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 108 STAT. 1816 PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 ensure the incarceration of violent offenders, and that the State or States will share funds received under this section with counties and other units of local government, taking into account the burden placed on these units of government when they are required to confine sentenced prisoners because of overcrowding in State prison facilities; (6) assurances that funds received under this section will be used to supplement, not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds; (7) assurances that the State or States have implemented, or will implement within 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, policies to determine the veteran status of inmates and to ensure that incarcerated veterans receive the veterans benefits to which they are entitled; (8) if applicable, documentation of the multi-State compact agreement that specifies the construction, development, expansion, modification, operation, or improvement of correctional facilities; and (9) if applicable, a description of the eligibility criteria for prisoner participation in any boot camp that is to be funded. (c) CONSIDERATION. — The Attorney General, in making such grants, shall give consideration to the special burden placed on States which incarcerate a substantial number of inmates who are in the United States illegally. 42 USC 13702. SEC. 20102. TRUTH IN SENTENCING INCENTIVE GRANTS. (a) TRUTH IN SENTENCING GRANT PROGRAM.—F ifty percent of the total amount of funds appropriated to carry out this subtitle for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 shall be made available for Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants. To be eligible to receive such a grant, a State must meet the requirements of section 20101(b) and shall demonstrate that the State- CD has in effect laws which require that persons convicted of violent crimes serve not less than 85 percent of the sentence imposed; or (2) since 1993— (A) has increased the percentage of convicted violent offenders sentenced to prison; (B) has increased the average prison time which will be served in prison by convicted violent offenders sentenced to prison; (C) has increased the percentage of sentence which will be served in prison by violent offenders sentenced to prison; and (D) has in effect at the time of application laws requiring that a person who is convicted of a violent crime shall serve not less than 85 percent of the sentence imposed if— (i) the person has been convicted on 1 or more prior occasions in a court of the United States or of a State of a violent crime or a serious drug offense; and (ii) each violent crime or serious drug offense was committed after the defendant's conviction of the preceding violent crime or serious drug offense. (b) ALLOCATION OF TRUTH IN SENTENCING INCENTIVE FUNDS. —

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