Federal Prison Industries Reform Act of 2001
Latest action · Sep 28, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedAug 2, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Rewrites FPI provisions, including provisions regarding operating objectives, performance standards, voluntariness, wage rates, protection of specified information, and vocational training. Exempts FPI from public contracting and procurement laws.
Sets forth provisions regarding sales to agencies and not-for-profits, sales of certain commodities, participation in foreign labor substitute pilot projects, participation in Bureau of Justice Assistance Pilot Projects, requirements for contracts with private companies, goals for certain businesses, and job opportunities for blind and severely disabled individuals.
Specifies that the mandatory source preference does not apply to services. Requires each Federal department or agency to report purchases from FPI to the Federal Procurement Data System in the same manner as it reports to such System any acquisition in an amount in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold.
Directs: (1) the Attorney General to implement a pilot program to test the effect of changes to the mandatory source preference; and (2) the Comptroller General to provide for an independent evaluation of FPI operations to be carried out each year.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 2, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Aug 2, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 28, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- Aug 2, 2001Introduced in House
- Aug 2, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Alien labor
- Blind
- Commerce
- Compensation for victims of crime
- Competition
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Department of Justice
- Disabled
- Employee rights
- Employment of the disabled
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
- Gifts
- Government and business
- Government corporations
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Government publications
- Government publicity
- Government service contracts
- Government statistics
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Labor statistics
- Legislation
- Nonprofit organizations
- Offshore manufacturing
- Payroll deductions
- Prison labor
- Products liability
- Rehabilitation of criminals
- Sheltered workshops
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- Support of dependents
- Treaties
- United Nations
- Vocational and technical education
- Volunteer workers
- Wages
- Workers' compensation
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