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[CITE: 42USC13723]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--PRISONS
 
                    Part B--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 13723. Congressional approval of any expansion at Lorton 
        and congressional hearings on future needs
        

(a) Congressional approval

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the existing prison 
facilities and complex at the District of Columbia Corrections Facility 
at Lorton, Virginia, shall not be expanded unless such expansion has 
been approved by the Congress under the authority provided to Congress 
in section 446 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act [D.C. Code, 
Sec. 47-304].

(b) Senate hearings

    The Senate directs the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate to conduct hearings 
regarding expansion of the prison complex in Lorton, Virginia, prior to 
any approval granted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The 
subcommittee shall permit interested parties, including appropriate 
officials from the County of Fairfax, Virginia, to testify at such 
hearings.

(c) ``Expanded'' and ``expansion'' defined

    For purposes of this section, the terms ``expanded'' and 
``expansion'' mean any alteration of the physical structure of the 
prison complex that is made to increase the number of inmates 
incarcerated at the prison.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title II, Sec. 20410, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1828; 
Pub. L. 105-33, title XI, Sec. 11717(b), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 786.)

                       References in Text

    Section 446 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, referred to 
in subsec. (a), is section 446 of Pub. L. 93-198, title IV, Dec. 24, 
1973, 87 Stat. 801, as amended, which appears in section 47-304 of Title 
47, Taxation and Fiscal Affairs, of the District of Columbia Code.


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-33 substituted ``District of Columbia 
Home Rule Act'' for ``District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act''.


                    Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-33 effective Oct. 1, 1997, except as 
otherwise provided in title XI of Pub. L. 105-33, see section 11721 of 
Pub. L. 105-33, set out as a note under section 4246 of Title 18, Crimes 
and Criminal Procedure.
