An Act to establish in the Treasury a correctional industries fund for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
PL 88-622 (H.R.1082), enacted 10/03/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-622-OCT. 3, 1964 
[78 STAT. 
October 3, 1964 
[S. 1082] 
Public Law 88-622 
AN ACT 
To establish in the Treasury a correctional industries fund for the government 
of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
D.c. 
Correctional in-
dustries fund. 
D.C. Code 47-
131. 
Availability and 
Funds from 
products and serv-
ices, disposition. 
Annual report. 
Profits reten-
tion, limitation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hoilse of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby 
established in the Treasury a revolving fund for the government of the 
District of Columbia to be known as the correctional industries fund 
(hereinafter referred to as the "fund") to replace the working capital 
fund created by Public Law 493, Seventy-ninth Congress, approved 
July 9,1946 (60 Stat. 514), as amended. 
SEC. 2. The fuiid shall be available without fiscal-year limitation 
and shall be used for the performance of such services and the produc-
tion of such commodities as, in the judgment of the Board of Commis-
sioners of the District of Columbia (hereinafter referred to as "Com-
missioners"), will contribute to the rehabilitation, knowledge, and 
skill in trades and occupations of inmates of the institutions in the 
Department of Corrections of the District of Columbia, thereby 
equipping them with a means of livelihood upon release. The account-
ing for the fund shall be maintained on the accrual basis, including 
provision for employees' accrued annual leave and depreciation of 
fixed assets, and financial reports shall be prepared on the basis of such 
accounting. 
SEC. 3. Products and services produced by utilization of the fund 
may be purchased, at fair market prices as determined by the Commis-
sioners, by any department or agency of the District of Columbia gov-
ernment, the Federal Government, any State or subdivision of a State 
or any Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. 
Receipts from the sales of products and services shall be deposited to 
the credit of the fund. 
The fund shall be used for all necessary 
expenses directly related to the fund, including personal services; pay-
ments to inmates, or payments to their dependents, of such pecuniary 
earnings as the Commissioners deem proper; purchase, repair, and 
maintenance of equipment; purchase of raw materials and supplies; 
payment of dues and expenses of attendance at meetings and conven-
tions, as approved by the Commissioners; maintenance and repair of 
buildings used for fund purposes; alteration of existing facilities used 
for fund purposes where the total project cost does not exceed $10,000; 
and, within the limits of amounts provided in annual appropriation 
Acts, acquisition and improvement of real property. 
SEC. 4. Not later than six months after the end of each fiscal year, 
the Director of the Department of Corrections of the District of 
Columbia shall submit to the Commissioners a report of the financial 
condition of the fund and the results of operations for such fiscal year. 
The Commissioners shall review such report and determine the dis-
position to be made of realized profits. 
The Commissioners are 
empowered to authorize retention of accumulated profits for the pur-
pose of acquiring or improving personal property, or to increase 
working capital to planned operating levels. In no case, however, 
shall such profits retained for these purposes increase the net worth 
of the f 
undheyond $2,500,000. The Commissioners are also empowered 
to authorize retention of accumulated profits for payments to inmates, 
other than those employed in industrial operations, or for payments 
to their dependents, of such amounts .as the Commissioners deem 
proper. 
Accumulated profits not retained or used for the afore-
mentioned purposes, or which exceed the limitation imposed, shall 
he deposited to the credit of the general revenues of the District of 
Columbia. 
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PUBLIC LAW 88-623-OCT. 3, 1964 
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SEC. 5. All assets except buildings and all liabilities or other obliga-
tions which at the time of enactment of this Act are components of the 
working capital fund, Workhouse and Reformatory, as created by 
Public Law 493^ Seventy-ninth Congress, approved July 9, 1946 (60 
Stat. 514, ch. 544, sec. 1), shall be transferred to the fund created by 
the first section of this Act. 
SEC. 6. The paragraph beginning with the caption "WORKING CAPI-
TAL FUND" under the heading "ADULT CORRECTIONAL SERVICE" in the 
first section of the Act approved July 9, 1946 (60 Stat. 514, ch. 544), 
creating the working capital fund for the industrial enterprises at the 
Workhouse and Reformatory, and the proviso in the paragraph fol-
lowing the caption "OPERATING EXPENSES" under the heading "DEPART-
MENT OF CORRECTIONS" in the first section of the Act approved July 6, 
1952 (66 Stat. 380), authorizing the retention of not to exceed $50,000 
of accumulated profits in the working capital fund as additional work-
ing capital, are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to affect the 
authority vested m the Commissioners by Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 5 of 1952 (66 Stat. 824). The performance of any function 
vested by this Act in the Commissioners or in any office or agency under 
the jurisdiction and control of said Commissioners may be performed 
by the Commissioners or may be delegated by said Commissioners in 
accordance with section 3 of such plan. 
SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect July 1,1963. 
Approved October 3, 1964. 
Transfers to 
fund. 
D.C. Code 47-
131. 
Repeal. 
D.C. Code title 
1 app. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 88-623 
AN ACT 
To provide for the promulgation of rules of practice and procedure under the 
Bankruptcy Act, and for other purposes. 
October 3, 1964 
[H. R, 2859] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title 28 of the 
United States Code is amended by inserting in chapter 131 thereof 
immediately following section 2074 of that chapter a new section read-
ing as follows: 
"§2075. Bankruptcy rules 
"The Supreme Court shall have the power to prescribe by general 
rules, the forms of process, writs, pleadings, and motions, and the prac-
tice and procedure under the Bankruptcy Act. 
"Such rules shall not abridge, enlarge, or modify any substantive 
right. 
"Such rules shall not take effect until they have been reported to 
Congress by the Chief Justice at or after the beginning of a regular 
session thereof but not later than the first day of May and until 
the expiration of ninety days after they have been thus reported. 
"All laws in conflict with such rules shall be of no further force or 
effect after such rules have taken effect." 
SEC. 2. The analysis of chapter 131 of title 28 of the United States 
Code, immediately preceding section 2071 of that chapter, is amended 
by inserting therein immediately after item 2074 thereof a new item 
reading as follows: 
"2075. Bankruptcy rules." 
SEC. 3. Section 30 of the Bankruptcy Act is repealed but its repeal 
shall not operate to invalidate or repeal rules, forms, or orders pre-
scribed under the authority of that section by the Supreme Court 
prior to the enactment of this Act. 
Approved October 3, 1964. 
Bankruptcy Act. 
Rules of prac-
tice and procedure. 
28 u s e 2071-
2074. 
30 Stat. 544; 
52 Stat. 840. 
1 1 u s e 1 note. 
Repeal. 
30 Stat. 554.