Federal Prison System

Federal Prison System salaries and expenses, bureau of prisons For expenses necessary for the administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and correctional institutions, including not to exceed $490, 000 for departmental personal services; not to exceed $13, 500 for expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the purposes of this appropriation; purchase, of not to exceed fourteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including two busses at not to exceed $20, 000 each; compilation of statistics relating to prisoners in Federal and non-Federal penal and correctional institutions; furnishing of insignia, uniforms, and other distinctive wearing apparel necessary for employees in the performance of their official duties; payment pursuant to law of claims of employees for loss, damage, or destruction of personal property (31 U. S. C. 238); firearms and ammunition; payment of rewards for the apprehension, or for information leading to the recapture, of escaped prisoners; purchase and exchange of farm products and livestock; construction of buildings at prison camps; and acquisition of land 65 Stat. 585 as authorized by section 7 of the Act of July 28, 1950 (Public Law 626); $23, 500, 000, of which not to exceed $15, 387, 450 shall be available for personal services: Provided, That there may be transferred to the Public Health Service such amounts as may be necessary, in the discretion of the Attorney General, for direct expenditure by that Service for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and correctional institutions. buildings and facilities For 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, $470, 000, of which $360, 000 is for liquidation of authority granted under this head in the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1950, to enter into contracts for replacement of a power plant at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas: Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be used for work performed under this appropriation. support of united states prisoners For support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions and in the Territory of Alaska, including necessary clothing and medical aid, and payment of rewards for the apprehension, or for information leading to the recapture, of escaped prisoners; $2, 000, 000, of which not to exceed $217, 200 shall be available for personal services.