U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10543: PREP Act
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish an Office of Prison Education, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish an Office of Prison Education, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 24, 2026:
A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish an Office of Prison Education, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons Act of 2026 or the PREP Act . SECTION 2. Findings; purpose (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Over the course of an 8-year-period following the release of individuals from Federal prisons, the United States Sentencing Commission found that 49.3 percent of such individuals were rearrested, 31.7 percent were reconvicted, and 24.6 percent were reincarcerated. (2) The Bureau of Justice Statistics found that, over a similar time period as described in paragraph (1), percent of people released from State prisons were rearrested. (3) A broad spectrum of prison education programming can prepare individuals for the contemporary workforce pre-release, ensuring that upon release the individuals are best situated to be productive members of their communities. (4) Education for people in prisons has a clear public safety benefit, reducing recidivism rates by over 43 percent. (5) Employment is 13 percent higher for individuals who participated in either academic or vocational programs in prison, and 28 percent higher for individuals who participated in vocational programs alone. (6) During the first 3 years after an individual is released, each dollar spent on funding prison education programs …
Sponsors
- Madeleine Dean (D, HD-PA-4) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- : Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement
Common questions
- What is HB10543?
- HB10543 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): PREP Act.
- What does HB10543 do?
- In its own words: To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish an Office of Prison Education, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10543?
- In committee as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10543?
- Madeleine Dean (D, HD-PA-4).
- Where is the official record for HB10543?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10543
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