18 USC § 4041 - Bureau of Prisons; director and employees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s4041"
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title: "18 USC § 4041 - Bureau of Prisons; director and employees"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "4041"
section_name: "Bureau of Prisons; director and employees"
chapter_number: 303
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS"
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. 849; Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title III, § 302(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1781.)"
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# § 4041. Bureau of Prisons; director and employees

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.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 849; Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title III, § 302(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1781.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 753 (, ).

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— struck out “at a salary of $10,000 a year” after “under the Attorney General”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Augmentation

> “On and after the effective date of this Act [see Effective Date of 2024 Amendment note set out under
> 
> , 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
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> [set forth in House Appropriations Committee Print 117th Congress, Book 1—Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, div. B, p. 296].”

, , , provided that:

### Compensation of Director

Compensation of Director, see , Government Organization and Employees.