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 114 STAT. 2784 PUBLIC LAW 106-560 —DEC. 21, 2000 Public Law 106-560 106th Congress An Act Dec. 21, 2000 [S. 1898] Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000. 42 USC 13701 note. 42 USC 13726. 42 USC 13726a. To provide protection against the risks to the public that are inherent in the interstate transportation of violent prisoners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Interstate Transportation of Dangerous Criminals Act of 2000" or "Jeanna's Act". SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Increasingly, States are turning to private prisoner transport companies as an alternative to their own personnel or the United States Marshals Service when transporting violent prisoners. (2) The transport process can last for days if not weeks, as violent prisoners are dropped off and picked up at a network of hubs across the country. (3) Escapes by violent prisoners during transport by private prisoner transport companies have occurred. (4) Oversight by the Attorney General is required to address these problems. (5) While most governmental entities may prefer to use, and will continue to use, fully trained and sworn law enforcement officers when transporting violent prisoners, fiscal or logistical concerns may make the use of highly specialized private prisoner transport companies an option. Nothing in this Act should be construed to mean that governmental entities should contract with private prisoner transport companies to move violent prisoners; however when a government entity opts to use a private prisoner transport company to move violent prisoners, then the company should be subject to regulation in order to enhance public safety. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) CRIME OF VIOLENCE. — The term "crime of violence" has the same meaning as in section 924(c)(3) of title 18, United States Code. (2) PRIVATE PRISONER TRANSPORT COMPANY.— The term "private prisoner transport company" means any entity, other than the United States, a State, or an inferior political subdivision of a State, which engages in the business of the transporting for compensation, individuals committed to the custody

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