,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iihf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjbf,mr4 
,larsen of ,washington 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,ms4 ,kamlager-,dove1    
,ms4 ,simon1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 
and ,mr4 ,thanedar7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require a ,,gao study on    
,state and ,federal prison libraries1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,read for ,reentry ,act of #bjbf4  #b4  
,,gao ,study ,not later than #a year    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of the  
,united ,states shall conduct a study on
 libraries and library services offered 
in ,state and ,federal prisons1 and     
submit to ,congress a report1 that--    
7#a7 includes a description of any      
library services provided in such       
prisons2  7#b7 identifies any sources of
 funding for such libraries and library 

services2  7#c7 includes the demographic
 information of all incarcerated        
individuals in ,state and ,federal      
prisons that offer library services1    
including-- 7,a7 age2  7,b7 race2  7,c7 
ethnicity2  7,d7 gender identity2  7,e7 
level of education2  7,f7 criminal      
background2 and  7,g7 length of         
incarceration2  7#d7 identifies the     
prison recidivism rate for an individual
 released from a ,state or ,federal     
prison that offers library services2    
7#e7 identifies the parole compliance   
rate for an individual released from a  
,state or ,federal prison that offers   
library services2  7#f7 includes a      
description about workforce placement   
for individuals released from a ,state  
or ,federal prison that offers library  
services2  7#g7 identifies the rate of  
disciplinary infractions 7as defined by 
the ,director of the ,bureau of         
,prisons7 involving an incarcerated     
individual in a ,state or ,federal      
prison that offers library services2 and

  7#h7 includes any other relevant      
information or findings1 as determined  
by the ,comptroller ,general1 with      
respect to such libraries and library   
services4