Federal Prisons Accountability Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
Introduced
Summary
Shifts the Bureau of Prisons Director to a presidential nominee confirmed by the Senate and limits future directors to a single 10-year term. The bill would change the current phrasing that the Director is appointed by and serves under the Attorney General to require appointment by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The person serving as Director at enactment could remain for up to three months and the President could nominate that person under the new process. Sponsors point to the Bureau’s more than $7 billion budget, oversight of 122 facilities, responsibility for over 176,000 inmates, and about 36,000 staff as the context for the change.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
President Picks Bureau of Prisons Director
This bill would require the President to nominate the Director of the Bureau of Prisons and the Senate to confirm that nominee. The Director would still serve directly under the Attorney General. Future Directors would be appointed to a single 10-year term and could serve only one term. The person serving as Director when the bill is enacted could remain up to three months, and the President could nominate that person under the new rules.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
PA • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Davis (NC)
NC • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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