18 USC § 3604 - Transportation of a probationer

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title: "18 USC § 3604 - Transportation of a probationer"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3604"
section_name: "Transportation of a probationer"
chapter_number: 229
chapter_name: "POSTSENTENCE ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "PROBATION"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2002.)"
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# § 3604. Transportation of a probationer

A court, after imposing a sentence of probation, may direct a United States marshal to furnish the probationer with—

**(a)** transportation to the place to which he is required to proceed as a condition of his probation; and

**(b)** money, not to exceed such amount as the Attorney General may prescribe, for subsistence expenses while traveling to his destination.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2002.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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