FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 1829), H10341 [4NO], H10480, H10488, H10490, H10491, H10492, H10495, H10496, H10498, H10501, H10504, H10507 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 1829): consideration (see H. Res. 428), H10338 [4NO]

Letters

Provisions: Charles W. Colson and Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship Ministries, H10474 [6NO]

———Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, H10473 [6NO]

Remarks in House

China, People's Republic of: human rights violations, H10485 [6NO]

———normal trade relations status, H10484-H10486 [6NO]

Dept. of Justice: provide a sunset provision relative to significant or adverse effects on the public, prison operations or safety, H10504-H10507 [6NO]

Enact (H.R. 1829), H3539-H3545 [30AP], H4363 [20MY], H10469-H10510 [6NO], E1948 [1OC], E2319 [19NO]

———consideration (H. Res. 428), H10374-H10376 [5NO]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: authorize Federal civilian contracting officers to competitively evaluate products, H10492 [6NO]

———develop programs for inmates to produce goods and services for charitable organizations, H10500-H10502 [6NO]

———increase hourly wage earned by inmates with less than two years remaining on their prison terms, H10495 [6NO]

———maintain mandatory source contract requirement for Federal Bureau of Prisons, H10488, H10489 [6NO]

———permit GAO study on effects of eliminating mandatory source requirements, H10480-H10487 [6NO]

———permit the Attorney General to postpone, for one year, phaseout of mandatory source program law if a determination is made that the phaseout would threaten prison operations or prison safety, H10493-H10494 [6NO]

———prohibit bidding on any Federal contracts that are reserved for small business, H10488 [6NO]

———prohibit prison industries from contracting for work to provide services, H10496 [6NO]

———provide a 5-year phaseout of mandatory source program law, H10490, H10491 [6NO]

———require certain goods and services to be manufactured in the U.S., H10507 [6NO]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H10484 [6NO]

Reports

People's Republic of China Intelligence Collection Efforts: FBI, H10486 [6NO]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1829, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 428) (H. Rept. 108-348), H10338 [4NO]

Provisions: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1829) (H. Rept. 108-286), H8949 [25SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 428, consideration of H.R. 1829, provisions, H10374 [5NO]