[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR91.22]

[Page 397]
 
                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 91--GRANTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C--Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Grant 
                       Programs for Indian Tribes
 
Sec. 91.22  Definitions.

    (a) The Act means the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act 
of 1994, Subtitle A of Title II, Public Law 103-322, 108 Stat. 1796 
(September 13, 1994) as amended by the Fiscal Year 1996 Omnibus 
Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act, Public Law 104-134 
(April 26, 1996), codified at 42 U.S.C. 13701 et. seq.
    (b) Assistant Attorney General means the Assistant Attorney General 
for the Office of Justice Programs.
    (c) Tribal lands means:
    (1) All land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the 
jurisdiction of the United States Government, notwithstanding the 
issuance of any patent, and including rights-of-way running through the 
reservation;
    (2) All dependent Indian communities within the borders of the 
United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired 
territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a State; 
and
    (3) All Indian allotments, the Indian titles to which have not been 
extinguished, including rights-of way running through the same.
    (d) Indian Tribe means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, 
nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary of the Interior 
acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe pursuant to Public Law 103-454, 
108 Stat. 4791, and which performs law enforcement functions as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior.
    (e) Construct jails means constructing, developing, expanding, 
modifying, or renovating jails and other correctional facilities.