[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 28146]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

  At 10:58 a.m., a message from the House of Representatives, delivered 
by Ms. Niland, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House has 
passed the following bill, in which it requests the concurrence of the 
Senate:

       H.R. 1829. An act 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.

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