34 U.S.C. § 12261: Authority of Attorney General

§12261 Authority of Attorney General

Title 34 › Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts › CHAPTER 121 — VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — CRIME PREVENTION › Part G — Family Unity Demonstration Project › subpart 2 — family unity demonstration project for federal prisoners › § 12261

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General must use available funds to pick eligible federal prisoners to live in community correctional facilities with their children, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. The Attorney General may hire public or private agencies to provide housing, food, services, and supervision for those inmates. The Attorney General can place federal participants in State projects defined in subpart 1, and must reimburse the State for all project and administrative costs using funds available under section 13883(b)(2) of title 42.

Title 34, §12261

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(a)In general

With the funds available to carry out this part for the benefit of Federal prisoners, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, shall select eligible prisoners to live in community correctional facilities with their children.

(b)General contracting authority

In implementing this part, the Attorney General may enter into contracts with appropriate public or private agencies to provide housing, sustenance, services, and supervision of inmates eligible for placement in community correctional facilities under this part.

(c)Use of State facilities

At the discretion of the Attorney General, Federal participants may be placed in State projects as defined in subpart 1. For such participants, the Attorney General shall, with funds available under section 13883(b)(2) 1 of title 42, reimburse the State for all project costs related to the Federal participant’s placement, including administrative costs.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This part, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this title” and was translated as reading “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle S of title III of Pub. L. 103–322, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Section 13883 of title 42, referred to in subsec. (c), was omitted from the Code as obsolete. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 13901 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.