S. 180101st CongressSenate Bill

Directs the Federal Bureau of Prisons, upon application of a State, to accept custody of convicts who are sentenced to life imprisonment…

Official title: A bill to authorize incarceration in Federal prisons of convicts sentenced to life imprisonment under the habitual criminal statute of a State.

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Directs the Federal Bureau of Prisons, upon application of a State, to accept custody of convicts who are sentenced to life imprisonment under State habitual criminal statutes, to the extent that space is available in the Federal prison system.

Introduced Jan 25, 1989
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Arlen Specter

Republican

U.S. Senator · PA

Introduced solo — no cosponsors joined.

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