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Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

TITLE I--TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT

(Sec. 101) This bill directs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to ensure that CBP partnership programs, such as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, provide trade benefits to importers, exporters, and certain other private sector entities that meet program requirements.

(Sec. 102) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must report to Congress on the effectiveness of CBP enforcement of U.S. customs and trade laws (trade enforcement).

(Sec. 103) CBP shall establish priorities and performance standards to measure levels of achievement of customs modernization, the movement of merchandise into and out of the United States (trade facilitation), and trade enforcement functions and programs.

(Sec. 104) CBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shall:

 establish educational seminars to improve CBP classification and appraisal of imported articles, trade enforcement, and facilitation of international trade; and develop biennially a joint strategic plan for improving trade enforcement and trade facilitation. (Sec. 106) This bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) to authorize appropriations for FY2016-FY2018 from the Customs Commercial and Homeland Security Automation Account to complete the development and implementation of the Automated Commercial Environment computer system.

The Customs Border Security Act of 2002 is amended to require CBP to report to Congress on:

 its incorporation of all core trade processing capabilities into the Automated Commercial Environment computer system to conform with admissibility criteria of federal agencies participating in the International Trade Data System (ITDS); the components of the National Customs Automation Program that have not been implemented; and any additional Program components it has initiated to complete the development, establishment, and implementation of the computer system. The CBP must update the report as well as:

 evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the computer system, and detail monthly the percentage of trade processed in the Automated Commercial Environment since September 30, 2016. The GAO must report to Congress on:

 the progress of other federal agencies in accessing and utilizing the Automated Commercial Environment, and the potential cost savings to the government and importers and exporters and the potential benefits to trade enforcement if the identified elements are implemented. (Sec. 107) This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the Department of the Treasury to work with the head of each agency participating in the ITDS and the Interagency Steering Committee to ensure that, among other duties, it:

 develops and maintains the necessary information technology infrastructure to support the operation of the ITDS, submits all data to the ITDS electronically, and arranges to share information between each agency and the CBP. (Sec. 108) It shall be a U.S. negotiating objective in any negotiation for a mutual recognition arrangement with a foreign country on partnership programs to seek to ensure the compatibility of that country's partnership programs with CBP partnership programs to enhance trade facilitation and trade enforcement.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall consult with specified congressional committees within 30 days before initiating negotiations and within 30 days before entering into an agreement.

(Sec. 109) Treasury and DHS shall jointly establish a Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee.

(Sec. 110) CBP shall develop and implement CBP-wide Centers of Excellence and Expertise to enhance the economic competitiveness of the United States.

(Sec. 111) DHS shall establish within the CBP Office of International Trade a Commercial Targeting Division (including National Targeting and Analysis Groups) to conduct commercial risk assessment targeting and, when needed, issue trade alerts with respect to cargo destined for the United States.

(Sec. 112) The Treasury Inspector General shall report biennially to Congress on oversight of revenue protection and enforcement measures.

(Sec. 113) DHS and Treasury shall report jointly to Congress on security and revenue measures with respect to merchandise transported in bond.

(Sec. 114) DHS shall establish a program to assign importer of record numbers.

(Sec. 115) CBP shall establish a new importer program that adjusts bond amounts for new importers based on the level of risk assessed for revenue protection.

TITLE II--IMPORT HEALTH AND SAFETY

(Sec. 201) An interagency Import Safety Working Group is established.

(Sec. 202) DHS shall develop, and appropriately update, a joint import safety rapid response plan that sets forth protocols for the CBP to:

 coordinate federal responses to cargo entering the United States that poses a threat to the health or safety of U.S. consumers, and use in recovering from or mitigating the effects of actions and responses to such an incident. (Sec. 203) CBP shall ensure that CBP personnel assigned to U.S. ports of entry are effectively trained to ensure the safety and expeditious entry of merchandise into the United States.

TITLE III--IMPORT-RELATED PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

(Sec. 302) The Tariff Act of 1930 is amended to declare that, upon suspicion that merchandise is being imported into the United States in violation of U.S. trademark or copyright infringement laws, CBP shall provide the trademark or copyright owner any information appearing on the merchandise and its packaging and labels, including any unredacted images of them, if testing by the owner would assist in determining a violation. The CBP shall not provide such information if it would compromise an ongoing law enforcement investigation or national security.

(Sec. 303) A technology, product, service, device, or its component that is imported into the United States in violation of infringement of U.S. copyright laws may be seized and forfeited by CBP.

(Sec. 304) DHS shall authorize a process for the enforcement of a copyright of an owner who has applied for registration of merchandise with the U.S. Copyright Office to the same extent as if the copyright were registered with the Office, including by sharing information, images, samples of the suspected infringing merchandise.

(Sec. 305) DHS shall establish within ICE a National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center to coordinate U.S. activities to prevent the import and export of goods that infringe intellectual property rights.

(Sec. 306) CBP, ICE, and DHS shall take specified actions for enforcement of intellectual property rights.

(Sec. 310) The CBP and ICE shall report to Congress on intellectual property rights enforcement.

(Sec. 311) DHS shall develop and carry out an educational campaign to inform travelers entering or leaving the United States about the legal, economic, and public health and safety implications of acquiring merchandise that infringes intellectual property rights outside the United States and importing such merchandise into the United States in violation of U.S. law.

TITLE IV--EVASION OF ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS

Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2015

(Sec. 402) This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require CBP to:

 investigate other federal agency claims of evasion of antidumping (AD) or countervailing duties (CVD), including any cash deposits or other security, with respect to covered merchandise entered into the United States; and take specified enforcement actions if necessary, including suspension of liquidation. This requirement applies to goods from Mexico and Canada as well as goods from elsewhere.

(Sec. 403) CBP shall report to Congress on its efforts to prevent and investigate the evasion of antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders with respect to covered merchandise entered into the United States.

TITLE V--AMENDMENTS TO ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY LAWS

(Sec. 501) This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to administration and enforcement of AD and CVD orders.

Neither the administering authority (the Secretary of Commerce, or another U.S. officer given the responsibility by law) nor the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), as the case may be, is required to determine, or make any adjustments to, a countervailable subsidy rate or weighted average dumping margin based on any assumptions about information the interested party would have provided if it had complied with a request for information.

The administering authority and the USITC, when relying during an AD or CVD proceeding on secondary information rather than on information obtained in the course of an investigation or review, shall not be required to corroborate any dumping margin or CVD in a separate segment of the same proceeding.

The administering authority may use a countervailable subsidy rate or dumping margin meeting specified criteria, including the highest rate or margin, when making an inference adverse to a party's interests.

(Sec. 502) The USITC shall not determine that there is no material injury or threat of material injury to a domestic industry from imports merely because that industry is profitable or its performance has recently improved.

