U.S. Code > Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare > CHAPTER 136—VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT > SUBCHAPTER I—PRISONS > Part A—Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants > § 13701. Definitions

§ 13701. Definitions

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.