Federal Prison System

Federal Prison System salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, including purchase (not to exceed 330 of which 90 are for replacement only) and hire of law enforcement and passenger motor vehicles; $1,357,843,000: Provided, That there may be transferred to the Health Resources and Services Administration such amounts as may be necessary, in the discretion of the Attorney General, for direct expenditures by that Administration for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions: Provided further, That uniforms may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. national institute of corrections For carrying out the provisions of sections 4351–4353 of title 18, United States Code, which established a National Institute of Corrections, $10,007,000, to remain available until expended. buildings and facilities For planning, acquisition of sites and construction of new facilities; purchase, leasing the Oklahoma City Airport Trust Facility, and acquisition of facilities and remodeling and equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, $374,358,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used for work performed under this appropriation: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 per centum of the funds appropriated to “Buildings and Facilities” in this Act or any other Act may be transferred to “Salaries and expenses”, Federal Prison System upon notification by the Attorney General to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in compliance with provisions set forth in section 606 of this Act. federal prison industries, incorporated The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation, including purchase of (not to exceed five for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles. 104 STAT. 2115 limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, incorporated Not to exceed $3,167,000 of the funds of the corporation shall be available for its administrative expenses for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to be computed on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance with the corporation’s prescribed accounting system in effect on July 1, 1946, and such amount shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims, and expenditures which the said accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. administrative provision Federal Prison Industries, Inc., is authorized and directed to enter into a contract to carry out an independent market study at a cost not to exceed $250,000. The study shall be conducted by a private sector market analysis firm, that is not affiliated in any way with the Federal Prison Industries or the Bureau of Prisons. Federal Prison Industries is directed to report the results of this study to Congress not later than nine (9) months from the enactment (or effective date) of this Act. The study shall include an analysis and appropriate recommendations to Congress concerning the following: (1) identify potential new product lines for prison-made products, which will have a minimal impact on the private sector; (2) analyze the impact that Federal Prison Industries has had on certain private sector industries (furniture, textiles, printing, electronics and apparel) in terms of production levels, employment levels, and annual sales to Federal Government departments and agencies; (3) provide, after consulting with the Department of Labor and the Department of Commerce, an estimate of the number of jobs displaced in the private sector (on an industry-by-industry basis) by the operation of Federal Prison Industries; (4) analyze whether Federal departments and agencies should consider placing limits on the market share that Federal Prison Industries can obtain in specific products or product lines; and (5) determine whether the current law governing Federal procurement from the Federal Prison Industries should be retained or revised.