This bill includes gross profits, operating profits, net profits, and ability to service debt among the relevant economic factors the USITC must evaluate in examining the impact of imports of merchandise on a domestic industry in material injury determinations.

The USITC, in determining market share and the factors affecting financial performance when domestic producers internally transfer significant production of the domestic like product for the production of a downstream article and sell significant production of the domestic like product in the merchant market, may no longer need to find that the production of the domestic like product sold in the merchant market is not generally used in the production of that downstream article.

(Sec. 503) The administering authority shall consider to be outside the ordinary course of trade any particular market situation that prevents a proper comparison with the export price or constructed export price.

The administering authority may use another calculation methodology than the ordinary one in determining the constructed value of subject merchandise being imported at less than fair value if a particular market situation exists where the cost of materials and fabrication or other processing of any kind does not accurately reflect the cost production in the ordinary course of trade.

(Sec. 504) This bill revises requirements regarding administering authority determinations as to whether there are reasonable grounds to believe or suspect that a foreign like product is being sold at less than cost of production in AD investigations or reviews. Information supplied by an interested party, based upon observed prices or constructed prices or costs, may no longer constitute a reasonable ground to believe or suspect such a sales condition. The administering authority in making its determinations, however, shall request information necessary to calculate the constructed value and cost of production of subject merchandise in such investigations or reviews.

The administering authority, in valuing the factors of production to determine the normal value of merchandise exported from a nonmarket economy country, may disregard price or cost values without further investigation if it determines that broadly available export subsidies existed or instances of subsidization occurred with respect to those price or cost values or if they were subject to an AD order.

(Sec. 505) Certain factors are specified for the administering authority to consider when deciding whether it would be unduly burdensome in CVD or AD investigations and reviews to examine voluntary responses from exporters or producers which are not the subjects of the investigation or review.

TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL TRADE ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION

Subtitle A--Trade Enforcement

(Sec. 601) This bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise requirements for the identification of U.S. trade expansion priorities.

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) shall consult with Congress to prioritize, investigate, and resolve acts, policies, or practices of foreign countries that raise concerns with respect to obligations under the World Trade Organization Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party, or that otherwise creates barriers to U.S. goods, services, or investment.

(Sec. 602) The USTR may take actions to suspend concessions or other obligations under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act if:

 certain action has terminated that was taken by the USTR to protect U.S. rights under any trade agreement or to eliminate an act, policy, or practice of a foreign country that violates that agreement or burdens or restricts U.S. commerce; the petitioner or any representative of the domestic industry that would benefit from reinstatement of such action requests the USTR for reinstatement; and the USTR meets certain requirements. (Sec. 603) USITC, under the Trade Act of 1974, shall make an import monitoring tool available on a website to allow public access to data on the volume and value of imported goods to assess whether such data has changed over time.

(Sec. 604) There is established within the Office of the USTR:

 an Interagency Trade Enforcement Center, and the position of Chief Manufacturing Negotiator. (Sec. 606) The USTR may take certain discretionary trade action against foreign countries that engage in unreasonable acts, policies, or practices that fail to enforce their environmental laws effectively.

(Sec. 607) A Trade Enforcement Trust Fund is established for deposit of amounts equivalent to AD and CVD receipts, which the USTR may use to seek to enforce obligations under the WTO Agreements and free trade agreements, monitor foreign country implementation of similar obligations, and investigate and respond to complaint petitions.

The GAO shall:

 analyze the trade enforcement expenditures of each federal agency with trade responsibilities, and recommend additional employees and resources each agency may need to enforce effectively free trade agreements to which the United States is a party. (Sec. 608) CBP shall ensure that appropriate resources address concerns that honey as well as illicit cultural property, archaeological or ethnological materials, and fish, wildlife, and plants are being imported into the United States in violation of U.S. customs laws.

(Sec. 609) DHS shall deposit into a special account certain interest earned on amounts realized by CBP on antidumping duties or countervailing duties assessed on or after October 1, 2014. The interest shall be included in any CBP duty distributions to affected domestic producers for qualifying expenses.

Subtitle B--Intellectual Property Rights Protection

(Sec. 611) The Office of the USTR shall now include one presidentially appointed Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator, who shall conduct trade negotiations and enforce trade agreements with respect to U.S. intellectual property as well as take appropriate actions to address foreign acts, policies, and practices with a significant adverse impact on the value of U.S. innovation.

(Sec. 612) The USTR shall develop, not later than 90 days after submission of the National Trade Estimate, an action plan of certain benchmarks for achieving adequate protection of intellectual property rights for each foreign country placed and remaining on a priority watch list for at least one year.

Appropriations are authorized for the USTR Office to provide assistance to any developing country on the priority watch list to comply with the benchmarks in the action plan.

TITLE VII--CURRENCY MANIPULATION

Subtitle A--Investigation of Currency Undervaluation

Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act

(Sec. 702) This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the administering authority, upon the filing of a petition by an interested party, to initiate a CVD investigation or review to determine whether currency undervaluation by the government of, or any public entity within, a foreign country is providing, directly or indirectly, a countervailable subsidy to its exporters or products.

(Sec. 704) An export subsidy, under current law, is one that is, in law or in fact, contingent upon export performance, alone or as one of two or more conditions. The fact that an export subsidy may also be provided in circumstances not involving export shall not, for that reason alone, according to this Act, mean it cannot be considered export contingent and actionable under a CVD and AD proceeding.

(Sec. 705) This subtitle applies to goods from Mexico and Canada as well as goods from elsewhere.

Subtitle B--Engagement on Currency Exchange Rate and Economic Policies (Sec. 711) The Treasury shall report to Congress on the macroeconomic and currency exchange rate policies of each major trading partner of the United States. The President may take specified remedial action against any such countries that fail to adopt policies to correct the undervaluation of their currency and trade surplus with the United States. (Sec. 712) An Advisory Committee on International Exchange Rate Policy is established. TITLE VIII--PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION OF TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSIONS AND REDUCTIONS American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2015 (Sec. 802) It is the sense of Congress that it should consider a miscellaneous tariff bill not later than 180 days after the USITC and the Department of Commerce issue reports on any proposed duty suspensions and reductions. (Sec. 803) The appropriate congressional committees shall establish, and publish on their publicly available websites, a process for the submission and consideration of legislation for proposed duty suspensions and reductions as well as a miscellaneous tariff bill including them, consistent with certain requirements. (Sec. 804) The USITC shall report to Congress, by May 1, 2018, and May 1, 2020, on the effects of such suspensions and reductions on the U.S. economy. (Sec. 805) The exercise of functions under this title shall not be subject to judicial review. TITLE IX--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (Sec. 901) It is the sense of Congress that the USTR should encourage other countries to establish commercially meaningful de minimis values for express and postal shipments that are exempt from customs duties and taxes and from certain other entry documentation requirements.

