H R 2965

Title

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 other public service programs, and for other purposes.

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Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
9/14/06	House	Passed	Session 2, roll call 443: On Passage Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act
9/14/06	House	Failed	Session 2, roll call 442: On Agreeing to the Amendment
9/14/06	House	Failed	Session 2, roll call 441: On Agreeing to the Amendment