(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 303 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘4048. Strength-training of prisoners prohibited.’’.
TITLE V—PRISON CONDITIONS
SEC. 501. PRISON CONDITIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall by
rule establish standards regarding conditions in the Fed-
eral prison system that provide prisoners the least amount
of amenities and personal comforts consistent with Con-
stitutional requirements and good order and discipline in
the Federal prison system.
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to establish or recognize any mini-
mum rights or standards for prisoners.
SEC. 502. ANNUAL REPORT.
The director of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit
to Congress on or before December 31 of each year, begin-
ning on December 31, 1995, a report setting forth the
amount spent at each Federal correctional facility under
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Prisons for each of the
following items:
(1) The minimal requirements necessary to
maintain custody and security of prisoners.
(2) Basic nutritional needs.
(3) Essential medical services.
(4) Amenities and programs beyond the scope
of the items referred to in paragraphs (1) through
(3), including but not limited to—
(A) recreational programs and facilities;
(B) vocational and educational programs;
and
(C) counseling services, together with the
rationale for spending on each category and em-
pirical data, if any, supporting such rationale.
TITLE VI—COMMUNITY SERVICE
PROJECTS
SEC. 601. BUREAU OF PRISONS COMMUNITY SERVICE
PROJECTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘§ 4047. Community service projects
‘‘(a) Subject to the limitations of subsection (b), the
Chief Executive Officer of a Federal penal or correctional
facility may, as part of an inmate work program, provide
services to private, nonprofit organizations, as defined in
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
or to a component of any State government or political
subdivision thereof. Such services shall be provided pursu-
ant to rules prescribed by the Attorney General.
‘‘(b) Services provided under subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) shall be used only for the benefit of the re-
cipient entity and not for the benefit of any individ-
ual or organization other than the recipient; and
‘‘(2) shall not displace an employee of the recip-
ient or result in a reduction in hours, wages, or em-
ployment benefits of any employee of the recipient.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters
at the beginning of chapter 303, title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘4047. Community service projects.’’.
TITLE VII—PRISON
COMMISSARY ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 701. ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL PRISON COM-
MISSARIES.
Section 4043 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by striking the current language and inserting
the following:
‘‘(a) The Director of the Bureau of Prisons may es-
tablish, operate, and maintain commissaries in Federal
penal or correctional facilities, from and through which ar-
ticles and services may be procured, sold, rendered, or oth-
erwise provided or made available for the benefit of in-
mates confined within those facilities. Only those articles
or services authorized by the Director of the Bureau of
Prisons may be procured from or through prison com-
missaries for the use of inmates.
‘‘(b) There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a revolving fund to be called the Prison
Commissary Fund which shall be available to the Federal
Bureau of Prisons without fiscal-year limitation to carry
out the purposes, functions and powers authorized by this
section. Funds currently on deposit in the ‘Commissary
Funds, Federal Prisons’ account of the Treasury shall be
transferred to the Prison Commissary Fund.
‘‘(c) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons
may accept gifts or bequests of money for credit to the
Fund. The Director may also accept gifts or bequests of
other property, real or personal, for use or other disposi-
tion by the Bureau of Prisons. A gift or bequest under
this section is a gift or bequest to or for the use of the
United States under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).
‘‘(d) Amounts in the Prison Commissary Fund which
are not currently needed for operations shall be kept on
deposit or invested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the
United States and all earnings on such investments shall
be deposited in the Prison Commissary Fund.
‘‘(e) There shall be deposited in the Fund, subject
to withdrawal by the Federal Bureau of Prisons—
‘‘(1) revenues received from the sale of articles
through prison commissaries;
‘‘(2) revenues received from services rendered
by prison commissaries;
‘‘(3) a gift or bequest of money for credit to the
Fund;
‘‘(4) proceeds from the sale or disposal of do-
nated property, real or personal, for credit to the
Fund; and
‘‘(5) earnings or interest which may be derived
from investments of the Fund.
‘‘(f) The Fund shall be available for the payment of
any expenses incurred by the Federal Bureau of Prisons
in establishing, operating, and maintaining prison com-
missaries and the Prison Commissary Fund, including the
employment of personnel, the purchase of equipment, se-
curity-related or otherwise, and those expenses incurred
in the provision of articles or services procured, sold, ren-
dered, or otherwise provided or made available to inmates.
‘‘(g) The Director of the Bureau of Prisons is author-
ized to use monies from the Prison Commissary Fund for
the general welfare of inmates. No inmate shall be entitled
to any portion of the Fund.
‘‘(h) Employees compensated by or through the Pris-
on Commissary Fund may be assigned additional duties
other than those directly related to commissary activities.
‘‘(i) The provisions of sections 554 and 555 and 701
through 706 of title 5, United States Code, do not apply
to the making of any determination, decision, or order
under this section.’’.
SEC. 702. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
Section 1321(b) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘Commissary Funds, Federal
Prisons’’.
Passed the House of Representatives February 10,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
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