{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/s12101","title_num":"34","num":"§ 12101.","heading":"Definitions","status":null,"guid":"ide30cde85-4aa6-11eb-b55f-d70c2cfce33a","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 103–322, title II, § 20101, as added Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title I, § 114(a)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–15; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)","seq_in_title":301,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t34/stI/ch121/schI/ptA","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34","level":"title","num":"Title 34—","heading":"CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/stI","level":"subtitle","num":"Subtitle I—","heading":"Comprehensive Acts","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/stI/ch121","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 121—","heading":"VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/stI/ch121/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"PRISONS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/stI/ch121/schI/ptA","level":"part","num":"Part A—","heading":"Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id154cd149-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t34/s12101\"><num value=\"12101\">§ 12101.</num><heading> Definitions</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Unless otherwise provided, for purposes of this part—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id154cd14a-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t34/s12101/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><chapeau> the term “indeterminate sentencing” means a system by which—</chapeau><subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"id154cd14b-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t34/s12101/1/A\"><num value=\"A\">(A)</num><content> the court may impose a sentence of a range defined by statute; and</content>\n</subparagraph>\n<subparagraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I13\" class=\"indent2\" id=\"id154cd14c-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t34/s12101/1/B\"><num value=\"B\">(B)</num><content> an administrative agency, generally the parole board, or the court, controls release within the statutory range;</content>\n</subparagraph>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id154cd14d-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t34/s12101/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> 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</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id154cd14e-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t34/s12101/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> 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.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id154cd14f-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tII/s20101\">Pub. L. 103–322, title II, § 20101</ref>, as added <ref href=\"/us/pl/104/134/tI/s101\">Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)]</ref> [title I, § 114(a)], <date date=\"1996-04-26\">Apr. 26, 1996</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/110/1321\">110 Stat. 1321</ref>, 1321–15; renumbered title I, <ref href=\"/us/pl/104/140/s1/a\">Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1996-05-02\">May 2, 1996</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/110/1327\">110 Stat. 1327</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id154cd150-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I76\" topic=\"codification\" id=\"id154cd151-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Codification</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section was formerly classified to <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s13701\">section 13701 of Title 42</ref>, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"priorProvisions\" id=\"id154cf862-8160-11e9-8f35-c624b526f388\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Prior Provisions</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">A prior <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/s20101\">section 20101 of Pub. L. 103–322</ref>, title II, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/1815\">108 Stat. 1815</ref>, related to grants for correctional facilities prior to the general amendment of subtitle A of title II of <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322\">Pub. L. 103–322</ref> by <ref href=\"/us/pl/104/134\">Pub. L. 104–134</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-18","currency_date":"2019-05-23","congress":116,"law_num":18,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":173,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["34"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}