104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 667

AN ACT

To control crime by incarcerating violent criminals.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violent Criminal Incar5 ceration Act of 1995’’.

6 TITLE I—TRUTH IN SENTENCING

7 SEC. 101. TRUTH IN SENTENCING GRANT PROGRAM.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Violent Crime Con9 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended to read

10 as follows:
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1 ‘‘TITLE V—TRUTH IN

2 SENTENCING GRANTS

3 ‘‘SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is author5 ized to provide grants to eligible States and to eligible

6 States organized as a regional compact to build, expand,

7 and operate space in correctional facilities in order to in8 crease the prison bed capacity in such facilities for the

9 confinement of persons convicted of a serious violent fel10 ony and to build, expand, and operate temporary or per11 manent correctional facilities, including facilities on mili12 tary bases and boot camp facilities, for the confinement

13 of convicted nonviolent offenders and criminal aliens for

14 the purpose of freeing suitable existing prison space for

15 the confinement of persons convicted of a serious violent

16 felony. Such grants may also be used to build, expand,

17 and operate secure youth correctional facilities.

18 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—An eligible State or eligible

19 States organized as a regional compact may receive either

20 a general grant under section 502 or a truth-in-sentencing

21 incentive grant under section 503.

22 ‘‘SEC. 502. GENERAL GRANTS.

23 ‘‘(a) DISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL GRANTS.—50 per24 cent of the total amount of funds made available under

25 this title for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 2000
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1 shall be made available for general eligibility grants for

2 each State or States organized as a regional compact that

3 meets the requirements of subsection (b).

4 ‘‘(b) GENERAL GRANTS.—In order to be eligible to

5 receive funds under subsection (a), a State or States orga6 nized as a regional compact shall submit an application

7 to the Attorney General that provides assurances that

8 such State since 1993 has—

9 ‘‘(1) increased the percentage of convicted vio10 lent offenders sentenced to prison;

11 ‘‘(2) increased the average prison time actually

12 to be served in prison by convicted violent offenders

13 sentenced to prison; and

14 ‘‘(3) increased the percentage of sentence to be

15 actually served in prison by violent offenders sen16 tenced to prison.

17 ‘‘SEC. 503. TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING GRANTS.

18 ‘‘(a) TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING INCENTIVE GRANTS.—

19 50 percent of the total amount of funds made available

20 under this title for each of the fiscal years 1995 through

21 2000 shall be made available for truth-in-sentencing incen22 tive grants to each State or States organized as a regional

23 compact that meet the requirements of subsection (b).

24 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING IN25 CENTIVE GRANTS.—In order to be eligible to receive funds
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1 under subsection (a), a State or States organized as a re2 gional compact shall submit an application to the Attorney

3 General that provides assurances that each State applying

4 has enacted laws and regulations which include—

5 ‘‘(1)(A) truth-in-sentencing laws which require

6 persons convicted of a serious violent felony serve

7 not less than 85 percent of the sentence imposed or

8 85 percent of the court-ordered maximum sentence

9 for States that practice indeterminate sentencing; or

10 ‘‘(B) truth-in-sentencing laws which have been

11 enacted, but not yet implemented, that require such

12 State, not later than three years after such State

13 submits an application to the Attorney General, to

14 provide that persons convicted of a serious violent

15 felony serve not less than 85 percent of the sentence

16 imposed or 85 percent of the court-ordered maxi17 mum sentence for States that practice indeterminate

18 sentencing;

19 ‘‘(2) laws requiring that the sentencing or re20 leasing authorities notify and allow the victims of

21 the defendant or the family of such victims the op22 portunity to be heard regarding the issue of sentenc23 ing and any postconviction release; and

24 ‘‘(3) laws requiring that the releasing authority

25 notify the victims of serious violent felons or the
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1 family of such victims and the convicting court re2 garding the release of a defendant.

3 ‘‘SEC. 504. SPECIAL RULES.

