,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ac1 #bjbe,mr4  
,higgins of ,louisiana introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to direct the ,attorney        
,general to structure funding issued to 
the ,bureau of ,prisons as ,state block 
grants4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,sovereign ,states  
,bureau of ,prisons ,restructuring ,act 
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,state block grant       
program for ,bureau of ,prisons funds   
7a7 ,development ,not later than #bgj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,attorney ,general shall 
take such steps as necessary to develop 
a plan to-- 7#a7 return the amount of   
funding issued to the ,bureau of        
,prisons to the amount issued to the    
,bureau in fiscal year #bjai2 and  7#b7 
structure funding issued pursuant to    
paragraph 7#a7 to the ,bureau of        
,prisons in the following manner-- 7,a7 

#ej percent of ,bureau of ,prison funds 
shall be converted to block grants      
issued to the ,states2  7,b7 #aj percent
 of ,bureau of ,prison funds shall be   
provided to the office of the           
,department of ,justice administering a 
block grants under subparagraph 7,a72   
and  7,c7 #aj percent of ,bureau of     
,prison funds shall be provided to the  
office of the ,department of ,justice   
,office of ,inspector ,general for      
oversight of the block grants under     
subparagraph 7,a74  7b7 ,implementation 
,not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the plan 
developed under subsection 7a7 shall be 
implemented4