institution operated by a State or local jurisdiction of a 
State may continue to provide inmate labor to furnish serv-
ices for sale in the commercial market after the dates speci-
fied in subsection (b) if such program has been certified 
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 in-
mates are furnishing services that are being introduced into 
the commercial market, may continue to furnish such serv-
ices for the duration of the term of such agreement. 
(e) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1761 of title 
18, United States Code, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(d) This section shall not apply to services performed 
as part of an inmate work program conducted by a State 
or local government to disassemble, scrap, and recycle prod-
ucts, other than electronic products, that would otherwise 
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be disposed of in a landfill. Recovered scrap from such pro-
gram 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 further 
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 
‘‘(B) any particular wage, compensation, or 
benefit on demand, except as otherwise specifi-
cally 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 be-
half of any inmate against the United States or any 
officer, employee, or contractor thereof.’’. 
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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 Bureau 
of Prisons deems appropriate to reduce inmate idle-
ness and better prepare inmates for a successful re-
entry into the community upon release, the program 
shall provide— 
(A) in-prison assessments of inmates’ needs 
and aptitudes; 
(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 2008, to remain available 
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until expended. It is the sense of Congress that Fed-
eral Prison Industries should use some of its net earn-
ings to accomplish the purposes of the program. 
(4) SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—All com-
ponents 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 
(D) in all Federal prisons not later than 8 
years after such date of enactment. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
INMATE
WORK
OPPORTUNITIES 
THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 307 of title 18, 
United States Code, is further amended by inserting 
after section 4124 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 4124a. 
Additional 
inmate 
work 
opportunities 
through public service activities 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Inmates with work assignments 
within Federal Prison Industries may perform work for an 
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