4 ‘‘(a) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to

5 receive a grant under section 502 or 503, a State or States

6 organized as a regional compact shall provide an assur7 ance to the Attorney General that—

8 ‘‘(1) to the extent practicable, inmate labor will

9 be used to build and expand correctional facilities;

10 ‘‘(2) each State will involve counties and other

11 units of local government, when appropriate, in the

12 construction, development, expansion, modification,

13 operation, or improvement of correctional facilities

14 designed to ensure the incarceration of offenders,

15 and that each State will share funds received under

16 this title with any county or other unit of local gov17 ernment that is housing State prisoners, taking into

18 account the burden placed on such county or unit of

19 local government in confining prisoners due to over20 crowding in State prison facilities in furtherance of

21 the purposes of this Act;

22 ‘‘(3) the State has implemented or will imple23 ment, not later than 18 months after the date of the

24 enactment of the Violent Criminal Incarceration Act

25 of 1995, policies to determine the veteran status of
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1 inmates and to ensure that incarcerated veterans re2 ceive the veterans benefits to which they are entitled;

3 and

4 ‘‘(4) the State has adopted procedures for the

5 collection of reliable statistical data which compiles

6 the rate of serious violent felonies after the receipt

7 of grant funds under section 502 or section 503 in

8 comparison to the rate of serious violent felonies be9 fore receipt of such funds and will report such sta10 tistical data to the Attorney General if such data is

11 not already provided.

12 ‘‘(b) JUVENILE JUSTICE INCENTIVE.—Beginning in

13 fiscal year 1998, 15 percent of the funds that would other14 wise be available to a State under section 502 or 503 shall

15 be withheld from any State which does not have an eligible

16 system of consequential sanctions for juvenile offenders.

17 ‘‘(c) INDETERMINANT SENTENCING EXCEPTION.—

18 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) through

19 (3) of section 502(b), a State shall be eligible for grants

20 under this title, if the State, not later than the date of

21 the enactment of this title—

22 ‘‘(1) practices indeterminant sentencing; and

23 ‘‘(2) the average times served in such State for

24 the offenses of murder, rape, robbery, and assault
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1 exceed, by 10 percent or greater, the national aver2 age of times served for such offenses.

3 ‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR JAIL CONSTRUC4 TION.—A State may use up to 15 percent of the funds

5 provided under this title for jail construction, if the Attor6 ney General determines that the State has enacted—

7 ‘‘(1) legislation that provides for pretrial release

8 requirements at least as restrictive as those found in

9 section 3142 of title 18, United States Code; or

10 ‘‘(2) legislation that requires an individual

11 charged with an offense for which a sentence of

12 more than one year may be imposed, or charged

13 with an offense involving violence against another

14 person, may not be released before trial without a fi15 nancial guarantee to ensure appearance before

16 trial.’’.

17 ‘‘(e) EXCEPTION.—The requirements under section

18 503(b) shall apply, except that a State may provide that

19 the Governor of the State may allow for earlier release

20 of a geriatric prisoner or a prisoner whose medical condi21 tion precludes the prisoner from posing a threat to the

22 public after a public hearing in which representatives of

23 the public and the prisoner’s victims have an opportunity

24 to be heard regarding a proposed release.
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1 ‘‘(f) FUNDS FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS.—Notwith2 standing any other provision of this title, if a State or

3 unit of local government located in a State which other4 wise meets the requirements of section 502 or 503 certifies

5 to the Attorney General that exigent circumstances exist

6 which require that the State expend funds to confine juve7 nile offenders, the State may use funds received under this

8 title to build, expand, and operate juvenile correctional fa9 cilities or pretrial detention facilities for such offenders.

10 ‘‘SEC. 505. FORMULA FOR GRANTS.

11 ‘‘To determine the amount of funds that each eligible

12 State or eligible States organized as a regional compact

13 may receive to carry out programs under section 502 or

14 503, the Attorney General shall apply the following

15 formula:

16 ‘‘(1) $500,000 or 0.40 percent, whichever is

17 greater, shall be allocated to each participating State

18 or compact, as the case may be; and

19 ‘‘(2) of the total amount of funds remaining

20 after the allocation under paragraph (1), there shall

21 be allocated to each State or compact, as the case

22 may be, an amount equal to the ratio that the num23 ber of part 1 violent crimes reported by such State

24 or States to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
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1 the most recent calendar year for which the data is

2 available.

3 ‘‘SEC. 506. ACCOUNTABILITY.

4 ‘‘(a) FISCAL REQUIREMENTS.—A State or States or5 ganized as a regional compact that receives funds under

6 this title shall use accounting, audit, and fiscal procedures

7 that conform to guidelines which shall be prescribed by

8 the Attorney General, including a requirement that any

9 funds used to carry out the programs under section 501(a)

10 shall represent the best value for the State governments

11 at the lowest possible cost and employ the best available

12 technology.

