of less than the required wages, and the disposi-
tion of such proposed sanctions; 
(J) the extent to which the new authority 
provided additional inmate work opportunities 
assisting the Bureau of Prisons in attaining its 
objective of providing 25 percent of the work-eli-
gible inmates with work opportunities within 
Federal Prison Industries; 
(K) measures of any adverse impacts of im-
plementation of the new authority on business 
concerns using noninmate workers that are en-
gaged in providing similar types of products and 
services in direct competition; and 
(L) a compilation of data relating work op-
portunities for Federal inmates with work as-
signments with Federal Prison Industries pro-
vided by— 
(i) sales to Federal agencies pursuant 
to the status of Federal Prison Industries as 
a mandatory source of supply during the 
period fiscal year 1990 through fiscal year 
2007; 
(ii) sales to Federal agencies of serv-
ices, both through non-competitive inter-
agency transfers and as a result of direct 
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competition from private-sector offerors dur-
ing the period fiscal year 1990 though fiscal 
year 2007; 
(iii) performance as a subcontrator to 
a Federal prime contractor or Federal sub-
contractor at a higher tier beginning in fis-
cal year 1990; 
(iv) introduction of inmate-furnished 
services into the commercial market, begin-
ning in the second quarter of fiscal year 
1998; 
(v) alternative inmate work opportuni-
ties, beginning in fiscal year 2007, provided 
by agreements with— 
(I) non-profit organizations, pur-
suant to section 4124a(b)(1) of title 18, 
United States Code, as added by sec-
tion 10(b), and section 10(c); 
(II) religious organizations, pur-
suant to section 4124a(b)(2) of title 18, 
United States Code; 
(III) units of local governments, 
school districts, or other special pur-
pose districts, pursuant to section 
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4124a(b)(3) of title 18, United States 
Code; 
(IV) 
work-based 
Employment 
Preparation Programs for Federal in-
mates, pursuant to section 4124b of 
title 18, United States Code, as added 
by section 11; or 
(V) other means. 
(3) OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.—The 
Comptroller General shall provide an opportunity for 
public comment on the proposed scope and method-
ology for the assessment required by paragraph (1), 
making such modifications in response to such com-
ments as he deems appropriate. 
(4) REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 
shall submit to the Congress in accordance with 
this subsection two interim reports and a final 
report of the assessment of implementation of the 
new authority, including such recommendations 
as the Comptroller General may deem appro-
priate. 
(B) INTERIM REPORTS.—The two interim 
reports shall encompass the assessment of the im-
plementation of the new authority— 
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(i) from the effective date of the author-
ity through the end of fiscal year 2007; and 
(ii) from the effective date of the au-
thority through the end of fiscal year 2010. 
(C) FINAL REPORT.—The final report shall 
assess the implementation of the new authority 
from the effective date of the authority through 
the end of fiscal year 2013. 
(D) 
SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—The 
Comptroller General shall submit the reports re-
quired by this paragraph within 6 months after 
the end of the fiscal years referred to in subpara-
graphs (B) and (C). 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1761 of title 
18, United States Code, as amended by section 7, is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(f); and 
(2) inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) This section shall not apply to products produced 
or services furnished with inmate labor incidental to the 
work-based training program authorized pursuant to sec-
tion 4124b of this title.’’. 
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SEC. 12. RESTRUCTURING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4121 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 4121. Federal Prison Industries; Board of Directors: 
executive management 
‘‘(a) Federal Prison Industries is a government cor-
poration of the District of Columbia organized to carry on 
such industrial operations in Federal correctional institu-
tions as authorized by its Board of Directors. The manner 
and extent to which such industrial operations are carried 
on in the various Federal correctional institutions shall be 
determined by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(b)(1) The corporation shall be governed by a board 
of 11 directors appointed by the President. 
‘‘(2) In making appointments to the Board, the Presi-
dent shall assure that 3 members represent the business 
community, 3 members represent organized labor, 1 member 
shall have special expertise in inmate rehabilitation tech-
niques, 1 member represents victims of crime, 1 member 
represents the interests of Federal inmate workers, and 2 
additional members whose background and expertise the 
President deems appropriate. The members of the Board 
representing the business community shall include, to the 
maximum extent practicable, representation of firms fur-
nishing services as well as firms producing products, espe-
cially from those industry categories from which Federal 
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