United States 118th Congress Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

S 508 — Ensuring Work Opportunities in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023

Last action — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 118th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Ensuring Work Opportunities in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023 This bill expands job training and education programs in correctional facilities. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Bureau of Prisons to provide additional support for occupational education and training programs. The bill requires an annual report that (1) includes a list of programs receiving funding; and (2) analyzes the efficacy of these programs in providing incarcerated workers with valuable job skills, improving their quality of life, and increasing their job prospects upon release. Additionally, the bill reauthorizes through FY2029 grant programs for (1) evaluating and improving educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; (2) offender reentry demonstration projects; and (3) career training demonstration projects. The bill also increases the number of prison work pilot projects that may be designated by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill increases the authorized appropriations for certain occupational education and training programs and modifies existing appropriations for related programs.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10261(a)

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1992 and $28,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995 to carry out the remaining functions of the Office of Justice Programs and the Bureau of Justice Assistance other than functions under subchapters IV, V, part F,[1] subchapters VI, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, part V,[1] subchapters XXII, and XXIII or [2] XXX. → There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 3041(a)(4) of part NN $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029.

    This change specifies a new appropriation for a particular section related to vocational training programs.

  • 34 U.S.C. 10631(o)

    In general.--To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $70,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029. → To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $70,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029.

    The authorization for appropriations for this section remains but is explicitly defined for the fiscal years 2024 through 2029.

  • 34 U.S.C. 60511(f)

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. → There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029.

    This change effectively doubles the authorized appropriations for the section from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 for the new fiscal years.

Action History

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Sponsors

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Frequently asked questions

What does S 508 do?
Ensuring Work Opportunities in Correctional Facilities Act of 2023 This bill expands job training and education programs in correctional facilities. Specifically, the bill authorizes the Bureau of Prisons to provide additional support for occupational education and training programs. The bill requires an annual report that (1) includes a list of programs receiving funding; and (2) analyzes the efficacy of these programs in providing incarcerated workers with valuable job skills, improving their quality of life, and increasing their job prospects upon release. Additionally, the bill reauthorizes through FY2029 grant programs for (1) evaluating and improving educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; (2) offender reentry demonstration projects; and (3) career training demonstration projects. The bill also increases the number of prison work pilot projects that may be designated by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Who sponsors S 508?
S 508 is sponsored by Booker, Cory A. (Democratic).
What is the current status of S 508?
This bill died with 118th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track S 508?
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