13 ‘‘(b) REPORTING.—Each State that receives funds

14 under this title shall submit an annual report, beginning

15 on January 1, 1996, and each January 1 thereafter, to

16 the Congress regarding compliance with the requirements

17 of this title.

18 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—(1) The admin19 istrative provisions of sections 801 and 802 of the Omni20 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall

21 apply to the Attorney General in the same manner as such

22 provisions apply to the officials listed in such sections.

23 ‘‘(2)(A) A State that receives funds under this title

24 shall, in such form and manner as the Attorney General

25 determines, and under such regulations as the Attorney
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1 General shall prescribe, require that the appropriate public

2 authorities report promptly to the Attorney General the

3 death of each individual who dies in custody while in a

4 municipal or county jail, State prison, or other similar

5 place of confinement. Each such report shall include the

6 cause of death and all other facts relevant to the death

7 reported, which the person so reporting shall have the duty

8 to make a good faith effort to ascertain.

9 ‘‘(B) The Attorney General shall annually publish a

10 report containing—

11 ‘‘(i) the number of deaths in each institution

12 for which a report was filed during the relevant re13 porting period;

14 ‘‘(ii) the cause of death and time of death for

15 each death so reported; and

16 ‘‘(iii) such other information about the death as

17 the Attorney General deems relevant.

18 ‘‘SEC. 507. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap20 propriated to carry out this title—

21 ‘‘(1) $997,500,000 for fiscal year 1996;

22 ‘‘(2) $1,330,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;

23 ‘‘(3) $2,527,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;

24 ‘‘(4) $2,660,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and

25 ‘‘(5) $2,753,100,000 for fiscal year 2000.
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1 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON FUNDS.—

2 ‘‘(1) USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available

3 under this title may be used to carry out the pur4 poses described in section 501(a).

5 ‘‘(2) NONSUPPLANTING REQUIREMENT.—Funds

6 made available under this section shall not be used

7 to supplant State funds, but shall be used to in8 crease the amount of funds that would, in the ab9 sence of Federal funds, be made available from

10 State sources.

11 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than

12 three percent of the funds available under this sec13 tion may be used for administrative costs.

14 ‘‘(4) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Federal share of

15 a grant received under this title may not exceed 75

16 percent of the costs of a proposal as described in an

17 application approved under this title.

18 ‘‘(5) CARRY OVER OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Any

19 funds appropriated but not expended as provided by

20 this section during any fiscal year shall remain avail21 able until expended.

22 ‘‘(6) TRANSFER OF UNALLOCATED FUNDS.—

23 After making the distribution to all eligible States

24 required under section 503, the Attorney General

25 may transfer as provided in this paragraph, in such
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1 amounts as may be provided in appropriations Acts,

2 any remaining unallocated funds which have been

3 available for more than two fiscal years, but all such

4 funds shall be available for the purposes of this

5 paragraph after fiscal year 2000. Funds transferred

6 under this paragraph may be made available for ex7 penses of the Immigration and Nationalization Serv8 ice for investigators and for expenses of the Bureau

9 of Prisons, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and

10 the United States Attorneys for activities and oper11 ations related to the investigation, prosecution and

12 conviction of persons accused of a serious violent fel13 ony, and the incarceration of persons convicted of

14 such offenses, including the National Institute of

15 Justice for law enforcement technology programs.

16 ‘‘SEC. 508. PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR INCARCERATION OF

17 CRIMINAL ALIENS.

18 ‘‘(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding

19 any other provision of this title, for each of the fiscal years

20 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 from amounts appro21 priated under section 507, the Attorney General shall first

22 reserve an amount which when added to amounts appro23 priated to carry out section 242(j) of the Immigration and

24 Nationality Act for such fiscal year equals $650,000,000.

25 ‘‘(b) PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE STATES.—
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1 ‘‘(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 this title, for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997,

3 1998, 1999, and 2000 from amounts reserved under

4 subsection (a), the Attorney General shall make a

5 payment to each State which is eligible under section

6 242(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and

7 which meets the eligibility requirements of section

8 503(b), in such amount as is determined under sec9 tion 242(j) and for which payment is not made to

10 such State for such fiscal year under such section.

11 ‘‘(2) For any fiscal year, payments made to

12 States under paragraph (1) may not exceed the

13 amount reserved for such fiscal year under sub14 section (a).

15 ‘‘(c) USE OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—For any fiscal

16 year, amounts reserved under subsection (a) which are not

17 obligated by the end of that fiscal year under subsection

18 (b) shall not be available for payments under this section

19 for any subsequent fiscal year, but shall be available, in

20 equal amounts, to the Attorney General only for grants

21 under sections 502 and 503.

