18 U.S.C. § 5040
Support
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 5040, Support, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/450171
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The Attorney General may contract with any public or private agency or individual and such community-based facilities as halfway houses and foster homes for the observation and study and the custody and care of juveniles in his custody. For these purposes, the Attorney General may promulgate such regulations as are necessary and may use the appropriation for “support of United States prisoners” or such other appropriations as he may designate.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally