(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(B) Federal Prison Industries may locate more than 
one workshop at a Federal correctional facility. 
‘‘(C) Federal Prison Industries may operate a work-
shop outside of a correctional facility if all of the inmates 
working in such workshop are classified as minimum secu-
rity inmates.’’. 
SEC. 13. TRANSITIONAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AU-
THORITY. 
Any correctional officer or other employee of Federal 
Prison Industries being paid with nonappropriated funds 
who would be separated from service because of a reduc-
tion in the net income of Federal Prison Industries during 
any fiscal year specified in section 4(e)(1) shall be— 
(1) eligible for appointment (or reappointment) 
in the competitive service pursuant to title 5, United 
States Code; 
(2) registered on a Bureau of Prisons reemploy-
ment priority list; and 
(3) given priority for any other position within 
the Bureau of Prisons for which such employee is 
qualified.
SEC. 14. FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES REPORT TO CON-
GRESS. 
Section 4127 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 4127. Federal Prison Industries report to Congress 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to chapter 91 of title 
31, the board of directors of Federal Prison Industries 
shall submit an annual report to Congress on the conduct 
of the business of the corporation during each fiscal year 
and the condition of its funds during the fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—In addition to the 
matters required by section 9106 of title 31, and such 
other matters as the board considers appropriate, a report 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) a statement of the amount of obligations 
issued under section 4129(a)(1) of this title during 
the fiscal year; 
‘‘(2) an estimate of the amount of obligations 
that will be issued in the following fiscal year; 
‘‘(3) an analysis of— 
‘‘(A) the corporation’s total sales for each 
specific product and type of service sold to the 
Federal agencies and the commercial market; 
‘‘(B) the total purchases by each Federal 
agency of each specific product and type of 
service;
‘‘(C) the corporation’s share of such total 
Federal Government purchases by specific prod-
uct and type of service; and 
‘‘(D) the number and disposition of dis-
putes submitted to the heads of the Federal de-
partments and agencies pursuant to section 
4124(e) of this title; 
‘‘(4) an analysis of the inmate workforce that 
includes— 
‘‘(A) the number of inmates employed; 
‘‘(B) the number of inmates utilized to 
produce products or furnish services sold in the 
commercial market; 
‘‘(C) the number and percentage of em-
ployed inmates by the term of their incarcer-
ation; and 
‘‘(D) the various hourly wages paid to in-
mates employed with respect to the production 
of the various specific products and types of 
services authorized for production and sale to 
Federal agencies and in the commercial market; 
and 
‘‘(5) data concerning employment obtained by 
former inmates upon release to determine whether 
the employment provided by Federal Prison Indus-
tries during incarceration provided such inmates 
with knowledge and skill in a trade or occupation 
that enabled such former inmate to earn a livelihood 
upon release. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Copies of an annual re-
port under subsection (a) shall be made available to the 
public at a price not exceeding the cost of printing the 
report.’’. 
SEC. 15. INDEPENDENT STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EF-
FECTS OF ELIMINATING THE FEDERAL PRIS-
ON INDUSTRIES MANDATORY SOURCE AU-
THORITY. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General 
shall undertake to have an independent study conducted 
on the effects of eliminating the Federal Prison Industries 
mandatory source authority. 
(b) SOLICITATION OF VIEWS.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral shall ensure that in developing the statement of work 
and the methodology for the study, the views and input 
of private industry, organized labor groups, Members and 
staff of the relevant Congressional committees, officials of 
the executive branch, and the public are solicited. 
(c) SUBMISSION.—Not later than June 30, 2006, the 
Comptroller General shall submit the results of the study