[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2291 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2291

  To implement certain restrictions on purchases from Federal Prison 
                Industries by the Secretary of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 1999

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To implement certain restrictions on purchases from Federal Prison 
                Industries by the Secretary of Defense.

    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 ``Fairness in Government Procurement 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON PURCHASES BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FROM FEDERAL 
              PRISON INDUSTRIES.

    (a) Restriction on Purchases Until Implementation of Cap.--(1) The 
Secretary of Defense may not obligate or expend, for the purpose of 
making a purchase from (or participating in an intergovernmental 
transfer with) Federal Prison Industries, any funds appropriated to the 
Department of Defense until Federal Prison Industries has implemented a 
cap on the sale or transfer of furniture, metal products, electronic 
sub-components, textiles, textile products, clothing, and footware 
manufactured by Federal Prison Industries, as measured by the dollar 
amount of such products. The cap shall not exceed the dollar amounts of 
sales or transfers of each of such products per year as of the date 
that is the earlier of--
            (A) September 30, 1999; or
            (B) the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (2) The cap described in paragraph (1) may be adjusted for 
inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index.
    (b) Restriction on Purchases Until Submission of Proposal.--(1) The 
Secretary of Defense may not obligate or expend, for the purpose of 
making a purchase from (or participating in an intergovernmental 
transfer with) Federal Prison Industries, any funds appropriated to the 
Department of Defense until Federal Prison Industries has submitted to 
Congress--
            (A) a legislative proposal to terminate in phases during a 
        seven-year period the status of Federal Prison Industries as a 
        mandatory supplier to executive agencies; and
            (B) a certification that--
                    (i) the proposal was developed with input from 
                appropriate stake holder groups; and
                    (ii) Federal Prison Industries supports the 
                proposal.
    (2) Paragraph (1) shall take effect 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (c) Restriction on Purchases Under $100,000.--(1) The Secretary of 
Defense may not enter into any contract for the purchase or transfer of 
goods or services from Federal Prison Industries for which the contract 
value is less than $100,000.
    (2) As used in this subsection, the term ``contract value'' means 
the amount to be paid for goods or services under the contract.
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