[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4293 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4293

   To require the transfer of the control of the Lorton Correctional 
                   Complex to the Bureau of Prisons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 1994

Mr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
      the Committees on the Judiciary and the District of Columbia

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the transfer of the control of the Lorton Correctional 
                   Complex to the Bureau of Prisons.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF CONTROL.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General of the United States, acting 
through the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, and the District of 
Columbia shall enter into an agreement under which the Director shall 
assume control over and management of the Lorton Correctional Complex 
not later than two years after date of enactment.
    (b) Provisions of Agreement.--The agreement entered into pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall include provisions to ensure that, within two 
years after date of enactment--
            (1) any authority possessed by the Department of 
        Corrections of the District of Columbia on January 1, 1994, to 
        control or manage the Lorton Correctional Complex is 
        transferred to the Director;
            (2) the Director has complete control, including the 
        authority to make repairs, alterations, or replacements, of all 
        buildings, facilities, and other physical property on the site 
        of the Lorton Correctional Complex;
            (3) all employees at the Lorton Correctional Complex meet 
        the standards that the Bureau of Prisons requires of employees 
        at similar correctional facilities; and
            (4) the regulations and policies of the Bureau of Prisons--
                    (A) apply fully to the Lorton Correctional Complex;
                    (B) guide the determination of which prisoners 
                serve their sentences at the Lorton Correctional 
                Complex; and
                    (C) govern the transfer of prisoners between the 
                Lorton Correctional Complex and other institutions.
    (c) Schedule for Agreement.--The agreement required by subsection 
(a) shall be entered into not later than one hundred and eighty days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``Director'' means the Director of the Bureau 
        of Prisons.
            (2) The term ``Lorton Correctional Complex'' includes any 
        correctional, reformatory, or related facility in Lorton, 
        Virginia that on March 8, 1994, is under the authority, 
        control, supervision, or management of the Department of 
        Corrections, the mayor, or any other agency or official, of the 
        District of Columbia.
            (3) The Bureau of Prisons shall be reimbursed by the 
        District of Columbia for the cost of housing prisoners from the 
        District of Columbia at an amount not less than $100,000,000 
        per fiscal year.

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