[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 200 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 200

 To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish fair competition 
     between the private sector and the Federal Prison Industries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 26 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

   Mr. Helms introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish fair competition 
     between the private sector and the Federal Prison Industries.

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

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Prison Industries Reform 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT STANDARDS.

    Section 4124(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may'' in the 
        first sentence; and
            (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: 
        ``In no event shall such a purchase involve a product which 
        does not otherwise meet the same or equivalent quality 
        standards which would be applied by the General Services 
        Administrator to a comparable product if purchased from a 
        private sector source or vendor.''.

SEC. 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPOSITION.

    Section 4121 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting at the end thereof the following:
    ``Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
sentence, the President shall appoint one additional member of the 
Board of Directors of Federal Prison Industries from a list of not more 
than 5 persons provided by the following organizations: the Chamber of 
Commerce of the United States, the National Federation of Independent 
Business, the American Furniture Manufacturers Association, the 
Printing Industries of America, and the National Association of 
Wholesale Distributors.''.

SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF BORROWING AUTHORITY.

    Section 4129(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in 
the second sentence by striking ``authorized'' and inserting `` 
authorized, for 3 years after the date of enactment of this 
amendment,''.

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