18 USC 4122 - Administration of Federal Prison Industries

Historical and Revision Notes

1948 Act

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 744a, 744c, 744k (May 27, 1930, ch. 340, §§ 1, 3, 46 Stat. 391; June 23, 1934, ch. 736, § 3, 48 Stat. 1211).

Section consolidates sections 744a, part of 744c, and 744k of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with such changes of phraseology as were necessary to effect the consolidation.

Provisions in section 744k of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., for transfer of duties to the corporation was omitted as executed.

Other provisions of said section 744c of title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., form section 4123 of this title.

Changes were made in phraseology.

1949 Act

Subsection (c) of section 4122 of title 18, U.S.C., as added by this amendment [see section 63], incorporates provisions of act of May 11, 1948 (ch. 276, 62 Stat. 230), which was not incorporated in title 18 when the revision was enacted. The remainder of such act is incorporated in section 4126 of such title by another section of this bill.

Subsections (d) and (e) of such section 4122, added by this amendment [see section 63], incorporate, with changes in phraseology, the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of act of June 29, 1948 (ch. 719, 62 Stat. 1100), extending the functions and duties of Federal Prisons Industries, Incorporated, to military disciplinary barracks. Section 3 of such act is incorporated in section 4121 of such title by another section of this bill, and section 4 of such act is classified to section 1621a of title 50, U.S.C., Appendix, War and National Defense.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Act approved October 3, 1964 (D.C. Code, sections 24–451 et seq.), entitled “An Act to establish in the Treasury a correctional institution industries fund for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes”, referred to in subsec. (e)(3), is Puspan. L. 88–622, Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 1000.

Amendments

1988—Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 100–690 designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted “the greatest number of those inmates in the United States penal and correctional institutions who are eligible to work as is reasonably possible” for “all physically fit inmates in the United States penal and correctional institutions”, and added pars. (2) to (6).

1967—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 90–226, § 802(1), (2), designated existing provisions of subsec. (d) as par. (1) thereof, designated existing provisions of subsec. (e) as par. (2) of subsec. (d), and substituted reference to par. (1) of this subsection for reference to subsec. (d) of this section.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 90–226, § 802(3), added subsec. (e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (d)(2).

1951—Subsecs. (d), (e). Act Oct. 31, 1951, substituted “Department of Defense” for “National Military Establishment”.

1949—Act May 24, 1949, designated existing first two pars. as subsecs. (a) and (span), respectively, and added subsecs. (c) to (e).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Office of Commissioner of District of Columbia, as established by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1967, abolished as of noon Jan. 2, 1975, by Puspan. L. 93–198, title VII, § 711, Dec. 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 818, and replaced by Office of Mayor of District of Columbia by section 421 of Puspan. L. 93–198.

Utilization of Surplus Property

Act June 29, 1948, ch. 719, § 4, 62 Stat. 1100, provided that:

“For its own use in the industrial employment and training of prisoners and not for transfer or disposition, transfers of surplus property under the Surplus Property Act of 1944 [former sections 1611 to 1646 of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense], may be made to Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, without reimbursement or transfer of funds.”