Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025
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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
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- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
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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).
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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.