---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 93.3"
title: "28"
number: "93.3"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/93.3"
---

# §93.3. Definitions.

- (a) **State—** has the same meaning as set forth in [section 901(a)(2)](/cfr/28/901.md?p=a-2) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended.
- (b) **Unit of Local Government—** has the same meaning as set forth in [section 901(a)(3)](/cfr/28/901.md?p=a-3) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended.
- (c) Assistant Attorney General means the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs.
- (d) Violent offender means a person who either—
  - (1) **Is currently charged with or convicted of an offense during the course of which—**
    - (i) The person carried, possessed, or used a firearm or other dangerous weapon; or
    - (ii) There occurred the use of force against the person of another; or
    - (iii) There occurred the death of, or serious bodily injury to, any person; without regard to whether proof of any of the elements described herein is required to convict; or
  - (2) Has previously been convicted of a felony crime of violence involving the use or attempted use of force against a person with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3797u through 3797y-4.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 32105, June 20, 1995, unless otherwise noted.