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§12101 Definitions

Title 34 › Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts › CHAPTER 121 — VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — PRISONS › Part A — Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants › § 12101

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Uses the following meanings for terms in this part unless it says otherwise. Indeterminate sentencing means a judge can give a sentence as a range set by law, and release within that range is decided by an administrative agency (usually the parole board) or by the court. Part 1 violent crime means murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as those crimes are reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the Uniform Crime Reports. 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.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §12101

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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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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 Provisions

A prior section 20101 of Pub. L. 103–322, 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. 103–322 by Pub. L. 104–134.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 12101

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102