Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Photographing Incarcerated Criminals To Update Records and Evidence Act” or the “PICTURE Act”.
Photographing Incarcerated Criminals To Update Records and Evidence Act
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to maintain a photographic directory of Federal prisoners, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Photographic directory of Federal prisoners
In general— Chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“4015. Photographic directory of Federal prisoners
“The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall maintain a photographic directory that includes a photograph of each prisoner in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, with an uncovered and unobstructed view of the face of the prisoner.”
Clerical amendment— The table of sections for chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code is amended by adding at the end the following: