§ 4002. Federal prisoners in State institutions; employment

Statutory text

For the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the safekeeping, care, and subsistence of all persons held under authority of any enactment of Congress, the Attorney General may contract, for a period not exceeding three years, with the proper authorities of any State, Territory, or political subdivision thereof, for the imprisonment, subsistence, care, and proper employment of such persons.

Such Federal prisoners shall be employed only in the manufacture of articles for, the production of supplies for, the construction of public works for, and the maintenance and care of the institutions of, the State or political subdivision in which they are imprisoned.

The rates to be paid for the care and custody of said persons shall take into consideration the character of the quarters furnished, sanitary conditions, and quality of subsistence and may be such as will permit and encourage the proper authorities to provide reasonably decent, sanitary, and healthful quarters and subsistence for such persons.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1948
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 4002
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 847
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 847
1978
Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979
Pub. L. 95–624 § 8 · 92 Stat. 3459
Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 4002
Pub. L. 95–624 substituted “Attorney General” for “Director of the Bureau of Prisons”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 95–624 substituted “Attorney General” for “Director of the Bureau of Prisons”.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 8. Section 4002 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out “Director of the Bureau of Prisons” and inserting “Attorney General” in lieu thereof.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 753b, (May 14, 1930, ch. 274, § 3, 46 Stat. 325).

Changes were made in phraseology. The first sentence was incorporated in section 4042 of this title.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–624 substituted “Attorney General” for “Director of the Bureau of Prisons”.

Credits

1948–1978 · 2 acts

1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 847
1978Pub. L. 95–624, § 8, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3463.

Show as published

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 847; Pub. L. 95–624, § 8, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3463.)