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H.R. 5838: Private Prison Information Act of 2014

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H.R. 5838: Private Prison Information Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-12-10 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-12-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Private Prison Information Act of 2014

Plain summary

Private Prison Information Act of 2014 - Subjects records relating to the operation of and prisoners in a prison or other correctional or detention facility that is owned or operated by a nongovernmental entity, state, or local government and that incarcerates or detains federal prisoners pursuant to a contract or agreement with a federal agency to the Freedom of Information Act in the same manner as records maintained by a federal agency operating a federal prison or detention facility.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Private Prison Information Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 7 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr5838 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113