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Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

4

Passed Both

5

Signed into Law

Sponsor

Chuck Grassley

Republican · IA · Senator

Votes with party: 75.3% (827 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/G000386

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Cosponsors (17)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Held at the desk.

2026-06-15

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReported By · 2026-05-19

Previously

Senate Committee on the JudiciaryMarkup By · 2026-05-14
Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-26
Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-02-26

Plain-English Summary

Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act This bill increases federal criminal penalties for providing or attempting to provide a cell phone to an individual who is incarcerated at a prison.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 736 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 736 To increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a correctional facility, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 26, 2025 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Mr. Ossoff, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase the penalty for prohibited provision of a phone in a correctional facility, 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 ``Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITED PROVISION OF A PHONE. Section 1791(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: ``(4) in the case of a violation of subsection (a)(1), imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both, if the object is specified in subsection (d)(1)(F) of this section;''; and (3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by inserting ``, in the case of a violation of subsection (a)(2),'' before ``(d)(1)(F)''. SEC. 3. REVIEW OF POLICIES. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall-- (1) conduct a review of the policies of the Bureau of Prisons pertaining to inmates who make, possess, obtain, or attempt to make or obtain a prohibited object, as defined in section 1791(d)(1) of title 18, United States Code; and (2) update those policies as needed to improve protections for incarcerated individuals and staff. <all>

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