To require the Bureau of Prisons to study the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of using prefabricated modular units for prison facilities.

Summary

Directs the Bureau of Prisons, prior to the completion of planning or award of a contract for the acquisition or construction of facilities for any medium or maximum security prison, to prepare and submit to the Congress a report that: (1) assesses the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of using prefabricated modular steel cells for such facilities; and (2) describes the types of facilities for which the use of such units is feasible and cost-effective and identifies plans by the Bureau to use such units at particular prisons, and those for which such use is considered not to be feasible or cost-effective and identifies plans for particular prisons for which such use has not been considered or has been rejected.

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Timeline

1. 17 September 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

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2. 17 September 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 September 1991

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 19 September 1991

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.

   Source: Committee

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• Rep. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ-9] · D · Sponsor
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