Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Prevent Terrorism from Entering our Prisons Act of 2015”.
Prevent Terrorism from Entering our Prisons Act of 2015
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the screening of volunteers at Federal prisons for terrorist links, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Screening of volunteers at Federal prisons for terrorist links
In general— Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“4049. Screening of volunteers at Federal prisons for terrorist links
“(a) In general—It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to ensure that each volunteer who offers to work with prisoners at any Federal penal and correctional institution is screened for known and suspected international and domestic terrorist connections or proclivities, using all files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, whether such files are open or not for other purposes, and requiring the volunteer to make available social media accounts for that purpose.
“(b) Appropriate action—It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to require appropriate action in the case of each volunteer whose screening raises questions about terrorist connections or proclivities.”
Clerical amendment— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
Sec. 3 Report to congressional committees
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the director of the Bureau of Prisons shall study specific procedures in place to reduce the instances of radicalization during imprisonment and report the results of that study to the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on the Judiciary, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, of the Senate.