119-s736

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 736 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 736

 To increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a 
 correctional facility, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 26, 2025

Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Ossoff, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Booker) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a 
 correctional facility, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping 
Prison Contraband Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITED PROVISION OF A PHONE.

 

Section 1791

    (b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraphs

    (4) and

    (5) as paragraphs

    (5) and

    (6) , respectively;

    (2) by inserting after paragraph

    (3) the following:
 ``

    (4) in the case of a violation of subsection

    (a)

    (1) , 
 imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both, if the object 
 is specified in subsection
            (d) (1)
        (F) of this section;''; and

    (3) in paragraph

    (5) , as so redesignated, by inserting ``, 
 in the case of a violation of subsection

    (a)

    (2) ,'' before 
 ``
            (d) (1)
        (F) ''.

SEC. 3. REVIEW OF POLICIES.

 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall--

    (1) conduct a review of the policies of the Bureau of 
 Prisons pertaining to inmates who make, possess, obtain, or 
 attempt to make or obtain a prohibited object, as defined in 
 

section 1791
            (d) (1) of title 18, United States Code; and

    (2) update those policies as needed to improve protections 
 for incarcerated individuals and staff.
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