22 ‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than May

23 15, 1999, the Attorney General shall submit a report to

24 the Congress which contains the recommendation of the
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1 Attorney General concerning the extension of the program

2 under this section.’’.

3 ‘‘SEC. 509. DEFINITIONS.

4 ‘‘As used in this title—

5 ‘‘(1) the term ‘indeterminate sentencing’ means

6 a system by which—

7 ‘‘(A) the court has discretion on imposing

8 the actual length of the sentence imposed, up to

9 the statutory maximum; and

10 ‘‘(B) an administrative agency, generally

11 the parole board, controls release between

12 court-ordered minimum and maximum sen13 tence;

14 ‘‘(2) the term ‘serious violent felony’ means—

15 ‘‘(A) an offense that is a felony and has as

16 an element the use, attempted use, or threat17 ened use of physical force against the person or

18 property of another and has a maximum term

19 of imprisonment of 10 years or more,

20 ‘‘(B) any other offense that is a felony and

21 that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk

22 that physical force against the person or prop23 erty of another may be used in the course of

24 committing the offense and has a maximum

25 term of imprisonment of 10 years or more, or
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1 ‘‘(C) such crimes including murder, assault

2 with intent to commit murder, arson, armed

3 burglary, rape, assault with intent to commit

4 rape, kidnapping, and armed robbery;

5 ‘‘(3) the term ‘State’ means a State of the

6 United States, the District of Columbia, or any com7 monwealth, territory, or possession of the United

8 States; and

9 ‘‘(4) the term ‘an eligible system of consequen10 tial sanctions for juvenile offenders’ means that the

11 State or States organized as a regional compact, as

12 the case may be—

13 ‘‘(A)(i) have established or are in the proc14 ess of establishing a system of sanctions for the

15 State’s juvenile justice system in which the

16 State bases dispositions for juveniles on a scale

17 of increasingly severe sanctions for the commis18 sion of a repeat delinquent act, particularly if

19 the subsequent delinquent act committed by

20 such juvenile is of similar or greater seriousness

21 or if a court dispositional order for a delinquent

22 act is violated; and

23 ‘‘(ii) such dispositions should, to the extent

24 practicable, require the juvenile delinquent to

25 compensate victims for losses and compensate
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1 the juvenile justice authorities for supervision

2 costs;

3 ‘‘(B) impose a sanction on each juvenile

4 adjudicated delinquent;

5 ‘‘(C) require that a State court concur in

6 allowing a juvenile to be sent to a diversionary

7 program in lieu of juvenile court proceedings;

8 ‘‘(D) have established and maintained an

9 effective system that requires the prosecution of

10 at least those juveniles who are 14 years of age

11 and older as adults, rather than in juvenile pro12 ceedings, for conduct constituting—

13 ‘‘(i) murder or attempted murder;

14 ‘‘(ii) robbery while armed with a dead15 ly weapon;

16 ‘‘(iii) battery while armed with a

17 deadly weapon;

18 ‘‘(iv) forcible rape;

19 ‘‘(v) any other crime the State deter20 mines appropriate; and

21 ‘‘(vi) the fourth or subsequent occa22 sion on which such juveniles engage in an

23 activity for which adults could be impris24 oned for a term exceeding 1 year;
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1 unless, on a case-by-case basis, the transfer of

2 such juveniles for disposition in the juvenile jus3 tice system is determined under State law to be

4 in the interest of justice;

5 ‘‘(E) require that whenever a juvenile is

6 adjudicated in a juvenile proceeding to have en7 gaged in the conduct constituting an offense de8 scribed in subparagraph (D) that—

9 ‘‘(i) a record is kept relating to that

10 adjudication which is—

11 ‘‘(I) equivalent to the record that

12 would be kept of an adult conviction

13 for that offense;

14 ‘‘(II) retained for a period of

15 time that is equal to the period of

16 time records are kept for adult convic17 tions; and

18 ‘‘(III) made available to law en19 forcement officials to the same extent

20 that a record of an adult conviction

21 would be made available;

22 ‘‘(ii) the juvenile is fingerprinted and

23 photographed, and the fingerprints and

24 photograph are sent to the Federal Bureau

25 of Investigation; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) the court in which the adjudica2 tion takes place transmits to the Federal

3 Bureau of Investigation the information

4 concerning the adjudication, including the

5 name and birth date of the juvenile, date

6 of adjudication, and disposition;

