[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3416 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3416

To establish a commission to consider the closing and relocation of the 
                      Lorton Correctional Complex.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 1993

 Mr. Wolf (for himself, and Mr. Bliley) introduced the following bill; 
    which was referred jointly to the Committees on the District of 
                       Columbia and the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a commission to consider the closing and relocation of the 
                      Lorton Correctional Complex.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Commission on Closure and Relocation 
of the Lorton Correctional Complex Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established a commission to be known as the Commission on 
Closure and Relocation of the Lorton Correctional Complex (in this Act 
referred to as the ``Commission'').

SEC. 3. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.

    The Commission shall carry out the following:
            (1) Comprehensive plan for closing the lorton correctional 
        complex by 2010.--Because of the serious operational and safety 
        problems at the Lorton Correctional Complex which adversely 
        affect the inmates of the complex, employees of the District of 
        Columbia Department of Corrections, and residents of the 
        District of Columbia and Fairfax County, Virginia, the 
        Commission shall develop a comprehensive plan for closing the 
        Lorton Correctional Complex by the year 2010 and in the plan 
        shall identify and recommend options for the use of the land on 
        which the complex is located.
            (2) Plan for new prison facilities located within the 
        district of columbia.--The Commission shall develop a 
        comprehensive plan for the establishment of new model prison 
        facilities within the District of Columbia to replace the 
        Lorton Correctional Complex when it is closed in accordance 
        with the plan developed under paragraph (1). The plan shall 
        identify and recommend--
                    (A) appropriate sites for the new prison 
                facilities,
                    (B) strategies for financing, including Federal 
                funding for, the new facilities,
                    (C) plans for expeditiously phasing in the 
                operations of the new facilities, and
                    (D) plans for ensuring that the new facilities will 
                be models in education, vocational training, and 
                rehabilitation of the inmates of the facilities.
            (3) Steps for improving operations at the lorton 
        correctional complex.--The Commission, using existing 
        knowledge, resources and experience, shall identify and 
        recommend appropriate strategies for improving the 
        effectiveness and safety of operations at the Lorton 
        Correctional Complex before it is closed under the plan 
        developed under paragraph (1) and the new facilities are 
        established under the plan developed under paragraph (2).

SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 21 
members appointed as follows:
            (1) The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors shall appoint 9 
        members.
            (2) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall appoint 9 
        members.
            (3) The President shall appoint 3 members.
    (b) Requirements for Certain Members.--
            (1) Members appointed by the fairfax county board of 
        supervisors.--Of the members of the Commission appointed under 
        subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) at least one member shall be an individual who 
                is a member of a local civic association in northern 
                Virginia,
                    (B) at least one member shall be an employee of the 
                Virginia Department of Corrections who is knowledgeable 
                about the establishment of new prison facilities,
                    (C) at least one member shall be a member of the 
                Fairfax County Board of Supervisors,
                    (D) at least one member shall be a member of a 
                chamber of commerce in northern Virginia,
                    (E) at least one member shall be an employee of the 
                Fairfax County Sheriff's Department, and
                    (F) at least one member shall be an employee of the 
                Fairfax County Police Department.
            (2) Members appointed by the mayor of the district of 
        columbia.--Of the members of the Commission appointed under 
        subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) at least one member shall be a member of a 
                local civic association in the District of Columbia,
                    (B) at least one member shall be an employee of the 
                District of Columbia Department of Corrections who is 
                knowledgeable about the establishment of new prison 
                facilities,
                    (C) at least one member shall be either the Mayor 
                of the District of Columbia or a member of the District 
                of Columbia City Council,
                    (D) at least one member shall be a member of a 
                chamber of commerce in the District of Columbia or the 
                Washington Board of Trade, and
                    (E) at least 2 members shall be employees of the 
                District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department.
            (3) Members appointed by the president.--Of the members of 
        the Commission appointed under subsection (a)(3)--
                    (A) one member shall be the Director of the Bureau 
                of Prisons, and
                    (B) one member shall be the Director of the 
                National Institute of Corrections.
    (c) Continuation of Membership.--
            (1) General rule.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), if 
        a member was appointed to the Commission because the member was 
        an officer or employee of any government or if member is 
        appointed to the Commission and later becomes an officer or 
        employee of a government, that member may continue as a member 
        for not longer than the 30-day period beginning on the date 
        that member ceases to be such an officer or employee or becomes 
        such an officer or employee, as the case may be.
            (2) Exception.--Service as a member of the Commission shall 
        not be discontinued because of paragraph (1) if an individual 
        has served as a member of the Commission for not less than 3 
        months.
    (d) Terms.--Each member of the Commission shall be appointed for 
the life of the Commission.
    (e) Vacancies.--Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 
before the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor 
was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term. A 
member may serve after the expiration of that member's term until a 
successor has taken office. A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled 
in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (f) Compensation.--Members of the Commission may not receive 
additional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of their service on 
the Commission.
    (g) Quorum.--11 members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum 
but a lesser number may hold hearings.
    (h) Chairperson; Vice Chairperson.--The Chairperson and Vice 
Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected by a majority of the 
members of the Commission.

SEC. 5. DIRECTOR AND STAFF OF COMMISSION; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.

    (a) Director.--The Commission shall, without regard to section 
5311(b) of title 5, United States Code, have a Director who shall be 
appointed by the Commission and paid at the rate of basic pay payable 
for level III of the Executive Schedule.
    (b) Appointment and Pay of Staff.--The Commission may appoint 
personnel as it considers appropriate without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment to the 
competitive service. Such personnel shall be paid in accordance with 
the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 
5, United States Code, relating to classification and General Schedule 
pay rates.
    (c) Experts and Consultants.--The Commission may procure temporary 
and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (d) Staff of Federal Agencies.--Upon request of the Commission, the 
head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable 
basis, any of the personnel of that department or agency to the 
Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties under section 3.

SEC. 6. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings and Sessions.--The Commission may, for the purpose of 
carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, 
take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers 
appropriate. The Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to 
witnesses appearing before it.
    (b) Powers of Members and Agents.--Any member or agent of the 
Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action which 
the Commission is authorized to take by this section.
    (c) Information.--The Commission may secure directly from any 
department or agency of the United States information necessary to 
enable it to carry out section 3. Upon request of the Chairperson or 
Vice Chairperson of the Commission, the head of that department or 
agency shall furnish that information to the Commission to the extent 
otherwise permitted by law.
    (d) Gifts and Donations.--The Commission may accept, use, and 
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property.
    (e) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in the 
same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and 
agencies of the United States.
    (f) Administrative Support Services.--The Administrator of General 
Services shall provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, such 
administrative support services as the Commission may request.

SEC. 7. REPORTS.

    (a) Interim Reports.--The Commission shall submit to the Fairfax 
County Board of Supervisors, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and 
appropriate Committees of Congress interim reports. Such reports shall 
be submitted at the end of the 6th and 12th month after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Final Report.--The Commission shall transmit a final report to 
the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia, the President, and appropriate committees of the Congress not 
later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The 
final report shall contain a detailed statement of the findings and 
conclusions of the Commission, together with its recommendations for 
legislation or administrative actions it considers appropriate.

SEC. 8. TERMINATION.

    The Commission shall terminate 90 days after submitting its final 
report pursuant to section 7.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION.

    To carry out this Act there is authorized to be appropriated an 
amount not to exceed $1,000,000.

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