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H.R. 1577 (IH) - Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2001
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:
- Congress Number
- 107th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- April 24, 2001
- Action
- Mr. Hoekstra (for himself, Mr. Frank, Mr. Collins, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Coble, Mr. Hilleary, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Kleczka, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Mr. Rahall, Ms. Hart, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Ney, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. English, Mr. Doyle, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Ehlers, Ms. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Camp, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Royce, Mr. Souder, and Mr. Tanner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
- Bill Number
- H.R. 1577
- Bill Version
- Introduced in House (IH)
- Short Title
- Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2001
- Full Title
- To amend title 18, United States Code, to require Federal Prison Industries to compete for its contracts minimizing its unfair competition with non-inmate workers and the firms that employ them and increasing the likelihood that Federal agencies get the best value for taxpayers dollars, to require that Federal Prison Industries fully and timely perform its Government contracts by empowering Federal contracting officers with the contract administration tools generally available to assure full and timely performance of other Government contracts, to enhance the opportunities for effective public participation in decisions to expand the activities of Federal Prison Industries, to provide to Federal agencies temporary preferential contract award authority to ease the transition of Federal Prison Industries to obtaining inmate work opportunities through other than its mandatory source status, to provide additional work opportunities for Federal inmates by authorizing Federal Prison Industries to provide inmate workers to nonprofit entities with protections against commercial activities, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Peter Hoekstra(MI)
- Cosponsors
- Barney Frank (MA); Mac Collins (GA); Carolyn B. Maloney (NY); F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (WI); Howard Coble (NC); Van Hilleary (TN); Tammy Baldwin (WI); William L. Jenkins (TN); Gerald D. Kleczka (WI); Tom Davis (VA); Nick J. Rahall II (WV); Melissa A. Hart (PA); James P. McGovern (MA); Roy Blunt (MO); Bart Gordon (TN); Richard Burr (NC); Adam Smith (WA); Ray LaHood (IL); Robert W. Ney (OH); Earl F. Hilliard (AL); Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ); Walter B. Jones (NC); Phil English (PA); Michael F. Doyle (PA); John M. McHugh (NY); Vernon J. Ehlers (MI); Julia Carson (IN); Pete Sessions (TX); Dave Camp (MI); Dennis J. Kucinich (OH); Edward R. Royce (CA); Mark E. Souder (IN); John S. Tanner (TN)
- Committees
- Committee on the Judiciary (Standing)
- United States Code References
- 5 U.S.C. 3109(b)
and
Chapter 57
15 U.S.C. 644(a)
18 U.S.C. 1761, 1762, 4121, 4122, 4124, 4126, 4127 and Chapter 307
28 U.S.C. 524 and 524
41 U.S.C. 253, 403, 405, 418b, 428 and 601