Introduced:
May 13, 2025
Policy Area:
Crime and Law Enforcement
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May 13, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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May 13, 2025
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Introduced in House
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May 13, 2025
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: May 13, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:22 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3344 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3344
To direct the Attorney General to structure funding issued to the
Bureau of Prisons as State block grants.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 13, 2025
Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to structure funding issued to the
Bureau of Prisons as State block grants.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3344 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3344
To direct the Attorney General to structure funding issued to the
Bureau of Prisons as State block grants.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 13, 2025
Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to structure funding issued to the
Bureau of Prisons as State block grants.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Sovereign States Bureau of Prisons
Restructuring Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2.
(a) Development.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall take such steps as
necessary to develop a plan to--
(1) return the amount of funding issued to the Bureau of
Prisons to the amount issued to the Bureau in fiscal year 2019;
and
(2) structure funding issued pursuant to paragraph
(1) to
the Bureau of Prisons in the following manner--
(A) 50 percent of Bureau of Prison funds shall be
converted to block grants issued to the States;
(B) 10 percent of Bureau of Prison funds shall be
provided to the office of the Department of Justice
administering a block grants under subparagraph
(A) ;
and
(C) 10 percent of Bureau of Prison funds shall be
provided to the office of the Department of Justice
Office of Inspector General for oversight of the block
grants under subparagraph
(A) .
(b) Implementation.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the plan developed under subsection
(a) shall be
implemented.
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