This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $800 the general de minimis aggregate fair retail value in the country of shipment of duty-free articles imported by one person on one day.

(Sec. 902) Specified deadlines shall now apply to trade and customs revenue consultation requirements of the Safety and Accountability for Every Port Act for DHS.

(Sec. 903) This bill also prescribes or revises requirements under the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for:

 certain penalties for customs brokers convicted of an act of terrorism; duty-free treatment of certain federal property exported and reimported without an advance in value or improvement in condition; duties on warranty repairs or alterations of articles exported from and then returned to the United States; exemption from duty treatment of the residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the United States; drawback (refund of paid customs duties) on eligible merchandise imported into the United States and later exported or destroyed; assignment of CBP employees to perform customs services for charter flight passengers and their baggage; country of origin marking of certain castings imported into the United States; and elimination of the consumptive demand exception to the prohibition on the importation of goods made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor. (Sec. 907) When the President submits to the Senate, under the Trade Act of 1974, a nomination for appointment as a Deputy USTR, the submission shall include information on the country, regional offices, and functions of the Office of the USTR with respect to which that individual will have responsibility.

(Sec. 908) The USTR shall conduct a series of investigations and assessments regarding competitiveness issues facing the U.S. economy and competitive conditions for certain key U.S. industries.

(Sec. 909) The CBP Commissioner shall report to Congress within one year after entering into any agreement under:

 the program for entering into reimbursable fee agreements for the provision of CBP services, upon the request of any persons, at existing CBP-serviced facilities, at new facilities, and at land border facilities; or the pilot program authorizing the CBP to enter into partnerships with private sector and government entities at ports of entry for certain services and to accept certain donations. (Sec. 913) The quarterly wage report for each employee which an employer must submit to a state under the income and eligibility verification system required by the Social Security Act shall, beginning January 1, 2017, include information that permits the classification of such employees into occupational categories as found in the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system in order to analyze and evaluate occupations to improve the labor market for workers and industries.

The Department of Labor shall:

 make occupational information received from the states available to other state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and establish and implement safeguards for the dissemination and the use of such occupational information. (Sec. 914) Certain trade policies regarding Israel are declared.

TITLE X--OFFSETS

(Sec. 1001) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe requirements for revocation, denial, or limitation of a passport for individuals with seriously delinquent tax debt in excess of $50,000.

(Sec. 1002) This bill amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to allow, between July 8 and July 28, 2025, specified customs user fees for the processing of merchandise formally entered or released into the United States.

The United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act is also amended to extend through June 30, 2025, the increase from 0.21% ad valorem to 0.3464% ad valorem in the customs user fees for the processing of merchandise formally entered or released into the United States which is scheduled to begin on December 1, 2015.

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authority determinations reasonable grounds believe suspect foreign like product sold cost production investigations reviews information supplied interested party based observed prices constructed prices costs longer constitute reasonable ground believe suspect sales condition administering authority making determinations shall request information necessary calculate constructed value cost production subject merchandise investigations reviews administering authority valuing factors production determine normal value merchandise exported nonmarket economy country disregard price cost values investigation determines broadly available export subsidies existed instances subsidization occurred respect price cost values subject order sec certain factors specified administering authority consider deciding unduly burdensome investigations reviews examine voluntary responses exporters producers subjects investigation review title additional trade enforcement intellectual property rights 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Summary:
Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2016

(Sec. 4) This bill states that it is U.S. policy to:

 identify developing country and regional barriers to international trade and investment, set priorities for the efficient use of limited U.S. trade-related assistance, and focus on building self-sustaining institutional capacity for expanding international trade in developing countries; and further U.S. national interests through the elimination of foreign barriers to trade and investment. (Sec. 5) The bill places primary responsibility on the Department of State for coordinating a whole-of-government effort to expand U.S. efforts in trade capacity building, provided such efforts support existing trade and economic development policies.

"Trade facilitation assistance" shall mean U.S. bilateral, regional, or multilateral assistance whose primary purpose is to support:

 implementation by developing countries of the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement, and assistance to reduce non-tariff barriers to trade at national borders in such countries. "Trade capacity building assistance" shall mean U.S. bilateral, regional, or multilateral assistance whose primary purpose is to support technical assistance to developing countries in:

 implementing international trade agreements; improving governance and transparency with respect to imports, exports, and international investment; enabling development of country micro-, small-, and medium-size enterprises to trade more efficiently; establishing and implementing internationally recognized standards; and facilitating trade flows in a recipient country. The President shall establish an interagency coordinating committee to develop a biennial government-wide joint strategic plan for trade capacity building in developing countries.

The Chair and Vice-Chairs of the interagency coordinating committee shall establish a trade capacity advisory committee.

(Sec. 7) The Department of State shall establish a pilot project to coordinate a whole-of-government effort to expand U.S. efforts in trade facilitation assistance for developing countries.

U.S. embassies in trade facilitation pilot countries shall develop biennially a specific trade facilitation assistance component for their mission plans.

The State Department may designate developing countries to participate in the trade facilitation assistance pilot program.

The bill authorizes appropriations for FY2016-FY2021.

(Sec. 8) The bill amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to place on the chief of mission to a foreign country responsibility to coordinate and supervise the implementation of all U.S. trade-related and trade capacity assistance among all federal departments and agencies present in that country (except for assistance under the control of a U.S. area military commander).

(Sec. 9) In developing trade capacity embassy mission plans on trade capacity, the trade capacity mission team shall convene local representatives of the U.S. private sector and of the recipient country's private sector to consult on issues affecting trade capacity at the borders of participating countries.

(Sec. 10) The bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to exempt from the prohibition against police training in a foreign country any training and technical assistance for customs and transportation authorities and personnel in recipient countries to implement priority trade capacity building assistance.

(Sec. 11) The President shall report to Congress and cleared advisors of the trade capacity advisory committee on the progress made in implementing this bill.

global trade capacity act sec bill states policy identify developing country regional barriers international_trade investment set priorities efficient use limited trade related assistance focus building self sustaining institutional capacity expanding international_trade developing countries national interests elimination foreign barriers trade investment sec bill places primary responsibility department_of_state coordinating government effort expand efforts trade capacity building provided efforts support existing trade economic development policies trade facilitation assistance shall mean bilateral regional multilateral assistance primary purpose support implementation developing countries world_trade_organization trade facilitation agreement assistance reduce non tariff barriers trade national borders countries trade capacity building assistance shall mean bilateral regional multilateral assistance primary purpose support technical assistance developing countries implementing international_trade agreements improving governance transparency respect imports exports international investment enabling development country small- medium size enterprises trade efficiently establishing implementing internationally recognized standards facilitating trade flows recipient country president shall establish interagency_coordinating_committee develop biennial government wide joint strategic plan trade capacity building developing countries chair vice chairs interagency_coordinating_committee shall establish trade capacity advisory_committee sec department_of_state shall establish pilot project coordinate government effort expand efforts trade facilitation assistance developing countries embassies trade facilitation pilot countries shall develop biennially specific trade facilitation assistance component mission plans state_department designate developing countries participate trade facilitation assistance pilot program bill authorizes appropriations fy2016 fy2021 sec bill amends foreign_service act place chief mission foreign country responsibility coordinate supervise implementation trade related trade capacity assistance federal departments agencies present country assistance control area military commander sec developing trade capacity embassy mission plans trade capacity trade capacity mission team shall convene local representatives private sector recipient country private sector consult issues affecting trade capacity borders participating countries sec bill amends foreign assistance_act exempt prohibition police training foreign country training technical assistance customs transportation authorities personnel recipient countries implement priority trade capacity building assistance sec president shall report congress cleared advisors trade capacity advisory_committee progress implementing bill


