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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9012 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate Federal Prison Industries 
advantages over the private sector and small business in the procurement 
of commercially available goods and services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2020 
Mr. HUIZENGA (for himself and Mr. BROOKS of Alabama) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate Federal 
Prison Industries advantages over the private sector and 
small business in the procurement of commercially avail-
able goods and services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Protec-
tion Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS IN AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL PRIS-
ON INDUSTRIES. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY SOURCING FOR 
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.— 
(1) Section 4124 of title 18, United States 
Code, is repealed. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 307 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
4124. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDES 
FOR FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES.—Section 4122 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(f) Federal Prison Industries is ineligible to produce 
any product under a contract awarded to a small business 
concern pursuant to section 15(a) of the Small Business 
Act.’’. 
(c) PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED AND SENSITIVE IN-
FORMATION.—Section 4122 of title 18, United States 
Code, as amended by subsection (b), is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) The head of an executive agency may not enter 
into any contract with Federal Prison Industries under 
which an inmate worker would have access to— 
‘‘(1) any data that is classified; 
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‘‘(2) any geographic data regarding the location 
of— 
‘‘(A) surface and subsurface infrastructure 
providing communications or water or electrical 
power distribution; 
‘‘(B) pipelines for the distribution of nat-
ural gas, bulk petroleum products, or other 
commodities; or 
‘‘(C) other utilities; or 
‘‘(3) any personal or financial information 
about any individual private citizen, including infor-
mation relating to such person’s real property how-
ever described, without the prior consent of the indi-
vidual.’’. 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, after consulta-
tion with the Small Business Administration and the Sec-
retary of the Department of Labor, the Attorney General 
shall submit to Congress a report on the following: 
(1) The progress made in the transition of Fed-
eral Prison Industries to only manufacturing items 
or providing professional services solely made or of-
fered overseas. 
(2) The loss of revenue for Federal Prison In-
dustries that resulted from the transition described 
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in paragraph (1), and the market share of items and 
professional services described in paragraph (1) that 
will be needed to make up such loss. 
(3) The development of an expedited timeline 
and the necessary action items needed for the transi-
tion described in paragraph (1). 
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