7 ‘‘(F) where practicable and appropriate,

8 require parents to participate in meeting the

9 dispositional requirements imposed on the juve10 nile by the court;

11 ‘‘(G) have consulted with any units of local

12 government responsible for secure youth correc13 tional facilities in setting priorities for construc14 tion, development, expansion and modification,

15 operation or improvement of juvenile facilities,

16 and to the extent practicable, ensure that the

17 needs of entities currently administering juve18 nile facilities are addressed; and

19 ‘‘(H) have in place or are putting in place

20 systems to provide objective evaluations of State

21 and local juvenile justice systems to determine

22 such systems’ effectiveness in protecting the

23 community, reducing recidivism, and ensuring

24 compliance with dispositions.’’.
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1 (b) PREFERENCE IN PAYMENTS UNDER SECTION

2 242(J) OF IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—Sec3 tion 242(j)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8

4 U.S.C. 1252(j)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the

5 following:

6 ‘‘(C) In carrying out paragraph (1)(A), the

7 Attorney General shall give preference in mak8 ing payments to States and political subdivi9 sions of States which are ineligible for pay10 ments under section 508 of the Violent Crime

11 Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.’’.

12 SEC. 102. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

13 (a) OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS

14 ACT OF 1968.—

15 (1) PART V.—Part V of title I of the Omnibus

16 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is re17 pealed.

18 (2) FUNDING.—(A) Section 1001(a) of the Om19 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

20 is amended by striking paragraph (20).

21 (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subpara22 graph (A), any funds that remain available to an ap23 plicant under paragraph (20) of title I of the Omni24 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

25 shall be used in accordance with part V of such Act
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1 as such Act was in effect on the day preceding the

2 date of enactment of this Act.

3 (b) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE4 MENT ACT OF 1994.—

5 (1) REPEAL.—(A) Subtitle A of title II of the

6 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

7 1994 is repealed.

8 (B) The table of contents of the Violent Crime

9 Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is

10 amended by striking the matter relating to subtitle

11 A of title II.

12 (2) COMPLIANCE.—Notwithstanding the provi13 sions of paragraph (1), any funds that remain avail14 able to an applicant under subtitle A of title II of

15 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement

16 Act of 1994 shall be used in accordance with such

17 subtitle as such subtitle was in effect on the day pre18 ceding the date of enactment of this Act.

19 (3) TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING.—The table of con20 tents of the Violent Crime Control and Law En21 forcement Act of 1994 is amended by striking the

22 matter relating to title V and inserting the following:

‘‘TITLE V—TRUTH-IN-SENTENCING GRANTS

‘‘Sec. 501. Authorization of grants.

‘‘Sec. 502. General grants.

‘‘Sec. 503. Truth-in-sentencing grants.

‘‘Sec. 504. Special rules.

‘‘Sec. 505. Formula for grants.

‘‘Sec. 506. Accountability.
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‘‘Sec. 507. Authorization of appropriations.

‘‘Sec. 508. Definitions.’’.

1 TITLE II—STOPPING ABUSIVE

2 PRISONER LAWSUITS

3 SEC. 201. EXHAUSTION REQUIREMENT.

4 Section 7(a)(1) of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized

5 Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997e) is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘in any action brought’’ and in7 serting ‘‘no action shall be brought’’;

8 (2) by striking ‘‘the court shall’’ and all that

9 follows through ‘‘require exhaustion of’’ and insert

10 ‘‘until’’; and

11 (3) by inserting ‘‘are exhausted’’ after ‘‘avail12 able’’.

13 SEC. 202. FRIVOLOUS ACTIONS.

14 Section 7(a) of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized

15 Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997e(a)) is amended by adding

16 at the end the following:

17 ‘‘(3) The court shall on its own motion or on motion

18 of a party dismiss any action brought pursuant to section

19 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States by an

20 adult convicted of a crime and confined in any jail, prison,

21 or other correctional facility if the court is satisfied that

22 the action fails to state a claim upon which relief can be

23 granted or is frivolous or malicious.’’.
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1 SEC. 203. MODIFICATION OF REQUIRED MINIMUM STAND2 ARDS.

3 Section 7(b)(2) of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized

4 Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997e(b)(2)) is amended by strik5 ing subparagraph (A) and redesignating subparagraphs

6 (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), re7 spectively.

