Read for Reentry Act of 2026

This bill would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study libraries and library services in State and Federal prisons. Within one year of the law taking effect, the GAO would have to send Congress a report. The report would describe the library services offered and their funding sources. It would also include demographic information on incarcerated people in prisons with libraries, along with recidivism rates, parole compliance rates, job placement, and disciplinary infraction rates for those prisons.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Rick Larsen Democrat sponsor
• 8 cosponsors