HOUSE 2635116th CongressReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

PREP Act

Last Action: 6/26/2019

Actions

2019-06-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-06-11Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2019-05-09Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-09Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-09Introduced in House
2019-05-09Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-05-09 (00)

Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons Act of 2019 or the PREP Act

This bill establishes, within the Bureau of Prisons, an Office of Correctional Education. The office must provide educational services to incarcerated individuals in federal prisons and correctional institutions.

Cosponsors (20)

Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Robin Kelly (D-IL)
Alma Adams (D-NC)
Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Henry Johnson (D-GA)
JOHN LEWIS (D-GA)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
Donald Payne (D-NJ)
BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
Cedric Richmond (D-LA)
BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
Joyce Beatty (D-OH)
Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)

Subjects

Academic performance and assessments
Adult education and literacy
Census and government statistics
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Educational guidance
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

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