Summary: Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consider the following types of regulation of inmate telephone service: (1) prescribing a maximum uniform per-minute rate (paid to telephone service providers); (2) prescribing a maximum uniform service connection or other per-call rate; (3) prescribing variable maximum rates depending on factors such as carrier costs or the size of the correctional facility; (4) requiring providers of inmate telephone service to offer both collect calling and debit account services; (5) prohibiting the payment of commissions by such providers to administrators of correctional facilities; and (6) requiring such administrators to allow more than one service provider at a facility so that prisoners have a choice.

family telephone connection protection act amends communications act direct federal_communications_commission fcc consider following types regulation inmate telephone service prescribing maximum uniform minute rate paid telephone service providers prescribing maximum uniform service connection rate prescribing variable maximum rates depending factors carrier costs size correctional facility requiring providers inmate telephone service offer collect calling debit account services prohibiting payment commissions providers administrators correctional facilities requiring administrators allow service provider facility prisoners choice


Summary: Private Prison Information Act of 2007 - Provides that each nongovernmental entity contracting with the federal government to incarcerate or detain federal prisoners in a privately-owned prison or other correctional facility shall have the same duty to release information about the operation of that facility as a federal agency operating such a facility would have under the Freedom of Information Act. Authorizes any party aggrieved by a violation of that duty to obtain relief in a civil action.

private prison information act provides nongovernmental entity contracting federal_government detain federal prisoners privately owned prison correctional facility shall duty release information operation facility federal agency operating facility freedom information act authorizes party aggrieved violation duty obtain relief civil action


Summary: Public Safety Act - Prohibits funds provided by the federal government to a state or local government for the purpose of providing core correctional services from being used to contract with private contractors or vendors to provide such services. Defines "core correctional services" as the housing, safeguarding, protecting, and disciplining of persons charged with or convicted of an offense.Amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide that: (1) any penal or correctional facility or institution, except a facility for nonprofit community correctional confinement (such as halfway houses), confining any person convicted of any offense against the United States shall be under the direction of the Director of the Bureau and shall be managed and maintained by federal, state, or local government employees; and (2) the housing, safeguarding, protection, and disciplining of any person charged with or convicted of any offense against the United States (with that exception) shall be conducted and carried out by federal, state, or local government employees.

public safety act prohibits funds provided federal_government state local government purpose providing core correctional services contract private contractors vendors provide services defines core correctional services housing safeguarding protecting disciplining persons charged convicted offense amends federal criminal code require bureau_of_prisons provide penal correctional facility institution facility nonprofit community correctional confinement houses person convicted offense united_states shall direction director bureau shall managed maintained federal state local government employees housing safeguarding protection disciplining person charged convicted offense united_states exception shall conducted carried federal state local government employees


Summary: Office of Correctional Public Health Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Office of Correctional Public Health (OCPH) within the Office of Public Health and Science. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of OCPH, to carry out public health activities for individuals who are: (1) employed in the field of corrections as employees in federal, state, or local penal or correctional institutions; (2) incarcerated in such institutions; (3) employed as parole or probation officers; or (4) under parole or probation supervision. Includes among such activities disease prevention, health promotion, service delivery, research, and health professions education activities. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to states to provide for correctional populations screenings, immunizations, and treatment for hepatitis A, B, and C and other infectious diseases. Requires a portion of each grant to be expended to carry out such activities at penal or correctional facilities that are not facilities in which individuals serve terms of imprisonment, including remand facilities.

office correctional public health act amends public_health_service_act establish office correctional public health office public health science requires secretary health_and_human_services acting director carry public health activities individuals employed field corrections employees federal state local penal correctional institutions incarcerated institutions employed parole probation officers parole probation supervision includes activities disease prevention health promotion service delivery research health professions education activities authorizes secretary matching grants states provide correctional populations screenings immunizations treatment hepatitis infectious diseases requires portion grant expended carry activities penal correctional facilities facilities individuals serve terms imprisonment including remand facilities


Summary: Restitution for the Exonerated Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants, including emergency grants, to nonprofit organizations for programs to provide support services (e.g., employment training, health care services, and legal assistance) to exonerees. Defines "exoneree" as an individual who has been convicted of a crime carrying a prison sentence of one year or more, has served at least six months of such prison sentence, and has been determined to be factually innocent of the crime.

restitution act authorizes attorney general award grants including emergency grants nonprofit organizations programs provide support services employment training health_care services legal assistance defines individual convicted crime carrying prison sentence year served months prison sentence determined factually innocent crime


Summary: Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 - Amends the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act to: (1) eliminate the requirement of a prior showing of physical injury before a prisoner may bring a claim for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody; and (2) provide for a 90-day stay of nonfrivolous claims relating to prison conditions to allow prison officials to consider such claims through the administrative process; (3) exclude from the application of such Act prisoners under the age of 18; and (4) eliminate certain restrictions on awarding attorney fees in civil actions brought by prisoners. Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) exempt prisoners under the age of 18 from the restrictions imposed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act; and (2) expand the discretionary authority of judges in awarding relief in actions involving prison conditions.Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) exempt prisoners under the age of 18 from certain restrictions on in forma pauperis proceedings; (2) expand the number of in forma pauperis actions a prisoner may bring; and (3) revise requirements for assessing filing fees and costs against prisoners in such actions.

prison abuse remedies act amends civil rights institutionalized persons act eliminate requirement prior showing physical injury prisoner bring claim mental emotional injury suffered custody provide day stay claims relating prison conditions allow prison officials consider claims administrative process exclude application act prisoners age eliminate certain restrictions awarding attorney fees civil actions brought prisoners amends federal criminal code exempt prisoners age restrictions imposed prison litigation reform_act expand discretionary authority judges awarding relief actions involving prison conditions amends federal judicial code exempt prisoners age certain restrictions forma proceedings expand number forma actions prisoner bring revise requirements assessing filing fees costs prisoners actions


