Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Part G · Chapter 121 — Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
§ 12261. Authority of Attorney General
Statutory text
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.
General contracting authority
In implementing this part,1 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.1
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.
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Family Unity Demonstration Project Act
Pub. L. 103–322 title III § 31921 · 108 Stat. 1796
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 12261
(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31921, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1896.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31921, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1896.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 31921. AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) In General.— With the funds available to carry out this subtitle 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 title, 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 title. (c) Use of State Facilities.— At the discretion of the Attorney General, Federal participants may be placed in State projects as defined in chapter 1. For such participants, the Attorney General shall, with funds available under section 31904(b)(2), reimburse the State for all project costs related to the Federal participant’s placement, including administrative costs.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
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.