S. 58 — 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.

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1983-01-26
Introduced in Senate
1983-01-26
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
1983-03-02
Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Law.
1983-03-04
Committee on Judiciary requested executive comment from Office of U.S. Attorney General.
1983-12-14
Committee on Judiciary received executive comment from Office of U.S. Attorney General.

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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