Summary: Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act - Amends the federal criminal code to allow a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment of more than one year to receive credit beyond time already served for up to 60 days each year, in addition to any credit received for satisfactory behavior, for earning a certificate of completion in, or for participating in or teaching, a designated program that benefits prisoners or the Bureau of Prisons, including specified educational and vocational, treatment, and work and developmental programs.Requires the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to establish the number of days of credit a prisoner may be awarded considering the difficulty, time required, responsibility expected, and rehabilitative benefits of the program. Makes any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the Attorney General's custody eligible for the credits, including prisoners transferred from foreign countries.Directs the Bureau of Prisons to assure that a prisoner serves a reasonable part of the last portion (currently, the last ten percent) of the term of imprisonment under conditions that will afford the prisoner a reasonable opportunity to prepare for reentry into the community.

literacy education rehabilitation act_-_amends federal criminal code allow prisoner serving term imprisonment year receive credit time served days year addition credit received satisfactory behavior earning certificate completion participating teaching designated program benefits prisoners bureau_of_prisons including specified educational vocational treatment work developmental programs requires director bureau_of_prisons establish number days credit prisoner awarded considering difficulty time required responsibility expected rehabilitative benefits program makes person sentenced term imprisonment attorney general custody eligible credits including prisoners transferred foreign countries directs bureau_of_prisons assure prisoner serves reasonable portion currently percent term imprisonment conditions afford prisoner reasonable opportunity prepare reentry community


Summary: Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2007 - Requires states to enact laws and adopt policies to grant child offenders who are under a life sentence a meaningful opportunity for parole at least once during their first 15 years of incarceration and at least once every three years thereafter. Defines "child offender who is under a life sentence" as an individual who is convicted of a criminal offense before attaining the age of 18 and sentenced to a term of natural life or its functional equivalent in years. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish and implement a system of early release for each child offender who is under a life sentence in a federal prison; and (2) award grants to states to improve legal representation and other services for child defendants charged with an offense carrying a possible sentence of life in prison.

juvenile justice accountability improvement act requires states enact laws adopt policies grant child offenders life sentence meaningful opportunity parole years incarceration years defines child offender life sentence individual convicted criminal offense attaining age sentenced term natural life functional equivalent years requires attorney general establish implement system early release child offender life sentence federal prison award grants states improve legal representation services child defendants charged offense carrying possible sentence life prison


Summary: Families Beyond Bars Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to qualified organizations to carry out child-parent visitation programs that foster and develop familial ties between eligible children and their incarcerated parents. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on child-parent visitation programs.

families bars act authorizes attorney general award grants qualified organizations carry child parent visitation programs foster develop familial ties eligible children incarcerated parents directs comptroller_general study report congress child parent visitation programs


Summary: Federal Correctional Workers Safety Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that prison facilities have secure firearms storage areas for employees authorized to carry firearms.

federal correctional workers safety act amends federal criminal code require director bureau_of_prisons ensure prison facilities secure firearms storage areas employees authorized carry firearms


Summary: Jose Rivera Correctional Officer Protection Act - Requires the Bureau of Prisons to: (1) provide all its correctional officers with stab-resistant personal body armor; and (2) require such officers to wear such body armor while on duty.

correctional officer protection act_-_requires bureau_of_prisons provide correctional officers resistant personal body armor require officers wear body armor duty


Summary: Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons tax return information of prisoners whom the Secretary has determined may have filed or facilitated the filing of a false tax return. Prohibits the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons from disclosing any prisoner tax return information to any person other than an officer or employee of such Bureau. Restricts the use of such tax return information to preventing the filing of false and fraudulent tax returns. Terminates such disclosure authority after December 31, 2011. Imposes recordkeeping and reporting requirements on the Bureau with respect to disclosures of prisoner tax return information. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress on the filing of false and fraudulent tax returns by federal and state prisoners and to make such reports available to the public.Requires the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to submit a written report to Congress by December 31, 2010, on the implementation of the authority to disclose prisoner tax return information.Amends the federal judicial code with respect to certain widows and widowers whose judicial survivors' annuities are terminated on account of remarriage before age 55. Requires restoration of such benefits, at the same rate, upon the dissolution of the remarriage by death, divorce, or annulment, if specified requirements are met.

inmate tax fraud prevention act amends_the_internal_revenue_code authorize secretary treasury disclose head federal_bureau_of_prisons tax return information prisoners secretary determined filed facilitated filing false tax return prohibits head federal_bureau_of_prisons disclosing prisoner tax return information person officer employee bureau restricts use tax return information preventing filing false fraudulent tax returns terminates disclosure authority december imposes recordkeeping reporting requirements bureau respect disclosures prisoner tax return information requires secretary submit annual report congress filing false fraudulent tax returns federal state prisoners reports available public requires treasury inspector_general tax administration submit written report congress december implementation authority disclose prisoner tax return information amends federal judicial code respect certain widows widowers judicial survivors annuities terminated account remarriage age requires restoration benefits rate dissolution remarriage death divorce specified requirements met


Summary: Federal Prison Work Incentive Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to allow reductions in the prison term of a federal prisoner whose record of conduct shows that such prisoner has substantially observed all prison regulations and has not been subjected to punishment.Allows the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to grant a reduction in a prisoner's term for actual employment in an industry or camp or for exceptionally meritorious service or for performing duties of outstanding importance in connection with institutional operations.

federal prison work incentive act amends federal criminal code allow reductions prison term federal prisoner record conduct shows prisoner substantially observed prison regulations subjected punishment allows director bureau_of_prisons grant reduction prisoner term actual employment industry camp exceptionally meritorious service performing duties outstanding importance connection institutional operations


Summary: Meth Mouth Correctional Costs and Reentry Support Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics to: (1) include in criminal justice system statistics data about the oral health of federal inmates and dental care provided in federal correctional facilities; and (2) conduct a study on how methampehtamine use affects the demand for (and provision of) oral health care in such facilities.Provides for Department of Justice (DOJ) grants to states and local, territorial, and tribal governments for: (1) oral health dental programs for federal inmates; (2) evaluating the extent to which poor oral health undermines or impedes an inmate's successful reentry into the community; and (3) establishing adult and juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects for inmate oral health programs during incarceration and after release.

mouth correctional costs reentry support act_-_amends omnibus_crime_control_and_safe_streets_act require director bureau_of_justice_statistics include criminal justice system statistics data oral health federal inmates dental care provided federal correctional facilities conduct study use affects demand provision oral health_care facilities provides department_of_justice doj grants states local territorial tribal governments oral health dental programs federal inmates evaluating extent poor oral health impedes inmate successful reentry community establishing adult juvenile offender reentry demonstration projects inmate oral health programs incarceration release


Summary: Private Prison Information Act of 2007 - Provides that each nongovernmental entity contracting with the federal government to incarcerate or detain federal prisoners or detainees in a privately-owned prison or other detention facility shall have the same duty to release information about the operation of that facility as a federal agency operating such a facility would have under the Freedom of Information Act. Authorizes any party aggrieved by a violation of that duty to obtain relief in a civil action.

