3.0.0 180 2023-01-11T13:20:46Z 2023-01-11T13:20:46Z Senate S S 2011-01-25 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-01-26T00:24:17Z 2011-01-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-01-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Foreign labor Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Labor standards Public contracts and procurement Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2011-01-25 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-10T19:23:13Z Prisoner Opportunity, Work, and Education Requirement Act or the POWER Act - Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require federal prison inmates to: (1) work for not less than 50 hours weekly; and (2) engage in job training and educational and life skills preparation study.

Requires Federal Prison Industries (a government corporation) to employ inmates in manufacturing activities by subcontracting with private sector contractors. Requires inmate wages earned in a 50-hour work week program to be used for the costs of incarceration, victim restitution, inmate expenses, and related state and local prisoner programs.

Repeals certain provisions restricting the funding of, and purchase of products from, Federal Prison Industries and prohibiting a public private competition for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons and Federal Prison Industries.

Directs the Attorney General to establish the Foreign Labor Substitute Panel to review pilot projects by U.S. companies for the manufacture of goods by federal convicts that would otherwise be manufactured by foreign labor.

Revises federal criminal code provisions to restate the mission, operating objectives, performance standards, and other requirements for Federal Prison Industries.

Requires the Comptroller General to provide for annual independent evaluations of the operations of Federal Prison Industries and to report to Congress on such evaluations (currently, the Board of Directors of Federal Prison Industries is required to report to Congress).

]]> Prisoner Opportunity, Work, and Education Requirement Act Display Title Prisoner Opportunity, Work, and Education Requirement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require a 50-hour workweek for Federal prison inmates, to reform inmate work programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Prisoner Opportunity, Work, and Education Requirement Act Short Titles as Introduced POWER Act Introduced in Senate 2011-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s180is/xml/BILLS-112s180is.xml 2011-01-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.