[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4093 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4093

  To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to purchase the 
    Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2009

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to purchase the 
    Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that, according to the most recent statistics 
available from the Department of Justice, Federal prisons are operating 
at 136 percent of capacity.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF PRISONS TO PURCHASE 
              THE THOMSON CORRECTIONAL CENTER LOCATED IN THOMSON, 
              ILLINOIS.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the Bureau of Prisons may purchase 
the Thomson Correctional Center located in Thomson, Illinois.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
    (c) Restriction on Use of Funds.--None of the funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (b) 
may be used--
            (1) to transfer any enemy combatant detained by the United 
        States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Thomson 
        Correctional Center or to any other Federal, State, or local 
        facility in Illinois; or
            (2) to build, modify, or enhance Thomson Correctional 
        Center or any other Federal, State, or local facility in 
        Illinois for the purpose of housing any such enemy combatant.
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