A bill to amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a governmentwide policy requiring competition in certain executive agency procurements, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Apr 11, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3421-3423)
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.
- IntroducedApr 11, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prohibits requiring a contractor to use FPI as a subcontractor or supplier.
Prohibits access to classified and sensitive information by an inmate worker.
Restricts the interstate and foreign commerce of services resulting from convict labor. Subjects knowing violators of such restrictions to fine or imprisonment, or both.
Requires Federal, State, and local prison work programs to meet specified requirements.
Allows FPI to sell or donate a product or service to tax-exempt charitable organizations which may then donate or sell any such product or service to low-income individuals.
Establishes the Enhanced In-Prison Educational and Vocational Assessment and Training Program within the FPI.
Directs FPI to increase inmate employment by producing products for the public sector that would otherwise be produced outside the United States.
Authorizes priority placement in the Bureau of Prisons for FPI employees displaced because FPI loses business following enactment.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2005 to Jul 26, 2005, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Apr 11, 2005 |
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Original | Apr 11, 2005 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Apr 11, 2005 |
| R-MT | Conrad R. Burns | Apr 18, 2005 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Jul 26, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Apr 11, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3421-3423)
- Apr 11, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3421)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2965 | Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2006 | Related bill | Sep 21, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Apprenticeship
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Charitable contributions
- Classified defense information
- Commerce
- Competitive bidding
- Correctional personnel
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Defense contracts
- Defense procurement
- Electric power distribution
- Energy
- Federal employees
- Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
- Gas pipelines
- Government and business
- Government contractors
- Government corporations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government procurement
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Labor and Employment
- Layoffs
- New products
- Petroleum pipelines
- Prison labor
- Rehabilitation of criminals
- Social Welfare
- Subcontractors
- Transportation and Public Works
- Vocational and technical education
- Volunteer workers
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 11, 2005Introduced in Senate
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