PASSED: Capito-Backed Bill to Establish Oversight of Federal Prison System Passes Senate
July 11, 2024
July 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release:
Yesterday, the Federal Prison Oversight Act, bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), unanimously passed the U.S. Senate. The bill, which is led by U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), establishes new, independent oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Now that the legislation has passed . . .
Yesterday, the Federal Prison Oversight Act, bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), unanimously passed the U.S. Senate. The bill, which is led by U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), establishes new, independent oversight of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Now that the legislation has passed . . .