H.R. 3344
119th CONGRESS 1st Session
To direct the Attorney General to structure funding issued to the Bureau of Prisons as State block grants.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · May 13, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Higgins of Louisiana · Committee: Committee on the Judiciary
Table of contents
SEC. 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—
- return the amount of funding issued to the Bureau of Prisons to the amount issued to the Bureau in fiscal year 2019; and
- structure funding issued pursuant to paragraph (1) to the Bureau of Prisons in the following manner—
- 50 percent of Bureau of Prison funds shall be converted to block grants issued to the States;
- 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
- 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).
- 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—
- (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.