{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/s12227","title":34,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12227.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f12227.\nDefinitions\nIn this part\u2014\n\u201cIndian tribe\u201d means a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians, including an Alaska Native village (as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (\n43 U.S.C. 1601\n\u201cState\u201d means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.\n\u201cyoung violent offenders\u201d means individuals, ages 7 through 22, who have committed crimes of violence, weapons offenses, drug distribution, hate crimes and civil rights violations, and offenses against personal property of another.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t34/s12227.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s12227","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12227."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In this part\u2014","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cIndian tribe\u201d means a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians, including an Alaska Native village (as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"43 U.S.C. 1601","href":"/us/usc/t43/s1601","tail":" et seq.)), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians."}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cState\u201d means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cyoung violent offenders\u201d means individuals, ages 7 through 22, who have committed crimes of violence, weapons offenses, drug distribution, hate crimes and civil rights violations, and offenses against personal property of another.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}