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(1) the expiration date specified in the contract 
or other agreement with a commercial partner on 
October 1, 2006, or 
(2) until September 30, 2011, if the prison 
work program is directly furnishing the services to 
the commercial market. 
(c) APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR LONG-TERM OPER-
ATION.—A prison work program operated by a correc-
tional institution operated by a State or local jurisdiction 
of a State may continue to provide inmate labor to furnish 
services for sale in the commercial market after the dates 
specified in subsection (b) if such program has been cer-
tified pursuant to section 1761(c)(1) of title 18, United 
States Code, and is in compliance with the requirements 
of such subsection and its implementing regulations. 
(d) EXISTING WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL 
INMATES.—Any private for-profit business entity having 
an agreement with Federal Prison Industries in effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act, under which Federal 
inmates are furnishing services that are being introduced 
into the commercial market, may continue to furnish such 
services for the duration of the term of such agreement. 
(e) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1761 of title 
18, United States Code, is further amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) This section shall not apply to services per-
formed as part of an inmate work program conducted by 
a State or local government to disassemble, scrap, and re-
cycle products, other than electronic products, that would 
otherwise be disposed of in a landfill. Recovered scrap 
from such program may be sold.’’. 
SEC. 8. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
Section 4122(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘production of commodities’’ and in-
serting ‘‘production of products or furnishing of services’’. 
SEC. 9. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO CHAPTER 
307. 
Chapter 307 of title 18, United States Code, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 4130. Construction of provisions 
‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall be construed— 
‘‘(1) to establish an entitlement of any inmate 
to— 
‘‘(A) employment in a Federal Prison In-
dustries facility; or 
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‘‘(B) any particular wage, compensation, 
or benefit on demand, except as otherwise spe-
cifically provided by law or regulation; 
‘‘(2) to establish that inmates are employees for 
the purposes of any law or program; or 
‘‘(3) to establish any cause of action by or on 
behalf of any inmate against the United States or 
any officer, employee, or contractor thereof.’’. 
SEC. 10. PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REHABILITATIVE OPPOR-
TUNITIES FOR INMATES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL, TRAINING, AND RE-
LEASE-PREPARATION OPPORTUNITIES.— 
(1) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—There is hereby 
established the Enhanced In-Prison Educational and 
Vocational Assessment and Training Program within 
the Federal Bureau of Prisons. 
(2) COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM.—In addition to 
such other components as the Director of the Bu-
reau of Prisons deems appropriate to reduce inmate 
idleness and better prepare inmates for a successful 
reentry into the community upon release, the pro-
gram shall provide— 
(A) in-prison assessments of inmates’ 
needs and aptitudes; 
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(B) a full range of educational opportuni-
ties; 
(C) vocational training and apprentice-
ships; and 
(D) comprehensive release-readiness prepa-
ration. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For 
the purposes of carrying out the program established 
by paragraph (1), $75,000,000 is authorized for 
each fiscal year after fiscal year 2007, to remain 
available until expended. It is the sense of Congress 
that Federal Prison Industries should use some of 
its net earnings to accomplish the purposes of the 
program. 
(4) SCHEDULE
FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.—All 
components of the program shall be established— 
(A) in at least 25 percent of all Federal 
prisons not later than 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(B) in at least 50 percent of all Federal 
prisons not later than 4 years after such date 
of enactment; 
(C) in at least 75 percent of all Federal 
prisons not later than 6 years after such date 
of enactment; and 
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