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SEC. 912. PRISON AMENITIES AND PRISONER WORK REQUIREMENT.

(a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

`Sec. 4048. Certain amenities for prisoners prohibited

`(a) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in subsection (b), the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that no prisoner or detainee under its jurisdiction--

`(1) engages in any physical activity designed to increase or enhance the fighting ability of the prisoner or detainee;

`(2) engages in any physical activity designed to increase the physical strength of such prisoner or detainee; or

`(3) is permitted--

`(A) access to in-cell television viewing, except for prisoners segregated from the general prison population for their own safety;

`(B) access to the viewing of any movie or film, through whatever medium presented, that has been given a Motion Picture Association of America rating of NC-17, R, or X;

`(C) possession of any in-cell coffee pot, hot plate, or other heating element;

`(D) access to any pornographic or other sexually explicit printed material;

`(E) access to any bodybuilding or weightlifting equipment; or

`(F) use or possession of any electric or electronic musical equipment.

`(b) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN PRISONERS- The Director of the Bureau of Prisons may grant an exception to paragraph (2) or (3)(E) of subsection (a) with respect

to a prisoner or detainee, if a licensed medical doctor employed by the Bureau of Prisons certifies that such exception is medically necessary in order to enable the prisoner or detainee to pursue a program of physical therapy or rehabilitation.

`(c) EFFECT ON OTHER REGULATIONS- Nothing in the section shall be construed to preempt or repeal any regulation or policy of the Bureau of Prisons that imposes greater restrictions on prisoners and detainees than those required by this section, or to prevent the adoption by the Bureau of Prisons of any regulation or policy that imposes greater restrictions on prisoners and detainees than those required by this section.

`(d) NO CAUSE OF ACTION- Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a cause of action by or on behalf of any person against the United States or any officer, employee, or contractor thereof.

`Sec. 4049. Prisoner work requirement

`(a) IN GENERAL- Subject to subsection (b), the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each convicted inmate in the custody of the Attorney General and confined in any Federal prison, correctional facility, jail, or other facility shall be engaged in work. The type of work that a particular inmate shall be engaged in shall be determined on the basis of appropriate security and disciplinary considerations and by the health of the inmate.

`(b) EXCUSE- An inmate described in subsection (a) may be excused from the requirement of subsection (a) in whole or in part, only as necessitated by--

`(1) security considerations;

`(2) disciplinary action;

`(3) medical certification of disability, such as would make it impractical for prison officials to arrange useful work for the inmate to perform; or

`(4) a need for the inmate to work less than a full work schedule in order to participate in literacy training, drug rehabilitation, or other similar program in addition to performing work.

`(c) NO COMPENSATION- Nothing in this section shall be construed to entitle any inmate to any wage, compensation, or benefit, or be construed to provide a cause of action by or on behalf of any person against the United States or any officer, employee, or contractor thereof.'.

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