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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025

S. 698Introduced Feb 24, 2025Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Official title: A bill to require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Sponsor: Sen. Mitch McConnell R-KY
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 24, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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

7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats

2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), James Lankford (R-OK), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Rand Paul (R-KY).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Mitch McConnell.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Kentucky in Congress

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Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.