To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide standards and procedures for the United States Marshals Service to use in designating court districts that need additional private facilities for the pretrial detention of Federal prisoners and to provide certain standards for entities providing such facilities.

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Amends the Federal criminal code to require the U.S. Marshals Service, before entering into a contract with a private entity for the detention of Federal prisoners, to: (1) designate districts that need additional private detention facilities based on the number of Federal detainees in the district and the availability of Federal, State, and local government detention facilities; and (2) provide for public comment on the proposed contract. Requires that, in order to be eligible for such a contract, a private entity: (1) be located in a district designated as needing additional Federal detention facilities; (2) meet the standards of the American Correctional Association; (3) comply with all applicable State and local laws and regulations; (4) have approved fire, security, escape, and riot plans; and (5) comply with any other regulations that the Marshals Service deems appropriate.

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