34 U.S.C. § 12101 — Definitions

Unless another section says otherwise, in this part: (1) "Indeterminate sentencing" means a system where (A) the court may impose a sentence within a range set by statute, and (B) an administrative agency — generally the parole board — or the court, controls when the person is actually released within that range. (2) "Part 1 violent crime" means murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, as these are reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the Uniform Crime Reports. (3) "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.