[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 158 (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H10312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1829, FEDERAL 
        PRISON INDUSTRIES COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ACT OF 2003

  Mrs. MYRICK, from the Committee on Rules, submitted a privileged 
report (Rept. No. 108-348) on the resolution (H. Res. 428) providing 
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1829) to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to require Federal Prison Industries to compete for its 
contracts minimizing its unfair competition with private sector firms 
and their non-inmate workers and empowering Federal agencies to get the 
best value for taxpayers' dollars, to provide a five-year period during 
which Federal Prison Industries adjusts to obtaining inmate work 
opportunities through other than its mandatory source status, to 
enhance inmate access to remedial and vocational opportunities and 
other rehabilitative opportunities to better prepare inmates for a 
successful return to society, to authorize alternative inmate work 
opportunities in support of non-profit organizations, and for other 
purposes, which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed.

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