House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rehabilitation Through Reading Act of 2026
Official title: To require an independent review process for the prohibition of books at Bureau of Prisons facilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8325.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLEAVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 67, April 16, 2026, Page H2960):Commerce Clause of Article ISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 28 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8325, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8325
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 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 October 23, 2026). 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.