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§5040 Support

Title 18 › Part IV— CORRECTION OF YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS › Chapter 403— JUVENILE DELINQUENCY › § 5040

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Attorney General may contract with agencies, individuals, or community facilities (halfway/foster homes) to observe, hold, and care for juveniles, make rules, and use prison-support or other funds.

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Title 18, §5040

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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.

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Repeals

Pub. L. 93–415, title V, § 510, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1138, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–385, title III, § 307, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5152.

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18 U.S.C. § 5040

Title 18Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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