I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7111 
To require the Bureau of Prisons to submit to Congress an annual summary 
report of disaster damage, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2026 
Mr. LIEU (for himself and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Bureau of Prisons to submit to Congress 
an annual summary report of disaster damage, 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 ‘‘Correctional Facility 
Disaster Preparedness Act of 2026’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘major disaster’’ means— 
(1) a major disaster declared by the President 
under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
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Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170); or 
(2) any natural disaster or extreme weather or 
public health emergency event that— 
(A) causes physical damage to the facility 
or disrupts services under paragraph (2), (4), 
(5), or (6) of section 3(a); and 
(B) the Bureau of Prisons determines is a 
major disaster. 
SEC. 3. BUREAU OF PRISONS ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT 
OF DISASTER DAMAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations, 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives, the Government Account-
ability Office, and the Office of the Inspector General of 
the Department of Justice an annual summary report of 
disaster damage on the scope of physical damage from a 
major disaster by each Bureau of Prisons facility and its 
contract prisons impacted or struck by a major disaster 
that explains the effects of the damage on inmates and 
staff, including— 
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(1) data on injury and loss of life of inmates 
and staff; 
(2) access to health and medical care, food, spe-
cial dietary needs, drinkable water, personal protec-
tive equipment, and personal hygiene products; 
(3) guidance used to adjudicate early release or 
home confinement requests, data on early release or 
home confinement approvals, denials, and justifica-
tion for denials; 
(4) an explanation as to whether using home 
confinement or early release was considered; 
(5) access to cost-free and uninterrupted visita-
tion with legal counsel and visitors with justifica-
tions for facility decisions that resulted in suspended 
or altered visitations; 
(6) access to appropriate accommodations for 
inmates with disabilities; 
(7) access to educational and work programs; 
(8) inmate grievances; 
(9) assessment of the cost of the damage to the 
facility and estimates for repairs; 
(10) the impact on staffing, equipment, and fi-
nancial resources; and 
(11) other factors relating to the ability of the 
Bureau of Prisons and any existing contract prison 
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to uphold the health, safety, and civil rights of the 
correctional population. 
(b) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.—The report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include agency corrective 
actions that the Bureau of Prisons will take to improve 
and modernize emergency preparedness plans, as they re-
late to natural disasters, extreme weather, and public 
health emergencies and a timeline to implement the cor-
rective action plan. 
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall include specific legislative rec-
ommendations to Congress for improving emergency pre-
paredness plans within the Bureau of Prisons. 
(d) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons shall appoint an official of the Bureau of Prisons re-
sponsible for carrying out the corrective action plan. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS. 
Section 4351 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘ten’’ and inserting ‘‘14’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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