[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5186 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5186

 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the Bureau of 
                                Prisons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 1994

   Mr. Hughes (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government 
                               Operations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bureau of Prisons Community Services 
Projects Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. BUREAU OF PRISONS COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 4047. Community service projects
    ``(a) Subject to the limitations of subsections (b) and (c), the 
Chief Executive Officer of a Federal penal or correctional facility 
may, as part of an inmate work program, provide products or services to 
private, nonprofit organizations, as defined in section 501(c)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or to a component of any State 
government or political subdivision thereof. Such products or services 
shall be provided pursuant to rules prescribed by the Attorney General.
    ``(b) Products provided under subsection (a) shall be of minimal 
cost and constructed in substantial part through the use of excess 
property as defined in section 3(e) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 472(e)), and shall not 
be resold by the recipient.
    ``(c) Services provided under subsection (a)--
            ``(1) shall be used only for the benefit of the recipient 
        entity and not for the benefit of any individual or 
        organization other than the recipient; and
            ``(2) shall not displace an employee of the recipient or 
        result in a reduction in hours, wages, or employment benefits 
        of any employee of the recipient.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters at the beginning of 
chapter 303, title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``4047. Community service projects.''.
    (c) Relation to Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949.--Section 502(d) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 474), is amended by adding at the end 
of the second paragraph the following:
            ``(22) the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or Federal Prison 
        Industries, with respect to the disposal of property used to 
        produce those products described in section 4047 of title 18, 
        United States Code.''.
    (d) Relation to Chapter 85 of Title 18, United States Code.--
Section 1761(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ``, nor to products provided 
pursuant to section 4047 of this title.''.
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