House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2025
Official title: To restrict the authority of the Attorney General to enter into contracts for Federal correctional facilities and community confinement facilities, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3612.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 88, May 23, 2025, Page H2369):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 304 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3612, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3612
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 6 Democrats
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jesús García (D-IL), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Summer Lee (D-PA), James McGovern (D-MA), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Delia Ramirez (D-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
- H.R. 469 (119th) Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
- H.R. 3087 (119th) Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Reauthorization Act
- H.Res. 116 (119th) Condemning the pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police Officers.
- H.R. 3376 (119th) Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2025
- H.R. 1638 (119th) CROWN Act of 2025
- H.R. 4007 (119th) PHARA Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.