[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10161 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10161

   To increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a 
             correctional facility, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2024

Ms. Lee of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a 
             correctional facility, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping 
Prison Contraband Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITED PROVISION OF A PHONE.

    Section 1791(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
        (5) and (6), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) in the case of a violation of subsection (a)(1), 
        imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both, if the object 
        is specified in subsection (d)(1)(F) of this section;''; and
            (3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by inserting ``, 
        in the case of a violation of subsection (a)(2),'' before 
        ``(d)(1)(F)''.

SEC. 3. REVIEW OF POLICIES.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall--
            (1) conduct a review of the policies of the Bureau of 
        Prisons pertaining to inmates who make, possess, obtain, or 
        attempt to make or obtain a prohibited object, as defined in 
        section 1791(d)(1) of title 18, United States Code; and
            (2) update those policies as needed to improve protections 
        for incarcerated individuals and staff.
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