S 3993 United States Senate · 118th Congress

BOP Release Card ID Act of 2024

This bill requires the Bureau of Prisons to issue photo ID cards meeting REAL ID standards to U.S. citizen federal prisoners being released. The cards must be valid for 18 months and accepted for accessing key federal programs like Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, and federal buildings. It also mandates the Bureau to negotiate with states to allow these cards to serve as state ID and report annually to Congress on progress. The law applies specifically to prisoners released from federal custody, aiming to ease access to essential services upon reentry.
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Introduced Mar 20, 2024 Last action Mar 20, 2024
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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