S. 698: Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025

119th Congress · introduced 2025-02-24 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025

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Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025 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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Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025

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Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] · 7 cosponsors

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Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Rand Paul (R-KY), James Lankford (R-OK), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] reported raising $278,697 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s698.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s698 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills