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

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 29 January 1987

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 29 January 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 29 January 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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