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title: "34 U.S.C. § 12101"
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title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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# 34 U.S.C. § 12101 - Definitions
## Text
Unless otherwise provided, for purposes of this part—
(1) the term “indeterminate sentencing” means a system by which—
(A) the court may impose a sentence of a range defined by statute; and
(B) an administrative agency, generally the parole board, or the court, controls release within the statutory range;
(2) the term “part 1 violent crime” means murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the Uniform Crime Reports; and
(3) the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
(Pub. L. 103322, title II, § 20101, as added Pub. L. 104134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title I, § 114(a)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 132115; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 13701 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 20101 of Pub. L. 103322, title II, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1815, related to grants for correctional facilities prior to the general amendment of subtitle A of title II of Pub. L. 103322 by Pub. L. 104134.