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§4130 Additional markets

Title 18 › Part PART III— - PRISONS AND PRISONERS › Chapter CHAPTER 307— - EMPLOYMENT › § 4130

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal Prison Industries can sell products to public entities for prisons or for disaster and emergency response, to the government of the District of Columbia, and to organizations that are tax-exempt under section 501(a) and described in 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. It cannot sell office furniture to those tax-exempt organizations. office furniture — items or services for furnishing workplaces (office, health care, education, hospitality). public entity — a State, part of a State, an Indian tribe, or any agency, government corporation, or business of those. State — the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.

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Title 18, §4130

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), notwithstanding any other provision of law, Federal Prison Industries may sell products to—
(1)public entities for use in penal or correctional institutions;
(2)public entities for use in disaster relief or emergency response;
(3)the government of the District of Columbia; and
(4)any organization described in subsection (c)(3), (c)(4), or (d) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
(b)Federal Prison Industries may not sell office furniture to the organizations described in subsection (a)(4).
(c)In this section:
(1)The term “office furniture” means any product or service offering intended to meet the furnishing needs of the workplace, including office, healthcare, educational, and hospitality environments.
(2)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.
(3)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.

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section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), is classified to section 501 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.

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18 U.S.C. § 4130

Title 18Crimes and Criminal Procedure

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73