[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27380]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 1829

                   Offered By: Mr. Green of Wisconsin

       Amendment No. 7: Page 21, strike line 21 and all that 
     follows through page 22, line 3, and insert the following:
       (3) If the Attorney General finds a significant risk of 
     adverse effects on either safe prison management or public 
     safety, he shall so advise the Congress before the end of the 
     fiscal year in which the finding is made, and such finding 
     shall serve to postpone for one year any further percentage 
     limitation under subsection (e)(1).
       (4) Any percentage limitation postponed under paragraph (3) 
     shall take effect in the fiscal year immediately following 
     the fiscal year for which it is postponed, if not later than 
     60 days before the first day of such following fiscal year 
     the Attorney General makes a determination under paragraph 
     (2)--
       (A) that such limitation is not likely to result in a 
     substantial reduction in inmate industrial employment; or
       (B) that any such reduction will not present a significant 
     risk of adverse effects on safe prison operation or public 
     safety.

                               H.R. 1829

                   Offered By: Mr. Green of Wisconsin

       Amendment No. 8: Strike all after the enacting clause and 
     insert the following:

     SECTION 1. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE STUDY ON FEDERAL PRISON 
                   INDUSTRIES.

       (a) Requirement.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a 
     study of the effects of eliminating the mandatory source 
     requirements for Federal Prison Industries (as specified in 
     section 4124 of title 18, United States Code). The study 
     shall consider the effects on prison operations, public 
     safety, inmate employment, public and private sector 
     employment, and any other matters the Comptroller General 
     considers relevant.
       (b) Report.--Not later than April 30, 2004, the Comptroller 
     General shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the 
     results of the study required by subsection (a).