3.0.0 4671 2023-01-11T13:31:56Z 2023-01-11T13:31:56Z House HR 2016-03-02 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan:H.R. 4671.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3--To regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes.Amendment X--Nothing in the Constitution authorizes theFederal government to do anything other than those thingsenumerated (coin money, enter into treaties, conduct aCensus--which are inherently governmental). Thus, underAmendment X, the right to carry out commercial activities isreserved to the States, respectively, or to the people.[Page H1116]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2016-03-02T15:01:10Z 2016-03-02 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2016-03-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-03-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001058 Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2] Bill Huizenga R MI 2 N M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 12 2016-03-02 True L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2016-09-07 False P000606 Rep. Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9] Robert Pittenger R NC 9 2016-09-07 False P000611 Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2] Bruce Poliquin R ME 2 2016-09-26 False Commerce Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Electric power generation and transmission Employment and training programs Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Pipelines Public contracts and procurement Public utilities and utility rates Right of privacy Water use and supply Commerce 00 2016-03-02 Introduced in House 2016-03-04T16:17:45Z Small Business Protection Act of 2016

This bill amends the federal criminal code to repeal the requirement that federal departments and agencies purchase prison-made products.

Federal Prison Industries shall be ineligible to produce any product under a contract awarded for the sale of government property to a small business concern under the Small Business Act.

No executive agency head may enter into any contract with Federal Prison Industries under which an inmate worker would have access to classified data, personal or financial information about any individual private citizen without the individual's consent, or geographic data regarding the location of:

  • surface and subsurface infrastructure providing communications or water or electrical power distribution;
  • pipelines for the distribution of natural gas, bulk petroleum products, or other commodities; or
  • other utilities.

The Attorney General shall report to Congress on the extent of re-entry employment preparation provided to inmates by participation in Federal Prison Industries.

]]> Small Business Protection Act of 2016 Display Title Small Business Protection Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate Federal Prison Industries advantages over the private sector and small business in the procurement of commercially available goods and services. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Protection Act of 2016 Introduced in House 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4671ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4671ih.xml 2016-03-02 Referred to the House 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.