[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2553 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2553

     To provide for pilot programs conducted by the Federal Prison 
 Industries to test the feasibility of meeting the need for increased 
  employment of Federal prisoners by producing items, for the private 
  market, in conjunction with private United States firms, that would 
                otherwise be produced by foreign labor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 1995

   Mr. Wolf introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for pilot programs conducted by the Federal Prison 
 Industries to test the feasibility of meeting the need for increased 
  employment of Federal prisoners by producing items, for the private 
  market, in conjunction with private United States firms, that would 
                otherwise be produced by foreign labor.

    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 ``Prison Inmate Training and 
Rehabilitation Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROJECTS.

    (a) Generally.--Federal Prison Industries shall conduct pilot 
programs to test the feasibility of providing increased employment for 
Federal prisoners by producing items for the private market, in 
conjunction with private United States firms, that would otherwise be 
produced by foreign labor.
    (b) Agreements With Private Industry.--Federal Prison Industries 
may enter into agreements with private industry in order to carry out 
this section.
    (c) Exemptions From Requirements of Other Laws.--
            (1) Items produced may be sold to the public.--An item 
        produced in a pilot program under this section is not subject 
        to any restriction imposed by law on the sale of items because 
        they are produced by prison labor.
            (2) Decisions to produce new products not subject to 
        industry involvement procedures.--Paragraphs (4) through (5) of 
        section 4122(b) of title 18, United States Code, do not apply 
        with respect to decisions in a pilot program under this 
        section.
            (3) Application of competitive procedures.--Contracts may 
        be awarded by Federal Prison Industries under this section 
        without using competitive procedures otherwise required by law.
    (d) Report to Congress.--The board of directors of Federal Prison 
Industries shall include in its annual report to the Congress--
            (1) its findings on the results of the pilot programs 
        conducted under this section; and
            (2) recommendations as to whether to expand this concept 
        within the Federal prison system.
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