8 SEC. 204. PROCEEDINGS IN FORMA PAUPERIS.

9 (a) DISMISSAL.—Section 1915(d) of title 28, United

10 States Code, is amended—

11 (1) by inserting ‘‘at any time’’ after ‘‘counsel

12 and may’’;

13 (2) by striking ‘‘and may’’ and inserting ‘‘and

14 shall’’;

15 (3) by inserting ‘‘fails to state a claim upon

16 which relief may be granted or’’ after ‘‘that the ac17 tion’’; and

18 (4) by inserting ‘‘even if partial filing fees have

19 been imposed by the court’’ before the period.

20 (b) PRISONER’S STATEMENT OF ASSETS.—Section

21 1915 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by add22 ing at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(f) If a prisoner in a correctional institution files

24 an affidavit in accordance with subsection (a) of this sec25 tion, such prisoner shall include in that affidavit a state26 ment of all assets such prisoner possesses. The court shall
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1 make inquiry of the correctional institution in which the

2 prisoner is incarcerated for information available to that

3 institution relating to the extent of the prisoner’s assets.

4 The court shall require full or partial payment of filing

5 fees according to the prisoner’s ability to pay.’’.

6 TITLE III—STOP TURNING OUT

7 PRISONERS

8 SEC. 301. APPROPRIATE REMEDIES FOR PRISON CONDI9 TIONS.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3626 of title 18, United

11 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

12 ‘‘§ 3626. Appropriate remedies with respect to prison

13 conditions

14 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR RELIEF.—

15 ‘‘(1) LIMITATIONS ON PROSPECTIVE RELIEF.—

16 Prospective relief in a civil action with respect to

17 prison conditions shall extend no further than nec18 essary to remove the conditions that are causing the

19 deprivation of the Federal rights of individual plain20 tiffs in that civil action. The court shall not grant

21 or approve any prospective relief unless the court

22 finds that such relief is narrowly drawn and the

23 least intrusive means to remedy the violation of the

24 Federal right. In determining the intrusiveness of

25 the relief, the court shall give substantial weight to
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1 any adverse impact on public safety or the operation

2 of a criminal justice system caused by the relief.

3 ‘‘(2) PRISON POPULATION REDUCTION RE4 LIEF.—In any civil action with respect to prison con5 ditions, the court shall not grant or approve any re6 lief whose purpose or effect is to reduce or limit the

7 prison population, unless the plaintiff proves that

8 crowding is the primary cause of the deprivation of

9 the Federal right and no other relief will remedy

10 that deprivation.

11 ‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF RELIEF.—

12 ‘‘(1) AUTOMATIC TERMINATION OF PROSPEC13 TIVE RELIEF AFTER 2-YEAR PERIOD.—In any civil

14 action with respect to prison conditions, any pro15 spective relief shall automatically terminate 2 years

16 after the later of—

17 ‘‘(A) the date the court found the violation

18 of a Federal right that was the basis for the re19 lief; or

20 ‘‘(B) the date of the enactment of the Stop

21 Turning Out Prisoners Act.

22 ‘‘(2) IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF PROSPEC23 TIVE RELIEF.—In any civil action with respect to

24 prison conditions, a defendant or intervenor shall be

25 entitled to the immediate termination of any pro-
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1 spective relief, if that relief was approved or granted

2 in the absence of a finding by the court that prison

3 conditions violated a Federal right.

4 ‘‘(c) PROCEDURE FOR MOTIONS AFFECTING PRO5 SPECTIVE RELIEF.—

6 ‘‘(1) GENERALLY.—The court shall promptly

7 rule on any motion to modify or terminate prospec8 tive relief in a civil action with respect to prison con9 ditions.

10 ‘‘(2) AUTOMATIC STAY.—Any prospective relief

11 subject to a pending motion shall be automatically

12 stayed during the period—

13 ‘‘(A) beginning on the 30th day after such

14 motion is filed, in the case of a motion made

15 under subsection (b); and

16 ‘‘(B) beginning on the 180th day after

17 such motion is filed, in the case of a motion

18 made under any other law;

19 and ending on the date the court enters a final order

20 ruling on that motion.

21 ‘‘(d) STANDING.—Any Federal, State, or local official

22 or unit of government—

23 ‘‘(1) whose jurisdiction or function includes the

24 prosecution or custody of persons in a prison subject

25 to; or
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1 ‘‘(2) who otherwise is or may be affected by;

2 any relief whose purpose or effect is to reduce or limit

3 the prison population shall have standing to oppose the

4 imposition or continuation in effect of that relief and may

5 intervene in any proceeding relating to that relief. Stand6 ing shall be liberally conferred under this subsection so

7 as to effectuate the remedial purposes of this section.

