# § 12101. Definitions
Unless otherwise provided, for purposes of this part—
**(1)** the term “indeterminate sentencing” means a system by which—
**(A)** the court may impose a sentence of a range defined by statute; and
**(B)** an administrative agency, generally the parole board, or the court, controls release within the statutory range;
**(2)** the term “part 1 violent crime” means murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the Uniform Crime Reports; and
**(3)** the term “State” means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title II, § 20101, as added Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title I, § 114(a)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–15; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
### Prior Provisions
A prior , title II, , , related to grants for correctional facilities prior to the general amendment of subtitle A of title II of by .