PREP Act

United States117th CongressHR-5676House of Representatives
Updated: Nov 1, 2022

Summary

Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons Act of 2021 or the PREP Act This bill establishes, within the Bureau of Prisons, an Office of Prison Education. The office must provide educational services to incarcerated individuals in federal prisons and correctional institutions.

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Timeline

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S-2244: PREP Act of 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4778-4779)

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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