H.R. 10129: Stamps for Staying Connected Act of 2026

This bill would require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide postage stamps to federal inmates who do not have enough money or postage to mail items, as long as money is available through annual appropriations.

What it would do

• Within 6 months after the bill becomes law, the Bureau of Prisons would have to start giving postage stamps to eligible inmates.
• It would apply to inmates who have no funds or not enough postage and who want to send mail.
• The mail could include legal mail, administrative remedy filings, and other types of correspondence.

Limits and safeguards

• The Bureau of Prisons could set rules to prevent abuse, such as people stockpiling stamps to trade or exchange them inside prisons.
• As a general rule, an inmate could receive no more than 5 stamps per week.
• Those weekly stamps could not be saved from week to week.
• This 5-stamp limit would not apply to stamps needed for legal proceedings or administrative remedy filings.
• The stamps provided would only be for first-class domestic letters weighing 1 ounce.

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