18 USC 4124 - Purchase of prison-made products by Federal departments

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 744g (May 27, 1930, ch. 340, § 7, 46 Stat. 392).

The revised section substituted the Director of the Bureau of Federal Supply of the Treasury Department for the General Supply Committee, the functions of the latter having been transferred to the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department by Executive Order No. 6166, § 1, June 10, 1933, and the name of that unit having been changed to Bureau of Federal Supply by order of the Secretary of the Treasury effective January 1, 1947, 11 Federal Register No. 13,638. The Bureau of the Budget was substituted for the Bureau of Efficiency which was abolished by Act of March 3, 1933, ch. 212, § 17, 47 Stat. 1519, without transferring its functions elsewhere. However, the Bureau of the Budget performs similar duties and its Director logically should serve on the arbitration board.

Reference to authority for appropriations was omitted and words “by this chapter” substituted therefor.

The word “agencies” was substituted for “independent establishments” to avoid any possibility of ambiguity. See definition of “agency” in section 6 of this title.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (d), is the date of enactment of Puspan. L. 101–647, which was approved Nov. 29, 1990.

Amendments

2011—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 111–350 substituted “section 1122(a)(4) of title 41” for “section 6(d)(4) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act”.

1996—Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 104–316 substituted “Attorney General” for “Comptroller General of the United States”.

1992—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 102–564 substituted “acquisitions of products and services from Federal Prison Industries to the Federal Procurement Data System (as referred to in section 6(d)(4) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act) in the same manner as it reports other acquisitions” for “to the General Services Administration all of its acquisitions of products and services from Federal Prison Industries, and that reported information shall be entered in the Federal Procurement Data System referred to in section 6(d)(4) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act”.

1990—Puspan. L. 101–647 designated first and second pars. as subsecs. (a) and (span), respectively, and added subsecs. (c) and (d).

1984—Puspan. L. 98–216 substituted “President” for “Director of the Bureau of the Budget” in second par.

1951—Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted “Administrator of General Services” for “Director of the Bureau of Federal Supply, Department of the Treasury” in second par.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Agency Purchase of Federal Prison Industries Products or Services

Puspan. L. 108–447, div. H, title VI, § 637, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3281, provided that:

“None of the funds made available under this or any other Act for fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be expended for the purchase of a product or service offered by Federal Prison Industries, Inc., unless the agency making such purchase determines that such offered product or service provides the best value to the buying agency pursuant to governmentwide procurement regulations, issued pursuant to section 25(c)(1) of the Office of Federal Procurement Act ([former] 41 U.S.C. 421(c)(1)) [now 41 U.S.C. 1303(a)(1)] that impose procedures, standards, and limitations of section 2410n of title 10, United States Code [now 10 U.S.C. 3905].”

Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriations act:

Puspan. L. 108–199, div. F, title VI, § 637, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 358.

Purchases by Central Intelligence Agency of Products of Federal Prison Industries

Puspan. L. 108–177, title IV, § 404, Dec. 13, 2003, 117 Stat. 2632, as amended by Puspan. L. 108–458, title I, § 1071(g)(3)(C), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3692, provided that:

“Notwithstanding section 4124 of title 18, United States Code, purchases by the Central Intelligence Agency from Federal Prison Industries shall be made only if the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency determines that the product or service to be purchased from Federal Prison Industries best meets the needs of the Agency.”