H. R. 8976
Introduced in House · June 12, 2026May 21, 2026
Ms. Kamlager-Dove (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Simon, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide for improvements in the treatment of women in the legal system.
1. Short title; table of contents; TITLE I—GENDER-INFORMED ARREST AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES; 101. Protection of children at arrest; 102. Grant program for gender-informed training of local law enforcement officers; 103. Representation in law enforcement grant program; TITLE II—FAMILY REUNIFICATION TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM AND PROTECT CHILDREN; 201. Parent-focused bail reform; 202. Temporary release from imprisonment to maintain community ties; 203. Updating custody requirements to preserve families; TITLE III—GENDER-INFORMED ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION; 301. Federal pretrial diversion; TITLE IV—CONSPIRACY REFORM ACT—FIXING THE “GIRLFRIEND PROBLEM”; 401. Focusing penalties for drug conspiracy; 402. Increasing judicial discretion to sentence less culpable justice-involved individuals; 403. Clarifying culpability at sentencing; TITLE V—GENDER-RESPONSIVE AND TRAUMA-INFORMED IMPOSITION OF A SENTENCE; 501. Gender and trauma-informed sentencing; TITLE VI—GENDER-RESPONSIVE PRISON REFORM; 601. Health care needs of incarcerated women in the Bureau of Prisons; 602. Trauma-informed care; 603. Trauma-informed and gender-responsive training and staffing; 604. Improving the Bureau of Prisons Resolve Trauma Therapy Program; 605. Gender-responsive programs in the Bureau of Prisons; 606. Gender-responsive prison conditions; 607. Gender-specific posts; 608. Female incarcerated person nutritional standards; 609. Gender-responsive discipline policies; 610. Expanding access to the Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together Program and the Residential Parenting Program; 611. Report on failure to comply with the 500 mile rule; 612. GAO study on representation in the Bureau of Prisons; 613. Authorization of appropriations; TITLE VII—GENDER-INFORMED REENTRY REFORM; 701. Focus on women at residential reentry centers and in community confinement; 702. Focusing supervision on the rehabilitation of women; 703. Gender-responsive modification of supervised release restrictions; TITLE VIII—DEFINITIONS; 801. Definitions