8 ‘‘(e) SPECIAL MASTERS.—In any civil action in a

9 Federal court with respect to prison conditions, any spe10 cial master or monitor shall be a United States magistrate

11 and shall make proposed findings on the record on com12 plicated factual issues submitted to that special master or

13 monitor by the court, but shall have no other function.

14 The parties may not by consent extend the function of

15 a special master beyond that permitted under this sub16 section.

17 ‘‘(f) ATTORNEY’S FEES.—No attorney’s fee under

18 section 722 of the Revised Statutes of the United States

19 (42 U.S.C. 1988) may be granted to a plaintiff in a civil

20 action with respect to prison conditions except to the ex21 tent such fee is—

22 ‘‘(1) directly and reasonably incurred in proving

23 an actual violation of the plaintiff’s Federal rights;

24 and
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1 ‘‘(2) proportionally related to the extent the

2 plaintiff obtains court ordered relief for that viola3 tion.

4 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

5 ‘‘(1) the term ‘prison’ means any Federal,

6 State, or local facility that incarcerates or detains

7 juveniles or adults accused of, convicted of, sen8 tenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations

9 of criminal law;

10 ‘‘(2) the term ‘relief’ means all relief in any

11 form which may be granted or approved by the

12 court, and includes consent decrees and settlement

13 agreements (except a settlement agreement the

14 breach of which is not subject to any court enforce15 ment other than reinstatement of the civil proceed16 ing which such agreement settled); and

17 ‘‘(3) the term ‘prospective relief’ means all re18 lief other than compensatory monetary damages.’’.

19 (b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—Section 3626 of

20 title 18, United States Code, as amended by this section,

21 shall apply with respect to all relief (as defined in such

22 section) whether such relief was originally granted or ap23 proved before, on, or after the date of the enactment of

24 this Act.
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1 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to

2 section 3626 in the table of sections at the beginning of

3 subchapter C of chapter 229 of title 18, United States

4 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘crowding’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘conditions’’.

6 TITLE IV—ENHANCING PROTEC7 TION AGAINST INCARCER8 ATED CRIMINALS

9 SEC. 401. PRISON SECURITY.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow12 ing new section:

13 ‘‘§ 4048. Strength-training of prisoners prohibited

14 ‘‘The Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that—

15 ‘‘(1) prisoners under its jurisdiction do not en16 gage in any physical activities designed to increase

17 their fighting ability; and

18 ‘‘(2) all equipment designed for increasing the

19 strength or fighting ability of prisoners promptly be

20 removed from Federal correctional facilities and not

21 be introduced into such facilities thereafter except as

22 needed for a medically required program of physical

23 rehabilitation approved by the Director of the Bu24 reau of Prisons.’’.
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

2 at the beginning of chapter 303 of title 18, United States

3 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new

4 item:

‘‘4048. Strength-training of prisoners prohibited.’’.

5 TITLE V—PRISON CONDITIONS

6 SEC. 501. PRISON CONDITIONS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall by

8 rule establish standards regarding conditions in the Fed9 eral prison system that provide prisoners the least amount

10 of amenities and personal comforts consistent with Con11 stitutional requirements and good order and discipline in

12 the Federal prison system.

13 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec14 tion shall be construed to establish or recognize any mini15 mum rights or standards for prisoners.

16 SEC. 502. ANNUAL REPORT.

17 The director of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit

18 to Congress on or before December 31 of each year, begin19 ning on December 31, 1995, a report setting forth the

20 amount spent at each Federal correctional facility under

21 the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons for each of the

22 following items:

23 (1) The minimal requirements necessary to

24 maintain custody and security of prisoners.

25 (2) Basic nutritional needs.
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1 (3) Essential medical services.

2 (4) Amenities and programs beyond the scope

3 of the items referred to in paragraphs (1) through

4 (3), including but not limited to—

5 (A) recreational programs and facilities;

6 (B) vocational and educational programs;

7 and

8 (C) counseling services, together with the

9 rationale for spending on each category and em10 pirical data, if any, supporting such rationale.

