# 114-hr-6441: Video Visitation in Prisons Act of 2016

114-hr-6441, Video Visitation in Prisons Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-6441
- Congress: 114
- Title: Video Visitation in Prisons Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2016-12-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Video Visitation in Prisons Act of 2016 This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations for video visitation services that allow inmates to make video calls to individuals outside a correctional facility, and amend its regulations on inmate calling services as necessary, to ensure that all charges and practices are just and reasonable. The regulations must include: caps on rates charged by service providers, a prohibition against charging flat rates, a prohibition against a provider requiring a correctional facility to restrict in-person visitation as a condition to providing a calling or video visitation service, a prohibition against the provider offering bundled services that include non-communications services, and video quality standards. The federal criminal code is amended to require the Bureau of Prisons to ensure that: video visitation does not supplant in-person visitation; privacy is maximized in the video areas and equipment; no persons other than corrections officers have authority over the terms of a prisoner's imprisonment, including visitation schedules or the ability to move within a correctional facility; and service providers provide a list of each video visitation and each fee charged to visitors and prisoners, offer free visits based on good behavior if authorized by the correctional facility, and submit quarterly compliance reports.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6502: Seat Belts Save Lives Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6318: Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act
- 114-hr-6132: National Trauma Care System Act
- 114-hr-5980: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
- 114-hr-5932: Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act
- 114-hr-5922: Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act of 2016

## Sources
- [114-hr-6441 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6441)

## Related
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- [114-hr-6318: Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6318)
- [114-hr-6132: National Trauma Care System Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6132)
- [114-hr-5980: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5980)
- [114-hr-5932: Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5932)
- [114-hr-5922: Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Car…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5922)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6441 (as of 2025-11-18).