18 U.S.C. § 4121 | Federal Prison Industries; board of directors

“Federal Prison Industries”, a government corporation of the District of Columbia, shall be administered by a board of six directors, appointed by the President to serve at the will of the President without compensation.

The directors shall be representatives of (1) industry, (2) labor, (3) agriculture, (4) retailers and consumers, (5) the Secretary of Defense, and (6) the Attorney General, respectively.

June 25, 1948, ch. 645 62 Stat. 851 May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 62 63 Stat. 98(, ; , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Act1948

June 23, 1934, ch. 736 48 Stat. 1211Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 744i, 744j (, §§ 1, 2, ).

Section consolidates sections 744i and 744j of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed. The former was rewritten omitting unnecessary recital as to policy and expressing the original language of the two sections more logically.

Changes were made in transportation and phraseology.

Act1949

section 4121 of title 18June 29, 194862 Stat. 1100This section [section 62] incorporates in , U.S.C., with changes in phraseology, the provisions of section 3 of act of (ch. 719, ), which was enacted subsequent to the enactment of the revision of title 18 and which provided for appointment of an additional member of the board of directors of the Federal Prison Industries, as a representative of the Secretary of Defense.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

May 24, 19491949—Act , made a representative of the Secretary of Defense a member of the board of directors.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Mandatory Work Requirement for All Prisoners

Pub. L. 101–647, title XXIX, § 2905Nov. 29, 1990104 Stat. 4914

“(a)

In General .—

(1)

It is the policy of the Federal Government that convicted inmates confined in Federal prisons, jails, and other detention facilities shall work. The type of work in which they will be involved shall be dictated by appropriate security considerations and by the health of the prisoner involved.

“(2)

A Federal prisoner may be excused from the requirement to work only as necessitated by—

“(A)

security considerations;

“(B)

disciplinary action;

“(C)

medical certification of disability such as would make it impracticable for prison officials to arrange useful work for the prisoner to perform; or

“(D)

a need for the prisoner to work less than a full work schedule in order to participate in literacy training, drug rehabilitation, or similar programs in addition to the work program.”

, , , provided that:

Closure of McNeil Island Penitentiary; Report on Status of Federal Prison Industries

Pub. L. 95–624, § 10Nov. 9, 197892 Stat. 3463Sept. 1, 1979Jan. 1, 1982, , , required the Attorney General, on or before , to submit to Congress a plan to close the United States Penitentiary on McNeil Island, Steilacoom, Washington, on or before , and a report on the status of the Federal Prison Industries, including a long-range plan for the improvement of meaningful employment training.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

July 1, 193953 Stat. 1431May 1, 195064 Stat. 1261 section 509 of Title 28Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (together with its Board of Directors), and its functions transferred to Department of Justice to be administered under general direction and supervision of Attorney General, by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, § 3(a), eff. , 4 F.R. 2731, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, also, Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1950, § 1, eff. , 15 F.R. 3173, , and , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.