PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 739 individual from outside of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections if there is available any interested applicant within the District of Columbia Department of Corrections who meets all qualification and suitability requirements for Bureau of Prisons law enforcement positions, including those related to criminal history, educational experience and level of functions, drug use, and work-related misconduct. The priority consideration program shall also include provisions under which an employee described in subsection (a) who does not meet the qualification and suitability requirements for Bureau of Prisons law enforcement positions shall receive priority consideration for other Federal positions, and any such employee who is found to be well qualified for such a position may be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service. Such program shall terminate one year after the closing of the Termination Lorton Correctional Complex. date. SEC. 11204. AMENDMENTS RELATED TO PERSONS WITH A MENTAL DISEASE OR DEFECT. Title 18, United States Code, is gimended as follows: (1) Section 4246 is amended— (A) in subsection (a) by inserting "in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons" after "certifies that a person"; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(h) DEFINITION. —As used in this chapter the term "State" includes the District of Columbia.". (2) Section 4247(a) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)(D) by striking "and" after the semicolon; (B) in paragraph (2) by striking the period and inserting "; and"; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) 'State' includes the District of Columbia.". (3) Section 4247(j) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking "This chapter does" and inserting "Sections 4241, 4242, 4243, and 4244 do". SEC. 11205. LIABILITY FOR AND LITIGATION AUTHORITY OF CORREC- TIONS TRUSTEE. (a) LIABILITY. — The District of Columbia shall defend any civil action or proceeding brought in any court or other official Federal, state, or municipal forum against the Corrections Trustee, or against the District of Columbia or it officers, employees, or agents, and shall assume any liability resulting from such an action or proceeding, if the action or proceeding arises from— (1) an inmate's confinement with the District of Columbia Department of Corrections; (2) the District of Columbia's operation or management of the buildings, facilities, or lands comprising the Lorton property; or (3) the District of Columbia's operations or activities occurring on any property not specifically transferred to the administrative control of the Federal Government pursuant to this Act. (b) LITIGATION.— (1) CORPORATION COUNSEL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia shall provide litigation services to the Corrections Trustee, except that the
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