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[CITE: 42USC13709]

 
                 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
 
Sec. 13709. Payments for incarceration on tribal lands


(a) Reservation of funds

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this part other than section 
13708(a)(2) of this title, from amounts appropriated to carry out 
sections 13703 and 13704 of this title, the Attorney General shall 
reserve, to carry out this section--
        (1) 0.3 percent in each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997; and
        (2) 0.2 percent in each of fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000.

(b) Grants to Indian tribes

    From the amounts reserved under subsection (a) of this section, the 
Attorney General may make grants to Indian tribes for the purposes of 
constructing jails on tribal lands for the incarceration of offenders 
subject to tribal jurisdiction.

(c) Applications

    To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an Indian 
tribe shall submit to the Attorney General an application in such form 
and containing such information as the Attorney General may by 
regulation require.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title II, Sec. 20109, as added Pub. L. 104-134, title 
I, Sec. 101[(a)] [title I, Sec. 114(a)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 
1321-20; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 
110 Stat. 1327.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 13709, Pub. L. 103-322, title II, Sec. 20109, Sept. 
13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1818, authorized appropriations to carry out this 
part prior to the general amendment of this part by Pub. L. 104-134.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 13708, 14214 of this title.
