Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act of 2026

This bill would require the Director of the federal Bureau of Prisons to send Congress, the Government Accountability Office, and the Justice Department Inspector General a yearly report on damage from major disasters at federal prisons and contract prisons. The report would cover injuries and deaths, access to medical care, food, water, and visits, early release and home confinement decisions, repair costs, and other effects on inmates and staff. It would also include a corrective action plan with a timeline and legislative recommendations, and the Director would appoint an official to carry out the plan within 90 days. The bill would expand the advisory board of the National Institute of Corrections from 10 to 14 members with specified backgrounds and require the Institute to hold at least one public field hearing on emergency preparedness within one year.

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Sponsors

• Tammy Duckworth Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors