Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Part III · Chapter 303 — Bureau of Prisons
§ 4041. Bureau of Prisons; director and employees
Statutory text
The Bureau of Prisons shall be in charge of a director appointed by and serving directly under the Attorney General. The Attorney General may appoint such additional officers and employees as he deems necessary.
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.
Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683
Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 4041
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 849
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 84921st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act
Pub. L. 107–273 div. A title III § 302(1) · 116 Stat. 1758
Struck · 18 U.S.C. § 4041
Pub. L. 107–273 struck out “at a salary of $10,000 a year” after “under the Attorney General”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 107–273 struck out “at a salary of $10,000 a year” after “under the Attorney General”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) in section 4041 by striking “at a salary of $10,000 a year”;
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., § 753 (May 14, 1930, ch. 274, § 1, 46 Stat. 325).
The entire second sentence was omitted as executed. All powers and authority originally vested in the former Superintendent of Prisons are now possessed by the Bureau of Prisons.
Minor changes of phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2002—Pub. L. 107–273 struck out “at a salary of $10,000 a year” after “under the Attorney General”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Augmentation
Pub. L. 118–71, § 2(c), , 138 Stat. 1501, provided that: “On and after the effective date of this Act [see Effective Date of 2024 Amendment note set out under section 413 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees], the Bureau of Prisons shall implement the directive in the second sentence on the topic ‘Augmentation’ in the matter under the heading ‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’ under the heading ‘FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM’ in the joint explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 117–328 [set forth in House Appropriations Committee Print 117th Congress, Book 1—Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, div. B, p. 296].”
Compensation of Director
Compensation of Director, see section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Credits
1948–2002 · 2 acts
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 849
- 2002Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title III, § 302(1), , 116 Stat. 1781.
Show as published
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 849; Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title III, § 302(1), , 116 Stat. 1781.)