private prison information act provides nongovernmental entity contracting federal_government detain federal prisoners detainees privately owned prison detention facility shall duty release information operation facility federal agency operating facility freedom information act authorizes party aggrieved violation duty obtain relief civil action


Summary: Prisoner Opportunity, Work, and Education Requirement Act or the POWER Act - Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require federal prison inmates to: (1) work for not less than 50 hours weekly; and (2) engage in job training and educational and life skills preparation study. Requires Federal Prison Industries (a government corporation) to employ inmates in manufacturing activities by subcontracting with private sector contractors. Requires inmate wages earned in a 50-hour work week program to be used for the costs of incarceration, victim restitution, inmate expenses, and related state and local prisoner programs.Repeals certain provisions restricting the funding of, and purchase of products from, Federal Prison Industries and prohibiting a public private competition for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons and Federal Prison Industries.Directs the Attorney General to establish the Foreign Labor Substitute Panel to review pilot projects by U.S. companies for the manufacture of goods by federal convicts that would otherwise be manufactured by foreign labor.Revises federal criminal code provisions to restate the mission, operating objectives, performance standards, and other requirements for Federal Prison Industries.Requires the Comptroller General to provide for annual independent evaluations of the operations of Federal Prison Industries and to report to Congress on such evaluations (currently, the Board of Directors of Federal Prison Industries is required to report to Congress).

prisoner opportunity work education requirement act power act_-_amends crime_control_act require federal prison inmates work hours weekly engage job training educational life skills preparation study requires federal prison industries government corporation employ inmates manufacturing activities subcontracting private sector contractors requires inmate wages earned hour work week program costs incarceration victim restitution inmate expenses related state local prisoner programs repeals certain provisions restricting funding purchase products federal prison industries prohibiting public private competition work performed employees bureau_of_prisons federal prison industries directs attorney general establish foreign labor substitute panel review pilot projects companies manufacture goods federal convicts manufactured foreign labor revises federal criminal code provisions mission operating objectives performance standards requirements federal prison industries requires comptroller_general provide annual independent evaluations operations federal prison industries report congress evaluations currently board_of_directors federal prison industries required report congress


Summary: Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2009- Amends the federal criminal code to direct the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to a good time policy, to release a prisoner who has served one half or more of his or her term of imprisonment if that prisoner: (1) has attained age 45; (2) has never been convicted of a crime of violence; and (3) has not engaged in any violation, involving violent conduct, of institutional disciplinary regulations.

federal prison bureau nonviolent offender relief_act amends federal criminal code direct bureau_of_prisons pursuant good time policy release prisoner served half term imprisonment prisoner attained age convicted crime violence engaged violation involving violent conduct institutional disciplinary regulations


Summary: Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2009 - Requires states that receive certain criminal justice assistance grants to report to the Attorney General on a quarterly basis certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, arrested, en route to incarceration, or incarcerated in state or local facilities or a boot camp prison. Grants the Attorney General discretion to reduce by up to 10% the amount of the criminal justice assistance grants of states that fail to comply. Requires the head of each federal law enforcement agency to report to the Attorney General annually certain information regarding the death of any person who: (1) is detained or arrested by any officer of such agency (or by any state or local law enforcement officer for purposes of a federal law enforcement operation); or (2) is en route to be incarcerated or detained, or is incarcerated or detained, at any federal correctional facility or federal pretrial detention facility located within the United States or any other facility pursuant to a contract with or used by such agency.Requires the Attorney General to study such information and report on means by which it can be used to reduce the number of such deaths.

death custody reporting act requires states receive certain criminal justice assistance grants report attorney general quarterly basis certain information death person detained arrested route incarceration incarcerated state local facilities camp prison grants attorney general discretion reduce criminal justice assistance grants states fail comply requires head federal law enforcement agency report attorney general annually certain information death person detained arrested officer agency state local law enforcement officer purposes federal law enforcement operation route incarcerated detained incarcerated detained federal correctional facility federal pretrial detention facility located united_states facility pursuant contract agency requires attorney general study information report means reduce number deaths


Summary: Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any enemy combatant detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the Florence Federal Correctional Complex, Colorado; or (2) construct housing facilities for such individuals at the Florence Complex.

prohibits federal funds transfer enemy combatant detained united_states naval station guantanamo_bay cuba federal correctional complex colorado construct housing facilities individuals complex


Summary: Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any military installation or federal detention center in Georgia; or (2) house any such individual at a Georgia installation or detention center.

prohibits federal funds transfer individual detained united_states naval station guantanamo_bay cuba military installation federal detention center georgia house individual georgia installation detention center


Summary: Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any military installation or federal detention center in North Carolina; or (2) house any such individual at a North Carolina installation or detention center.

prohibits federal funds transfer individual detained united_states naval station guantanamo_bay cuba military installation federal detention center north_carolina house individual north_carolina installation detention center


Summary: Miami Dade College Land Conveyance Act - Directs the Attorney General to convey a parcel of land held by the Bureau of Prisons to Miami Dade College in Miami-Dade County, Florida, so that the college can use the site for a new educational building that includes a parking area with designated parking spaces for the Bureau of Prisons. Permits the Attorney General to revert the land to the United States if it is not being used in accordance with the purpose specified above. Requires any determination of the Attorney General concerning such a reversion to be made on the record after an opportunity for a hearing. Allows the Attorney General to have the exact size and legal description of the land to be conveyed determined by a survey and requires the College to bear the cost of the survey. Makes inapplicable to such land conveyance requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for an environmental impact statement.

miami college land conveyance act_-_directs attorney general convey parcel land held bureau_of_prisons miami college miami-dade_county florida college use site new educational building includes parking area designated parking spaces bureau_of_prisons permits attorney general revert land united_states accordance purpose specified requires determination attorney general concerning reversion record opportunity hearing allows attorney general exact size legal description land conveyed determined survey requires college bear cost survey makes inapplicable land conveyance requirements national_environmental_policy_act environmental impact statement


Summary: Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any enemy combatant detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any military or prison installation in Arizona; or (2) construct housing facilities in Arizona for such individuals.

prohibits federal funds transfer enemy combatant detained united_states naval station guantanamo_bay cuba military prison installation arizona construct housing facilities arizona individuals


Summary: No Parole for Sex Offenders Act - Requires a state that is receiving funds for certain law enforcement assistance programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to put into effect laws and policies that prohibit parole for any individual convicted of a crime against a minor and any sexually violent predator. Grants states three years to implement such laws and policies (with one additional two-year extension for states making good faith efforts at implementation). Renders any state that does not implement such laws and policies within the required period ineligible for 10% of funding for its law enforcement assistance programs.

parole sex offenders act_-_requires state receiving funds certain law enforcement assistance programs omnibus_crime_control_and_safe_streets_act effect laws policies prohibit parole individual convicted crime minor sexually violent predator grants states years implement laws policies additional year extension states making good faith efforts implementation renders state implement laws policies required period ineligible funding law enforcement assistance programs


Summary: Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to develop, and draft regulations to implement, a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates in federal prisons and upon reentry into the community. Requires such policy to provide for: (1) testing of inmates upon intake and counseling; (2) pre-test and post-test counseling; (3) improvement of HIV/AIDS awareness and inmate education; (4) HIV testing of inmates annually or upon exposure to HIV; (5) HIV testing of pregnant inmates; (6) comprehensive medical treatment of inmates who test positive and confidential counseling on managing their medical condition and preventing HIV transmission to other persons; (7) protection of inmate confidentiality; (8) testing, counseling, and referral of inmates to health care and social service agencies prior to reentry into the community; (9) the right of inmates to refuse routine testing; (10) excluding as "routine" the testing of an inmate who may have transmitted HIV to any U.S. officer or employee or to any person lawfully present but not incarcerated in a correctional facility; and (11) timely notification to inmates of test results.Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) require HIV testing for all inmates upon intake regardless of length of sentence or risk factors; (2) allow inmates to decline testing prior to release from incarceration; (3) make HIV test results inadmissible in civil and criminal proceedings; and (4) make HIV testing part of the routine health screening conducted at inmate intake. Directs the Bureau of Prisons to report to Congress: (1) within one year on Bureau policies and procedures to provide testing, treatment, and prevention education programs for hepatitis and other diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use; and (2) annually on the incidence among inmates of diseases transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous drug use, including specific information on HIV/AIDS.Authorizes appropriations.

stop aids prison act directs bureau_of_prisons develop draft regulations implement comprehensive policy provide hiv testing treatment prevention inmates federal prisons reentry community requires policy provide testing inmates intake counseling pre test post test counseling improvement hiv aids awareness inmate education hiv testing inmates annually exposure hiv hiv testing pregnant inmates comprehensive medical treatment inmates test positive confidential counseling managing medical condition preventing hiv transmission persons protection inmate confidentiality testing counseling referral inmates health_care social service agencies prior reentry community right inmates refuse routine testing excluding routine testing inmate transmitted hiv officer employee person lawfully present incarcerated correctional facility timely notification inmates test results amends federal criminal code require hiv testing inmates intake regardless length sentence risk factors allow inmates decline testing prior release incarceration hiv test results inadmissible civil criminal proceedings hiv testing routine health screening conducted inmate intake directs bureau_of_prisons report congress year bureau policies procedures provide testing treatment prevention education programs hepatitis diseases transmitted sexual activity intravenous drug use annually incidence inmates diseases transmitted sexual activity intravenous drug use including specific information hiv appropriations


Summary: Federal Prison Work Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to allow reductions in the prison term of a federal prisoner whose record of conduct shows that such prisoner has substantially observed all prison regulations and has not been subjected to punishment.Allows the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to grant a reduction in a prisoner's term for actual employment in an industry or camp or for exceptionally meritorious service or for performing duties of outstanding importance in connection with institutional operations.


Summary: Prohibits federal funds from being used to: (1) transfer any individual detained by the United States at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility or location in Virginia; or (2) house any such individual at a Virginia facility or location.

prohibits federal funds transfer individual detained united_states naval station guantanamo_bay cuba facility location virginia house individual virginia facility location


Summary: Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program of 2009 - Directs the Bureau of Prisons to conduct a pilot program to determine the effectiveness of the routine issuance of Oleoresin Capsicum spray (pepper spray) to staff. Directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on an evaluation of such pilot program and on tools to improve officer safety in federal prisons.

oleoresin pilot program directs bureau_of_prisons conduct pilot program determine effectiveness routine issuance oleoresin staff directs government_accountability_office gao report congress evaluation pilot program tools improve officer safety federal prisons


Summary: Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in conducting any decennial census, to provide that any individual who is incarcerated as of the date on which such census is taken shall be attributed to the place that was such individual's last usual place of residence before that person's incarceration began.

requires secretary commerce conducting decennial census provide individual incarcerated date census taken shall attributed place individual usual place residence person incarceration began


Summary: Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 - Requires states to: (1) enact laws and adopt policies to grant child offenders who are serving a life sentence a meaningful opportunity for parole or supervised release at least once during their first 15 years of incarceration and at least once every three years thereafter; and (2) provide notice of such laws and policies to the public and to victims of child offenders. Defines "child offender who is serving a life sentence" as an individual who is convicted of a criminal offense before attaining the age of 18 and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for life or a term exceeding 15 years. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) establish and implement a system of early release for each child offender who is under a life sentence in a federal prison; and (2) award grants to states to improve legal representation and other services for child defendants charged with an offense carrying a possible sentence of life in prison.

juvenile justice accountability improvement act requires states enact laws adopt policies grant child offenders serving life sentence meaningful opportunity parole supervised release years incarceration years provide notice laws policies public victims child offenders defines child offender serving life sentence individual convicted criminal offense attaining age sentenced term imprisonment life term exceeding years requires attorney general establish implement system early release child offender life sentence federal prison award grants states improve legal representation services child defendants charged offense carrying possible sentence life prison


Summary: Detainment Reform Act of 2009 - Directs the President, with respect to non-U.S. individuals taken into custody, to make a specific determination whether the individual poses a danger to U.S. security and interests based on specified criteria, including whether the individual is an agent of a foreign power against which the use of military force was authorized under the Authorization for Use of Military Force. Allows the U.S. to detain, for up to 14 days, an individual determined to pose such a danger. Requires the U.S., after such period, to initiate detention proceedings provided under this Act or other legal authority, release the individual, transfer the individual to a foreign government, or transfer the individual to an international tribunal with appropriate jurisdiction. Outlines procedures for detention proceedings, requiring a determination that the individual is an imperative threat to security, with the burden of proof upon the U.S. by a preponderance of the evidence. Requires the protection of national security information during such proceedings. Requires: (1) the head of any military or federal department or agency that has custody or control of a detainee, upon such detention, to notify the International Committee of the Red Cross of such custody or control; (2) Red Cross access to such detainees; and (3) a report on conditions of detainees and detainee facilities. Provides for the disposition of detainees entitled to the right of habeas corpus review, requiring each such detainee to be: (1) charged with an offense and transferred to a detention facility for further legal proceedings; (2) transferred to an international tribunal with appropriate jurisdiction; (3) transferred to the custody of the individual's country of citizenship or a different country, provided the transfer is consistent specified conditions; or (4) held in detention after being determined an imperative threat to security. Expresses the sense of Congress concerning the investigation, prosecution, and treatment of individuals and organizations suspected of involvement with international terrorism. Requires detainees to be held in accordance with conditions of confinement guaranteed by Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. Requires a report identifying those nations, persons, or organizations considered to be forces covered by the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (P.L. 107-40) as having planned, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, or as having harbored such persons or organizations as co-belligerents.

