FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC.

Amendments

Contracts: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), H10341 [4NO], H10480, H10488, H10490, H10491, H10492, H10495, H10496, H10498, H10501, H10504, H10507 [6NO]

Bills and resolutions

Contracts: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H3407 [12AP]

———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), consideration (see H. Res. 428), H10338 [4NO]

Federal agencies and departments: authorize civilian contracting officers to competitively evaluate products offered by Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (see H.R. 1982), H3682 [6MY]

Government regulations: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts (see S. 346), S2187 [11FE]

Letters

Allow private sector businesses to compete against Federal Prison Industries, Inc., for Federal procurement contracts: Billy Carroll, C&C Office Supply Co., S2206 [11FE]

———Diane Lake, Economy Office Products, Inc., S2206 [11FE]

———Rick Buchholz, Christianson's Business Furniture, Inc., S2206 [11FE]

———Ruthanne S. Pitts, Simmons Contract Furnishings (business), S2206 [11FE]

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: Charles W. Colson and Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship Ministries, H10474 [6NO]

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

Remarks in House

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

Contracts: 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]

———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), H3539-H3545 [30AP], H4363 [20MY], H10469-H10510 [6NO], E1948 [1OC], E2319 [19NO]

———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), consideration (H. Res. 428), H10374-H10376 [5NO]

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

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

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

Federal Bureau of Prison: maintain mandatory source contract requirement, H10488, H10489 [6NO]

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: provide a sunset provision relative to significant or adverse effects on the public, prison operations or safety, H10504-H10507 [6NO]

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

Government regulations: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts, H4360-H4365 [20MY], H4533 [22MY], H5358-H5360 [12JN]

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

Remarks in Senate

Government regulations: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts (S. 346), S2205-S2207 [11FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1829, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 428) (H. Rept. 108-348), H10338 [4NO]

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1829) (H. Rept. 108-286), H8949 [25SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 428, consideration of H.R. 1829, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act, H10374 [5NO]