H.R. 3344

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3344 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3344

To direct the Attorney General to structure funding issued to the 
Bureau of Prisons as State block grants.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 13, 2025

Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To direct the Attorney General to structure funding issued to the 
Bureau of Prisons as State block grants.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Sovereign States Bureau of Prisons 
Restructuring Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. STATE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FOR BUREAU OF PRISONS FUNDS.

(a) Development.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall take such steps as 
necessary to develop a plan to--
(1) return the amount of funding issued to the Bureau of 
Prisons to the amount issued to the Bureau in fiscal year 2019; 
and
(2) structure funding issued pursuant to paragraph (1) to 
the Bureau of Prisons in the following manner--
(A) 50 percent of Bureau of Prison funds shall be 
converted to block grants issued to the States;
(B) 10 percent of Bureau of Prison funds shall be 
provided to the office of the Department of Justice 
administering a block grants under subparagraph (A); 
and
(C) 10 percent of Bureau of Prison funds shall be 
provided to the office of the Department of Justice 
Office of Inspector General for oversight of the block 
grants under subparagraph (A).
(b) Implementation.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the plan developed under subsection (a) shall be 
implemented.
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