apr 14, 2022; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Nov 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Nov 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Dec 16, 2021 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Mar 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Apr 14, 2022 |
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 Nov 4, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Nov 4, 2021Introduced in House
- Nov 4, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H6207H.R. 5853–5889 | — | Nov 4, 2021 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 194, November 4, 2021, page H6207.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3164 | Private Prison Information Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Nov 4, 2021 |
| HR 4133 | Private Prison Information Act of 2023 | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 14, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require non-Federal prison, correctional, and detention facilities holding Federal prisoners or detainees 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 make available.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Private Prison Information Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 4, 2021Introduced 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.
