United States · Bill · S
S. 2284 (118th)
Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2023
Introduced
12 July 2023
Last action
12 July 2023 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2366)
Sponsors
Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY], Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ], Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA], Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY], Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN], Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2023 This bill modifies the appointment procedures and term of service for the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Currently, the director is appointed by the Attorney General. This bill requires the director to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The bill also limits the director to a single term of 10 years.
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Timeline
12 July 2023
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2366)
Source: IntroReferral
12 July 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 July 2023 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2023
- related to ← Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2022
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/2284
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/2284
- us · 118-s-2284 · source updated 10 August 2026