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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4405 

To establish a joint task force to improve the collection of restitution and 

improve oversight of the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Trust Fund Accounts 

for the purpose of deterring illicit financial activity, money laundering, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 15, 2022 

Mr. KENNEDY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a joint task force to improve the collection 

of restitution and improve oversight of the Bureau of 

Prisons Inmate Trust Fund Accounts for the purpose 

of deterring illicit financial activity, money laundering, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Inmate Financial Ac5 countability Task Force Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TASK FORCE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General (in con3 sultation with the Director of the Bureau of Prisons and 

4 the Director of the Executive Office for United States At5 torneys), the Director of the Administrative Office of the 

6 United States Courts, the Secretary of Health and Human 

7 Services (in consultation with the Commissioner of the Of8 fice of Child Support Enforcement), the Secretary of the 

9 Treasury, and the Director of the United States Marshals 

10 Service shall establish a joint task force (referred to in 

11 this Act as the ‘‘Inmate Financial Accountability Task 

12 Force’’) to develop— 

13 (1) a strategic plan to improve the criminal and 

14 civil debt collection process and establish an effective 

15 coordination mechanism among each entity involved 

16 in that process; and 

17 (2) a strategic plan to improve oversight of Bu18 reau of Prisons Inmate Trust Fund Accounts for de19 tecting and deterring illicit financial activity and 

20 money laundering. 

21 (b) REQUIRED REVIEW OF PROCEDURES.—Not later 

22 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

23 the Inmate Financial Accountability Task Force shall— 

24 (1) review the long-standing problems in the 

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1 cluding fragmented processes and lack of coordina2 tion; 

3 (2) review and enhance training and examina4 tion procedures to improve the capabilities of crimi5 nal and civil debt reporting and collection by Federal 

6 agencies; 

7 (3) recommend the proper accounting, report8 ing, collecting, and management of criminal and civil 

9 debt eligible for referral to the Secretary of the 

10 Treasury for collection actions; 

11 (4) review and enhance training and examina12 tion procedures to improve the capabilities of anti13 money laundering processes to detect financial trans14 actions relating to Bureau of Prisons Inmate Trust 

15 Fund Accounts; 

16 (5) review and enhance procedures for referring 

17 potential cases relating to money laundering and il18 licit financial activity to the appropriate law enforce19 ment agency; and 

20 (6) determine, as appropriate, whether require21 ments for the Bureau of Prisons are sufficient to de22 tect and deter money laundering relating to Bureau 

23 of Prisons Inmate Trust Fund Accounts. 

24 (c) REPORTS.— 


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1 (1) CRIMINAL AND CIVIL DEBT COLLECTION

2 REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

3 enactment of this Act, the Inmate Financial Ac4 countability Task Force shall submit to the Com5 mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and 

6 the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

7 the Committee on Financial Services and the Com8 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa9 tives, a report containing— 

10 (A) an analysis of criminal and civil debt 

11 collection efforts of the Federal Government; 

12 (B) appropriate legislative, administrative, 

13 and other recommendations to strengthen 

14 criminal and civil debt collection processes; and 

15 (C) recommendations, including— 

16 (i) feedback from stakeholders, includ17 ing financial institutions and advocacy 

18 groups for victims of crime, on policy pro19 posals derived from the analysis conducted 

20 by the Inmate Financial Accountability 

21 Task Force that would enhance the efforts 

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1 ommended changes to internal policies, 

2 procedures, and controls; 

3 (ii) any recommended changes to ex4 pand information sharing relating to crimi5 nal and civil debt reporting and collection 

6 between financial institutions, appropriate 

7 law enforcement agencies, appropriate 

8 State agencies, and appropriate Federal 

9 agencies; 

10 (iii) any recommended changes to en11 hance the efforts and programs of Federal 

12 and State agencies to improve criminal and 

13 civil debt reporting and collection and ex14 pand information sharing of the Bureau of 

15 Prisons Inmate Trust Fund Accounts with 

16 appropriate law enforcement agencies; and 

17 (iv) any recommended changes, if nec18 essary, to existing statutes to more effec19 tively report and collect criminal and civil 

20 debt. 

21 (2) ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REPORT.—Not 

22 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

23 Act, the Inmate Financial Accountability Task Force 

24 shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

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1 ary of the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv2 ices and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

3 House of Representatives, a report containing— 

4 (A) an analysis of anti-money laundering 

5 efforts of the Federal Government and Federal 

6 financial institutions relating to Bureau of Pris7 ons Inmate Trust Fund Accounts; 

8 (B) appropriate legislative, administrative, 

9 and other recommendations to improve anti10 money laundering efforts relating to Bureau of 

11 Prisons Inmate Trust Fund Accounts; and 

12 (C) recommendations, including— 

13 (i) feedback from Federal agencies on 

14 best practices under successful programs 

15 related to anti-money laundering efforts in 

16 place that may be suitable for broader 

17 adoption by the Director of the Bureau of 

18 Prisons; 

19 (ii) feedback from stakeholders, in20 cluding law enforcement agencies and fi21 nancial institutions, on policy proposals de22 rived from the analysis conducted by the 

23 Inmate Financial Accountability Task 

24 Force that would enhance anti-money 

25 laundering efforts and oversight of Bureau 


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1 of Prisons Inmate Trust Fund Accounts, 

2 including any recommended changes to in3 ternal policies, procedures, and controls to 

4 improve anti-money laundering efforts; 

5 (iii) any recommended changes to 

6 training programs at the Bureau of Pris7 ons to better equip employees to deter and 

8 detect money laundering relating to Bu9 reau of Prisons Inmate Trust Fund Ac10 counts; and 

11 (iv) recommended changes, if nec12 essary, to existing statutes to more effec13 tively detect and deter money laundering 

14 relating to Bureau of Prisons Inmate 

15 Trust Fund Accounts. 

16 (d) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this Act shall be con17 strued to grant rulemaking authority to the Inmate Finan18 cial Accountability Task Force. 

19 (e) BUREAU OF PRISONS INMATE TRUST FUND AC20 COUNTS.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Bureau of Prisons In21 mate Trust Fund Accounts’’ refers to— 

22 (1) funds of Federal prisoners held in trust by 

23 the Bureau of Prisons; and 

24 (2) commissary funds of Federal prisoners. 

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