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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 › Section 100056

Appropriation for the Bureau of Prisons

Section 100056 · Sec. 100056 ·

What this chapter is about

This part gives the prison bureau $5 billion. At least $3 billion must go to pay and hiring. No more than $2 billion may go to repairs. The money can be spent through September 30, 2029.

2 proposals indexed from this chapter.

$5,000,000,000 goes to the Bureau of Prisons

The document says “shall”Who acts: Director of the Bureau of PrisonsHow: statuteSec. 100056 in the PDF
What the document says

“there is appropriated to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2029, for the purposes described in subsections (b) and (c).”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100056

The section appropriates $5,000,000,000 to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2029, for the two purposes the section names.

What the document actually says

“there is appropriated to the Director of the Bureau of Prisons for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2029, for the purposes described in subsections (b) and (c).”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100056
That sentence, in plain words

The prison bureau gets five billion dollars. It is for fiscal year 2025. It can be spent through September 30, 2029.

What this is about

Two uses are named. One is pay and hiring. One is buildings. Each has its own limit.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

At least $3,000,000,000 is for pay and hiring and at most $2,000,000,000 for repairs

The document says “shall”Who acts: Director of the Bureau of PrisonsHow: statuteSec. 100056 in the PDF
What the document says

“Not less than $3,000,000,000 of the amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be for hiring and training of new employees, including correctional officers, medical professionals, and facilities and maintenance employees, the necessary support staff, and for additional funding for salaries and benefits for the current workforce of the Bureau of Prisons.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100056

The section requires at least $3,000,000,000 to go to hiring and training new staff, including correctional officers, medical professionals and maintenance employees, and to salaries and benefits for the current workforce, and allows no more than $2,000,000,000 for maintenance and repairs to facilities the Bureau runs.

What the document actually says

“Not less than $3,000,000,000 of the amounts made available under subsection (a) shall be for hiring and training of new employees, including correctional officers, medical professionals, and facilities and maintenance employees, the necessary support staff, and for additional funding for salaries and benefits for the current workforce of the Bureau of Prisons.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 100056
That sentence, in plain words

At least three billion dollars is for staff. It hires and trains new employees. It also lifts pay for those there now.

What this is about

Guards, medical staff and repair crews are named. The rest is capped at two billion. That covers fixing buildings.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

All three things the section does: appropriate the money, set a floor for salaries and hiring, and set a ceiling for facilities.

Nothing in the section is left out. It has three subsections and each is recorded.

The section appropriates money directly and amends no older statute, so nothing recorded here depends on a document that is not indexed.