,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgig  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bb1        
#bjai,mr4 ,takano 7for himself and ,mr4 
,evans7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend    
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
require that ,bureau of ,prisons help   
,federal prisoners who are being        
released to obtain appropriate ,,id to  
facilitate their reentry into society at
 no cost to the prisoner1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,restoring ,access  
,through ,identification ,act4  #b4     
,provision of photo identification card 
for prisoners  7a7 ,title #ah1 ,united  
,states ,code ,subparagraph 7,b7 of     
section #djdb7;a77#f7 of the title #ah1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as follows3  7,b7 obtain1 at no    
cost to the prisoner1 identification    
documents1 including social security    
cards1 birth certificates1 and driver's 

licenses or ,state photo identification 
documents2 and  4  7b7 ,second ,chance  
,act of #bjjg ,section #bca7;b7 of the  
,second ,chance ,act of #bjjg 7#cd      
,u4,s4,c4 #fjeda7;b77 is amended by     
amending paragraph 7#a7 to read as      
follows3  7#a7 ,obtaining identification
  7,a7 ,in general ,the ,director shall 
assist prisoners in obtaining1 at no    
cost to the prisoner1 identification    
documents prior to release from a term  
of imprisonment in a ,federal prison or 
if the individual was not sentenced to a
 term of imprisonment in a ,federal     
prison1 prior to release from a sentence
 to a term in community confinement1    
including a social security card1 birth 
certificate1 and driver's license or    
other ,state photo identification       
document4  7,b7 ,notice to prisoners of 
inability to obtain documents  7i7 ,lack
 of response from ,federal or ,state    
agency ,if the ,director cannot obtain a
 copy of a document required to obtain a
 form of identification described in    

subparagraph 7,a7 because of inaction by
 the ,federal or ,state agency from     
which the document was requested1 the   
,director shall provide to the          
prisoner--  7,i7 a written statement    
that explains what steps the ,director  
took in trying to obtain the document2  
and  7,,ii7 any documents transmitted to
 the ,director by the ,federal or ,state
 agency in response to the request for  
the document4  7ii7 ,lack of            
authorization from prisoner ,if the     
,director cannot obtain a copy of a     
document required to obtain a form of   
identification described in subparagraph
 7,a7 because the prisoner does not     
provide the authorization required to   
obtain the document1 the ,director shall
 provide a written statement to the     
prisoner that explains why the document 
was not obtained4  7,c7 ,report ,on an  
annual basis1 the ,director shall submit
 to ,congress a report on the receipt of
 driver's licenses or other ,state photo
 identification documents by prisoners  

described in subparagraph 7,a7 that     
includes1 for the previous year--  7i7  
the number of prisoners who received    
such an identification document2 and    
7ii7 the number of prisoners released   
without receiving such an identification
 document1 and the reasons that such    
prisoners did not receive such an       
identification document4  4