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Code · U.S. Code · Title 25 - INDIANS · CHAPTER 15— CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIANS · SUBCHAPTER I— GENERALLY · § 1302a

§ 1302a. Bureau of Prisons tribal prisoner program

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(1)In general Not later than 120 days after March 15, 2022, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall establish a program under which the Bureau of Prisons shall accept offenders convicted in tribal court pursuant to section 1302 of this title (as amended by this section), subject to the conditions described in paragraph (2).
(2)Conditions
(A)In general As a condition of participation in the program described in paragraph (1), the tribal court shall submit to the Attorney General a request for confinement of the offender, for approval by the Attorney General (or a designee) by not later than 30 days after the date of submission.
(B)Limitations Requests for confinement shall be limited to offenders convicted of a violent crime (comparable to the violent crimes described in section 1153(a) of title 18) for which the sentence includes a term of imprisonment of 1 or more years.
(C)Custody conditions The imprisonment by the Bureau of Prisons shall be subject to the conditions described in section 5003 of title 18, regarding the custody of State offenders, except that the offender shall be placed in the nearest available and appropriate Federal facility, and imprisoned at the expense of the United States.
(D)Cap The Bureau of Prisons shall confine not more than 100 tribal offenders at any time.
(3)Rescinding requests
(A)In general The applicable tribal government shall retain the authority to rescind the request for confinement of a tribal offender by the Bureau of Prisons under this paragraph at any time during the sentence of the offender.
(B)Return to tribal custody On rescission of a request under subparagraph (A), a tribal offender shall be returned to tribal custody.
(4)Reassessment If tribal court demand for participation in this program exceeds 100 tribal offenders, a representative of the Bureau of Prisons shall notify Congress.
(Pub. L. 111–211, title II, § 234(c), July 29, 2010, 124 Stat. 2281; Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title VIII, § 803, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 898.)
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  • Pub. L. 111–211, title II, § 234(c)
  • 124 Stat. 2281
  • 136 Stat. 898
  • section 234 of Pub. L. 111–211
  • section 203(a) of Pub. L. 111–211
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