Who it affects
- Government Accountability Office
- State and federal prisons offering library services
- People incarcerated in those prisons
- People released from those prisons
In committeePrisonsLibraries
Read for Reentry Act of 2026
H.R. 9986 · House bill · Introduced July 30, 2026
The Read for Reentry Act of 2026 would require a federal study and report on state and federal prison libraries and the people incarcerated there.
At a glance
Where it stands
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How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- The Government Accountability Office would study state and federal prison libraries and report to Congress within one year.
- The report would describe library services and identify their funding sources.
- It would include personal characteristics of people in prisons offering libraries, including age, education, criminal history, and incarceration length.
- It would identify rates of returning to prison and following parole rules among people released from prisons offering libraries.
- It would describe job placement for people released from those prisons.
- It would also identify rates of prison rule violations in prisons offering library services.
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How South Carolina voted
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Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- To require a GAO study on State and Federal prison libraries, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Larsen, Rick (D-WA)
- Introduced
- July 30, 2026
- Cosponsors
- 8
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee
- Latest action
- July 30, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
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Lobbyists report every three months, about 20 days after each quarter ends. We have January 2025 through September 2026 reports. Newer reports will be added once filed and published. Reports for October through December 2026 are due January 20, 2027.