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[CITE: 42USC13721]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--PRISONS
 
                    Part B--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 13721. Task force on prison construction standardization 
        and techniques
        

(a) Task force

    The Director of the National Institute of Corrections shall, subject 
to availability of appropriations, establish a task force composed of 
Federal, State, and local officials expert in prison construction, and 
of at least an equal number of engineers, architects, and construction 
experts from the private sector with expertise in prison design and 
construction, including the use of cost-cutting construction 
standardization techniques and cost-cutting new building materials and 
technologies.

(b) Cooperation

    The task force shall work in close cooperation and communication 
with other State and local officials responsible for prison construction 
in their localities.

(c) Performance requirements

    The task force shall work to--
        (1) establish and recommend standardized construction plans and 
    techniques for prison and prison component construction; and
        (2) evaluate and recommend new construction technologies, 
    techniques, and materials,

to reduce prison construction costs at the Federal, State, and local 
levels and make such construction more efficient.

(d) Dissemination

    The task force shall disseminate information described in subsection 
(c) of this section to State and local officials involved in prison 
construction, through written reports and meetings.

(e) Promotion and evaluation

    The task force shall--
        (1) work to promote the implementation of cost-saving efforts at 
    the Federal, State, and local levels;
        (2) evaluate and advise on the results and effectiveness of such 
    cost-saving efforts as adopted, broadly disseminating information on 
    the results; and
        (3) to the extent feasible, certify the effectiveness of the 
    cost-savings efforts.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title II, Sec. 20406, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1826.)
