Prevent Terrorism from Entering our Prisons Act of 2015

Prevent Terrorism from Entering our Prisons Act of 2015

This bill amends the federal criminal code to require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to screen federal prison volunteers for known and suspected terrorist connections, using Federal Bureau of Investigation files and volunteers' social media accounts.

DOJ must take appropriate action if a volunteer's screening raises questions about terrorist connections.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4285 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4285

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the screening of 
   volunteers at Federal prisons for terrorist links, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2015

  Mr. Fincher (for himself and Mr. Stivers) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the screening of 
   volunteers at Federal prisons for terrorist links, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prevent Terrorism from Entering our 
Prisons Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. SCREENING OF VOLUNTEERS AT FEDERAL PRISONS FOR TERRORIST LINKS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 4049. Screening of volunteers at Federal prisons for terrorist 
              links
    ``(a) In General.--It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to 
ensure that each volunteer who offers to work with prisoners at any 
Federal penal and correctional institution is screened for known and 
suspected international and domestic terrorist connections or 
proclivities, using all files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
whether such files are open or not for other purposes, and requiring 
the volunteer to make available social media accounts for that purpose.
    ``(b) Appropriate Action.--It shall be the duty of the Attorney 
General to require appropriate action in the case of each volunteer 
whose screening raises questions about terrorist connections or 
proclivities.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new item:

``4049. Screening of volunteers at Federal prisons for terrorist 
                            links.''.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the director of the Bureau of Prisons shall study specific procedures 
in place to reduce the instances of radicalization during imprisonment 
and report the results of that study to the Committee on Homeland 
Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, of the House of Representatives, and to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, of the 
Senate.
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