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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 56 (Introduced in House) — To provide alternatives to incarceration for youth, and for other purposes. · Sec. 9

Sec. 9. Definitions

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In this Act: The term youth means an individual who was 21 years of age or younger at the time of the criminal offense for which the individual is being prosecuted or serving a term of imprisonment, as the case may be. The term nonviolent offense means a Federal criminal offense that is not— a crime of violence (as that term is defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code); or a sex offense (as that term is defined in section 111 of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ( 42 U.S.C. 16911 )).
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