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HR 5618 101th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional reporting requirements Corrections Government corporations Prison labor

To amend the Federal Prison Industries Reform Act of 1988 to provide for the creation of the maximum number of jobs for Federal inmates.

Introduced: September 13, 1990 Introduced by: Neal, Richard E. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Sep 17, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.
Sep 13, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Sep 13, 1990
Introduced in House
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Amends the Federal criminal code to require Federal Prison Industries (FPI) to enter an industry only if private firms in such industry have at the four-digit standard Industrial Classification Code level: (1) at least 15 production workers per million dollars of value added; (2) at least ten production workers per million dollars of shipments value; and (3) no more than $18,000 in production wages per production worker, as measured in 1987 dollars. Directs FPI, when considering alternative labor-intensive industries suitable for market entry or expansion, to first enter or expand market share in the industry in which capital investment will create the largest number of jobs for Federal prisoners.

What's happening now September 17, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5618: To amend the Federal Prison Industries Reform Act of 1988 to provide for the creation of the maximum number of jobs for Federal inmates.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-5618/
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"H.R. 5618: To amend the Federal Prison Industries Reform Act of 1988 to provide for the creation of the maximum number of jobs for Federal inmates.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-5618/.
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H.R. 5618, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-5618/.
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