Sec. 406. Expanding inmate employment through Federal prison industries
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Chapter 307 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 4129 the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Federal Prison Industries may sell products to— public entities for use in penal or correctional institutions; public entities for use in disaster relief or emergency response; the government of the District of Columbia; and any organization described in section 501(c)(3), (c)(4), or
(d)of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that code. In this section: The term public entity means a State, a subdivision of a State, an Indian tribe, and an agency or governmental corporation or business of any of the foregoing. The term State means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. . The table of sections for chapter 307 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item related to section 4129 the following: 4130. Additional markets. . Section 4126(c)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after operations, the following: not less than 15 percent of such compensation for any inmate shall be reserved in the fund or a separate account and made available to assist the inmate with costs associated with release from prison, .