# § 1049. Subsistence: miscellaneous persons
The following persons may be provided subsistence at the expense of the United States:
**(1)** Enlisted members while sick in hospitals.
**(2)** Applicants for enlistment and selective service registrants called for induction.
**(3)** Prisoners.
**(4)** Civilian employees, as authorized by law.
**(5)** Supernumeraries, when necessitated by emergent military circumstances.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1401(d)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2616.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation acts:
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## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective , see , set out as a note under .