# 116-hr-4970: End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019

116-hr-4970, End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-4970
- Congress: 116
- Title: End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Introduced: 2019-10-31
- Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2019 This bill phases out the use of private prisons and private, for-profit community confinement facilities (e.g., halfway houses) to confine individuals serving terms for federal offenses. It also requires the Bureau of Prisons to provide inmates with counseling about resources in their communities as part of prerelease procedures and certain postrelease information about any fines, assessments, or other penalties connected to their convictions.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8913: COVID–19 in Immigration Detention Data Transparency Act
- 116-hr-8888: Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act
- 116-hr-8809: LOVE Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8793: Hurricane Eta Relief Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8791: DHS Reform Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8664: PPE for Safe Schools Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-4970 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4970)

## Related
- [116-hr-8913: COVID–19 in Immigration Detention Data Transparency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8913)
- [116-hr-8888: Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8888)
- [116-hr-8809: LOVE Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8809)
- [116-hr-8793: Hurricane Eta Relief Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8793)
- [116-hr-8791: DHS Reform Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8791)
- [116-hr-8664: PPE for Safe Schools Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8664)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4970 (as of 2025-11-18).