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On the recordApril 29, 2025
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 307) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed as follows: S. 307 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 ``Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) In 2023, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice released a report titled ``Evaluation of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Efforts to Address Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Committed by Inmates Toward Staff'' (in this section referred to as the ``Inspector General report''). (2) The Inspector General report examined all sanctioned inmate sexual incidents in the Bureau of Prisons (in this section referred to as the ``Bureau'') between fiscal years 2015 and 2021, and found that inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and sexual assault is widespread. (3) The Inspector General report further found that the Bureau does not collect adequate data on inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and sexual assault and that, because of the Bureau's inadequate data, the Bureau has not been able to identify the full scope of inmate-on-staff sexual harassment and sexual assault.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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