detainment reform_act directs president respect non individuals taken custody specific determination individual poses danger security interests based specified criteria including individual agent foreign power use military force authorized authorization use military force allows detain days individual determined pose danger requires period initiate detention proceedings provided act legal authority release individual transfer individual foreign government transfer individual international tribunal appropriate jurisdiction outlines procedures detention proceedings requiring determination individual threat security burden proof preponderance evidence requires protection national security information proceedings requires head military federal department agency custody control detainee detention notify international_committee_of_the_red_cross custody control red cross access detainees report conditions detainees detainee facilities provides disposition detainees entitled right habeas corpus review requiring detainee charged offense transferred detention facility legal proceedings transferred international tribunal appropriate jurisdiction transferred custody individual country citizenship different country provided transfer consistent specified conditions held detention determined threat security expresses sense congress concerning investigation prosecution treatment individuals organizations suspected involvement international terrorism requires detainees held accordance conditions confinement guaranteed article geneva conventions requires report identifying nations persons organizations considered forces covered authorization use military force having planned committed aided terrorist attacks september having persons organizations belligerents


Summary: Criminal Justice Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to states, local governments, territories, or Indian tribes to: (1) analyze and improve the cost-effectiveness of state and local spending on prisons, jails, and community corrections; and (2) assist in managing the growth in spending on corrections and increase public safety.

criminal justice reinvestment act authorizes attorney general grants states local governments territories indian tribes analyze improve cost effectiveness state local spending prisons jails community corrections assist managing growth spending corrections increase public safety


Summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit retroactive payments to individuals during periods for which such individuals are prisoners, fugitive felons, or probation or parole violators.

measure amended introduced summary version repeated social_security benefits prisoners act amends titles old age survivors disability_insurance oasdi xvi supplemental security income ssi social_security_act prohibit retroactive payments individuals periods individuals prisoners fugitive felons probation parole violators


Summary: Prisoner Incentive Act of 2009 - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) allow federal prisoners to earn up to 54 days of credit toward the service of a sentence for each year of the prisoner's sentence imposed by the court; and (2) authorize the Bureau of Prisons to subsequently restore any or all credit previously denied to a prisoner based on such prisoner maintaining good behavior.

prisoner incentive act amends federal criminal code allow federal prisoners earn days credit service sentence year prisoner sentence imposed court authorize bureau_of_prisons subsequently restore credit previously denied prisoner based prisoner maintaining good behavior


Summary: Literacy, Education, and Rehabilitation Act - Amends the federal criminal code to allow a prisoner serving a term of imprisonment of more than one year to receive credit beyond time already served for up to 60 days each year, in addition to any credit received for satisfactory behavior, for earning a certificate of completion in, or for participating in or teaching, a designated program that benefits prisoners or the Bureau of Prisons, including specified educational and vocational, treatment, and work and developmental programs. Requires the Director of the Bureau to establish the number of days of credit a prisoner may be awarded considering the difficulty, time required, responsibility expected, and rehabilitative benefits of the program. Makes any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the Attorney General's custody eligible for the credits, including prisoners transferred from foreign countries. Allows: (1) federal prisoners to earn up to 54 days of credit toward the service of a sentence for each year of the prisoner's sentence imposed by the court if the Bureau determines the prisoner has displayed exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations; and (2) the Bureau to restore credit previously denied to a prisoner, based on such prisoner maintaining good behavior.

literacy education rehabilitation act_-_amends federal criminal code allow prisoner serving term imprisonment year receive credit time served days year addition credit received satisfactory behavior earning certificate completion participating teaching designated program benefits prisoners bureau_of_prisons including specified educational vocational treatment work developmental programs requires director bureau establish number days credit prisoner awarded considering difficulty time required responsibility expected rehabilitative benefits program makes person sentenced term imprisonment attorney general custody eligible credits including prisoners transferred foreign countries allows federal prisoners earn days credit service sentence year prisoner sentence imposed court bureau determines prisoner displayed exemplary compliance institutional disciplinary regulations bureau restore credit previously denied prisoner based prisoner maintaining good behavior


Summary: Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2009 - Amends the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act to: (1) eliminate the requirement of a prior showing of physical injury before a prisoner may bring a claim for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody; and (2) provide for a 90-day stay of nonfrivolous claims relating to prison conditions to allow prison officials to consider such claims through the administrative process; and (3) exclude from the application of such Act prisoners under the age of 18. Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) exempt prisoners under the age of 18 from the restrictions imposed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act; and (2) expand the discretionary authority of judges in awarding relief in actions involving prison conditions. Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) exempt prisoners under the age of 18 from certain restrictions on in forma pauperis proceedings; (2) expand the number of in forma pauperis actions a prisoner may bring; and (3) revise requirements for assessing filing fees and costs against prisoners in such actions.

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Summary: Inmate Work, Education, and Responsibility Curriculum Act of 2009 (sic) or the I-WERC Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a three-year pilot program for making competitive grants to state, tribal, and local corrections agencies to fund a 40-hour work week curriculum of self-improvement activities for inmates that promote responsibility, education, family, work, and parenthood. Includes among the required uses of grant funds working toward and acquiring a general equivalency diploma, literacy training, vocational training and education, jobs and skills training, and mentoring sessions. Requires curriculum participants to undergo an assessment of their mental, physical, intellectual, and vocational abilities. Extends incentives to inmates for participation in the program, including good time credit, monetary compensation, additional and more flexible visitation rights, and letters of recommendation. Authorizes the Attorney General to award a grant to the National Institute of Justice to design and conduct a study of the curriculums funded by this Act.

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Summary: Directs the Attorney General to make recommendations to the Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision established by the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Adult Offenders and report to Congress on: (1) whether minimum standards in such Compacts should be updated to better protect public and officer safety; and (2) policies regarding the transfer of supervision of an adult offender from an originating state of jurisdiction to a receiving state.

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Summary: Families Beyond Bars Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to qualified organizations to carry out, directly or through subgrants to other entities, child-parent visitation programs that foster and develop familial ties between eligible children and their incarcerated parents.

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Summary: No Prisoner Access to Social Security Numbers Act of 2010 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit governmental entities from employing, or entering into or maintaining a contract for the use or employment of, prisoners in any capacity that would allow such prisoners access to the Social Security account numbers of other individuals (or any derivatives of such numbers).

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Summary: DNA Felony Collection Act of 2009 - Directs the Attorney General to require states to: (1) collect a DNA sample from each individual convicted of a felony under the laws of such states; and (2) include DNA analysis results from such samples in a federal or state index of DNA analysis records.

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