2021 US Code
Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part III - Prisons and Prisoners
Chapter 301 - General Provisions
Sec. 4007 - Expenses of prisoners
18 U.S.C. § 4007 (2021) |
§4007. Expenses of prisoners |
The expenses attendant upon the confinement of persons arrested or committed under the laws of the United States, as well as upon the execution of any sentence of a court thereof respecting them, shall be paid out of the Treasury of the United States in the manner provided by law. |
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 848.) |
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §701 (R.S. §5536). Provision authorizing expenses for transportation was omitted as covered by similar provision in section 4008 of this title. Minor changes of phraseology were made. STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES PAYMENT OF COSTS OF INCARCERATION BY FEDERAL PRISONERS Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, §7301, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4463, provided that not later than 1 year after Nov. 18, 1988, the United States Sentencing Commission would study the feasibility of requiring prisoners incarcerated in Federal correctional institutions to pay some or all of the costs incident to the prisoner's confinement, including, but not limited to, the costs of food, housing, and shelter. |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART III - PRISONS AND PRISONERS CHAPTER 301 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 4007 - Expenses of prisoners |
section 4007 |
2021 |
January 3, 2022 |
Yes |
standard |
62 Stat. 848 102 Stat. 4463 |
Public Law 100-690 |