18 USC § 4007 - Expenses of prisoners

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s4007"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 4007 - Expenses of prisoners"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "4007"
section_name: "Expenses of prisoners"
chapter_number: 301
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "PRISONS AND PRISONERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 848.)"
---


# § 4007. Expenses of prisoners

The expenses attendant upon the confinement of persons arrested or committed under the laws of the United States, as well as upon the execution of any sentence of a court thereof respecting them, shall be paid out of the Treasury of the United States in the manner provided by law.

---

**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 848.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 701 (R.S. § 5536).

Provision authorizing expenses for transportation was omitted as covered by similar provision in .

Minor changes of phraseology were made.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Payment of Costs of Incarceration by Federal Prisoners

, , , provided that not later than 1 year after , the United States Sentencing Commission would study the feasibility of requiring prisoners incarcerated in Federal correctional institutions to pay some or all of the costs incident to the prisoner’s confinement, including, but not limited to, the costs of food, housing, and shelter.