H.R. 10543 · 119th Congress
Where it stands
Introduced. Latest step, Sep 30, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. It would change 1 section of existing law and would add 5 new provisions of its own.
H.R. 10543 would change 1 section of existing law, and would create 5 new provisions of its own. Read from the bill text as introduced in the House (Sep 24, 2026).
18 U.S.C. 4042
New provisions of the bill's own
Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.
18 U.S.C. 4042(a)(6)(C)a new sectionchangedby H.R. 10543 Sec. 4(b)
(C) secure such identification and benefits prior to release from a sentence to a term of imprisonment in a Federal prison or if the individual was not sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a Federal prison, prior to release from a sentence to a term of community confinement, subject to any limitations in law;and
The bill says: in paragraph (6)(C), by striking "and" at the end;
18 U.S.C. 4042(a)a new sectionrenumberedby H.R. 10543 Sec. 4(b)
The bill says: by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
18 U.S.C. 4042(a)a new sectionadded (7)by H.R. 10543 Sec. 4(b)
(7) establish the Office of Prison Education required under section 4142; and
The bill says: by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
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