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 108 STAT. 1828 PUBLIC LAW 103-322—SEPT. 13, 1994 18 USC 3626 note. 18 USC 3626 note. Virginia. District of Columbia. 42 USC 13723. 20 USC 1070a note. and the imposition of civil contempt fines or damages, where such rehef is appropriate. "(c) PERIODIC REOPENING.— Each Federal court order or consent decree seeking to remedy an eighth amendment violation shall be reopened at the behest of a defendant for recommended modification at a minimum of 2-year intervals.". (b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.— Section 3626 of title 18, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply to all outstanding court orders on the date of enactment of this Act, Any State or municipality shall be entitled to seek modification of any outstanding eighth amendment decree pursuant to that section. (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. —The subchapter analysis for subchapter C of chapter 229 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "3626. Appropriate remedies with respect to prison crowding.". (d) SUNSET PROVISION. — This section and the amendments made by this section are repealed effective as of the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 20410. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF ANY EXPANSION AT LORTON AND CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON FUTURE NEEDS. (a) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the existing prison facilities and complex at the District of Columbia Corrections Facility at Lorton, Virginia, shall not be expanded unless such expansion has been approved by the Congress under the authority provided to Congress in section 446 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act. (b) SENATE HEARINGS.— The Senate directs the Subcommittee on the District of Columbia of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate to conduct hearings regarding expansion of the prison complex in Lorton, Virginia, prior to any approval granted pursuant to subsection (a). The subcommittee shall permit interested parties, including appropriate officials from the County of Fairfax, Virginia, to testify at such hesirings. (c) DEFINITION.— For purposes of this section, the terms "expanded" and "expansion" mean any alteration of the physical structure of the prison complex that is made to increase the number of inmates incarcerated at the prison. SEC. 20411. AWARDS OF PELL GRANTS TO PRISONERS PROHIBITED. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(b)(8) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(8)) is amended to read as follows: "(8) No basic grant shall be awarded under this subpart to any individual who is incarcerated in any Federal or State penal institution.". (b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to periods of enrollment beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 20412. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR EARLY RELEASE. Section 3624(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "behavior. — "; (2) by striking "Such credit toward service of sentence vests at the time that it is received. Credit that has vested

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