11 TITLE VI—COMMUNITY SERVICE

12 PROJECTS

13 SEC. 601. BUREAU OF PRISONS COMMUNITY SERVICE

14 PROJECTS.

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United

16 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow17 ing:

18 ‘‘§ 4047. Community service projects

19 ‘‘(a) Subject to the limitations of subsection (b), the

20 Chief Executive Officer of a Federal penal or correctional

21 facility may, as part of an inmate work program, provide

22 services to private, nonprofit organizations, as defined in

23 section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,

24 or to a component of any State government or political
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1 subdivision thereof. Such services shall be provided pursu2 ant to rules prescribed by the Attorney General.

3 ‘‘(b) Services provided under subsection (a)—

4 ‘‘(1) shall be used only for the benefit of the re5 cipient entity and not for the benefit of any individ6 ual or organization other than the recipient; and

7 ‘‘(2) shall not displace an employee of the recip8 ient or result in a reduction in hours, wages, or em9 ployment benefits of any employee of the recipient.’’.

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters

11 at the beginning of chapter 303, title 18, United States

12 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new

13 item:

‘‘4047. Community service projects.’’.

14 TITLE VII—PRISON

15 COMMISSARY ADMINISTRATION

16 SEC. 701. ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL PRISON COM17 MISSARIES.

18 Section 4043 of title 18, United States Code, is

19 amended by striking the current language and inserting

20 the following:

21 ‘‘(a) The Director of the Bureau of Prisons may es22 tablish, operate, and maintain commissaries in Federal

23 penal or correctional facilities, from and through which ar24 ticles and services may be procured, sold, rendered, or oth25 erwise provided or made available for the benefit of in-
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1 mates confined within those facilities. Only those articles

2 or services authorized by the Director of the Bureau of

3 Prisons may be procured from or through prison com4 missaries for the use of inmates.

5 ‘‘(b) There is established in the Treasury of the

6 United States a revolving fund to be called the Prison

7 Commissary Fund which shall be available to the Federal

8 Bureau of Prisons without fiscal-year limitation to carry

9 out the purposes, functions and powers authorized by this

10 section. Funds currently on deposit in the ‘Commissary

11 Funds, Federal Prisons’ account of the Treasury shall be

12 transferred to the Prison Commissary Fund.

13 ‘‘(c) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons

14 may accept gifts or bequests of money for credit to the

15 Fund. The Director may also accept gifts or bequests of

16 other property, real or personal, for use or other disposi17 tion by the Bureau of Prisons. A gift or bequest under

18 this section is a gift or bequest to or for the use of the

19 United States under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

20 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).

21 ‘‘(d) Amounts in the Prison Commissary Fund which

22 are not currently needed for operations shall be kept on

23 deposit or invested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the

24 United States and all earnings on such investments shall

25 be deposited in the Prison Commissary Fund.
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1 ‘‘(e) There shall be deposited in the Fund, subject

2 to withdrawal by the Federal Bureau of Prisons—

3 ‘‘(1) revenues received from the sale of articles

4 through prison commissaries;

5 ‘‘(2) revenues received from services rendered

6 by prison commissaries;

7 ‘‘(3) a gift or bequest of money for credit to the

8 Fund;

9 ‘‘(4) proceeds from the sale or disposal of do10 nated property, real or personal, for credit to the

11 Fund; and

12 ‘‘(5) earnings or interest which may be derived

13 from investments of the Fund.

14 ‘‘(f) The fund shall be available for the payment of

15 any expenses incurred by the Federal Bureau of Prisons

16 in establishing, operating, and maintaining prison com17 missaries and the Prison Commissary Fund, including the

18 employment of personnel, the purchase of equipment, se19 curity-related or otherwise, and those expenses incurred

20 in the provision of articles or services procured, sold, ren21 dered, or otherwise provided or made available to inmates.

22 ‘‘(g) The Director of the Bureau of Prisons is author23 ized to use monies from the Prison Commissary Fund for

24 the general welfare of inmates. No inmate shall be entitled

25 to any portion of the Fund.
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1 ‘‘(h) Employees compensated by or through the Pris2 on Commissary Fund may be assigned additional duties

3 other than those directly related to commissary activities.

4 ‘‘(i) The provisions of sections 554 and 555 and 701

5 through 706 of title 5, United States Code, do not apply

6 to the making of any determination, decision, or order

7 under this section.’’.

8 SEC. 702. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

9 Section 1321(b) of title 31, United States Code, is

10 amended by striking ‘‘Commissary Funds, Federal

11 Prisons’’.

Passed the House of Representatives February 10,

1995.

Attest:

Clerk.

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 667

AN ACT

To control crime by incarcerating violent criminals.