34 USC § 12110 - Payments to eligible States for incarceration of criminal aliens

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title: "34 USC § 12110 - Payments to eligible States for incarceration of criminal aliens"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12110"
section_name: "Payments to eligible States for incarceration of criminal aliens"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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subchapter_name: "PRISONS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–322, title II, § 20110, as added Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title I, § 114(a)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–21; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)"
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# § 12110. Payments to eligible States for incarceration of criminal aliens

**1** **In general** [^1][^1]

The Attorney General shall make a payment to each State which is eligible under section 1252(j)  of title 8 in such amount as is determined under section 1252(j)  of title 8, and for which payment is not made to such State for such fiscal year under such section.

See References in Text note below.

**(b)** **Authorization of appropriations** section 12108 of this title<sup>1</sup>

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section from amounts authorized under , an amount which when added to amounts appropriated to carry out section 1252(j)  of title 8 for fiscal year 1996 equals $500,000,000 and for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 2000 does not exceed $650,000,000.

**(c)** **Administration** <sup>1</sup>

The amounts appropriated to carry out this section shall be reserved from the total amount appropriated for each fiscal year and shall be added to the other funds appropriated to carry out section 1252(j)  of title 8 and administered under such section.

**(d)** **Report to Congress** May 15, 1999

Not later than , the Attorney General shall submit a report to the Congress which contains the recommendation of the Attorney General concerning the extension of the program under this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title II, § 20110, as added Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title I, § 114(a)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–21; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in subsecs. (a) to (c), was redesignated  by , , .

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.