Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to amend title 18, United States Code, to require Federal Prison Industries to compete for its contracts minimizing its unfair competition with private sector firms and their non-inmate workers and empowering Federal agencies to get the best value for taxpayers' dollars, to provide a five-year period during which Federal Prison Industries adjusts to obtaining inmate work opportunities through other than its mandatory source status, to enhance inmate access to remedial and vocational opportunities and other rehabilitative opportunities to better prepare inmates for a successful return to society, to authorize alternative inmate work opportunities in support of non-profit organizations and other public service programs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 997.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-647 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/647

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.Res. 997, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hres/997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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