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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5901 
To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information 
regarding inmates who give birth in the custody of law enforcement 
agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 31, 2025 
Ms. WILSON of Florida (for herself, Mr. VAN DREW, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
BISHOP, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. 
LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. 
MCBRIDE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. SALINAS, and Mr. DAVID 
SCOTT of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To encourage States to report to the Attorney General cer-
tain information regarding inmates who give birth in 
the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Births in Custody Re-
porting Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘BCRA of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE INFORMATION REGARDING PREGNANT INDI-
VIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO GIVE BIRTH 
IN THE CUSTODY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘boot 
camp prison’’ and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given those 
terms, respectively, in section 901(a) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10251(a)). 
(b) REPORT.—For each fiscal year after the expira-
tion of the period specified in subsection (e)(1) in which 
a State receives funds for a program referred to in sub-
section (e)(2), the State shall report to the Attorney Gen-
eral, on a quarterly basis and pursuant to guidelines es-
tablished by the Attorney General, anonymized and aggre-
gate information regarding any inmates who are pregnant 
or who have given birth while detained or incarcerated at 
a custodial facility within the jurisdiction of the State, in-
cluding a municipal or county jail, State prison, State-run 
boot camp prison, boot camp prison that is contracted out 
by the State, any State or local contract facility, or other 
local or State correctional facility (including any juvenile 
facility). 
(c) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The report required 
by subsection (b) shall contain information that, at a min-
imum, includes— 
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(1) the total number of pregnant inmates in 
custody to date in that calendar year; 
(2) the race and ethnicity of each pregnant in-
mate described in paragraph (1); 
(3) the quarter of admission to custody for each 
pregnant inmate described under paragraph (1); 
(4) whether each female inmate was adminis-
tered a pregnancy test not later than 1 week after 
admission to custody; 
(5) whether each pregnant inmate received a 
prenatal visit with a qualified medical professional 
not later than 7 days after facility personnel deter-
mined that the inmate was pregnant; 
(6) the outcome of each inmate’s pregnancy if 
the pregnancy occurred while the inmate was in cus-
tody, including live birth, stillbirth, miscarriage, ec-
topic pregnancy, maternal death, neonatal death, 
and preterm birth; 
(7) the quarter when the pregnant inmate was 
released from custody or when the pregnancy out-
come described in paragraph (6) occurred, whichever 
occurs first; 
(8) whether each outcome under paragraph (6) 
took place at the custodial facility or at an off-site 
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location, and if at an off-site location, which off-site 
location; 
(9) the number of times that restraints were 
used on each pregnant inmate, the type of restraint 
used, and the justification for the use of restraints, 
and including the following information— 
(A) whether restraints were used during 
pregnancy, during labor, or during delivery; 
(B) whether restraints were used while the 
pregnant inmate was in transit between the 
custodial facility and medical appointments, a 
hospital, or court proceedings; and 
(C) whether restraints were used on the 
pregnant inmate’s ankles, wrists, or abdomen; 
(10) the number of pregnant inmates who were 
still in custody postpartum, defined as at least 12 
weeks after delivery, and information about each of 
those inmates, including— 
(A) whether each inmate, as described in 
this paragraph, received a screening for 
postpartum depression with a qualified medical 
provider; and 
(B) whether each inmate, as described in 
this paragraph, received a postpartum medical 
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appointment with a qualified medical provider 
not later than 2 weeks after delivery; and 
(11) the total number of inmates described in 
paragraphs (1) and (10) who were placed in restric-
tive housing while pregnant or postpartum, the rea-
son for such placement, and the amount of time 
spent in restrictive housing. 
(d) PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.— 
Data collected under subsection (c) may not contain any 
personally identifiable information of any incarcerated 
pregnant or postpartum inmate. 
(e) COMPLIANCE AND INELIGIBILITY.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Each State shall have 
not more than 120 days from the date of enactment 
of this Act to comply with subsection (b), except 
that the Attorney General may grant an additional 
120 days to a State that is making good faith ef-
forts to comply with such subsection. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—For any fiscal 
year after the expiration of the period specified in 
paragraph (1), a State that fails to comply with sub-
section (b), shall, at the discretion of the Attorney 
General, be subject to not more than a 10-percent 
reduction of the funds that would otherwise be allo-
cated for that fiscal year to the State under subpart 
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1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et 
seq.). 
(f) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under 
the program referred to in subsection (e)(2) to a State 
for failure to fully comply with subsection (b) shall be re-
allocated under that program to States that have not 
failed to comply with such subsection. 
(g) PUBLICATION OF REPORTS BY ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.—The Attorney General shall make available to the 
public each report submitted under subsection (b). 
(h) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Attorney General shall 
carry out a study on the information reported under sub-
section (c) to— 
(1) determine means by which such information 
can be used to improve the treatment of inmates 
who are pregnant or who have given birth at the 
jails, prisons, and other specified facilities covered in 
the reports; and 
(2) examine— 
(A) the relationship, if any, between still-
births, miscarriages, maternal deaths, neonatal 
deaths, and preterm births that occur while in-
mates are in custody; and 
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(B) the actions of management of such 
jails, prisons, and other specified facilities. 
(i) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall prepare and submit to Congress a report that 
contains the findings of the study required by subsection 
(h). 
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