HR 3512 · 105th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement

Pay for Your Stay Act

Introduced 1998-03-19· Sponsored by Rep. Christensen, Jon [R-NE-2]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.(1998-03-30)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Pay for Your Stay Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to direct the Attorney General to establish by rule: (1) the requirement that Federal prisoners work at least 48 hours each week if able to do so and engage in educational study at least 12 hours each week; (2) that no television viewing will be provided to such prisoners, except educational programs; and (3) that a 25 percent assessment will be levied on prisoner wages, with five percent returned to the prosecuting agency, ten percent set aside for victim restitution, and ten percent placed in the fund created by this Act. Establishes in the U.S. Treasury the James Wilson, Jr. Fund. Requires the Attorney General to distribute money in the Fund equally between: (1) State and local programs whose primary purpose is to provide training and purchase equipment designed to protect peace officers; and (2) families of local, State, and Federal peace officers killed in the line of duty. Directs the Attorney General to establish a system whereby inmate labor may be utilized to mediate the damage caused by an impending natural disaster or to remediate the damage done by such a disaster. Requires the Attorney General, in implementing re…

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