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H.R. 979 (106th)

Public Safety Act

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Introduced

4 March 1999

Last action

31 March 1999 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Sponsors

Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-20], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25], Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14], Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31], Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5], Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Shows, Ronnie [D-MS-4], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Forbes, Michael P. [D-NY-1], Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5], Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2], Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-26], Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14], Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3], Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29], Rep. Quinn, Jack [R-NY-27], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23], Rep. Rivers, Lynn N. [D-MI-13], Rep. Maloney, James H. [D-CT-5], Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1], Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13]

Subjects

Housing

Source updated

20 August 2025

Housing

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Summary

Public Safety Act - Provides that the recipient of a grant under the violent offender incarceration and truth-in-sentencing incentive grant program may not contract with a private contractor or vendor to provide services related to the operation of a correctional facility or the incarceration of inmates. Amends the Federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons to provide that: (1) any penal or correctional facility or institution (except for community correctional confinement such as halfway houses) confining any person convicted of offenses against the United States shall be under the direction of the Director of the Bureau and shall be managed and maintained by U.S. employees; and (2) the housing, safeguarding, care, subsistence, protection, instructing, 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 U.S. employees.

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Timeline

  1. 4 March 1999

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 4 March 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 4 March 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 31 March 1999

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

    Source: Committee

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