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[CITE: 10USC956]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
              CHAPTER 48--MILITARY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
 
Sec. 956. Deserters, prisoners, members absent without leave: 
        expenses and rewards
        
    Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may be used for the 
following purposes:
        (1) Expenses for the apprehension and delivery of deserters, 
    prisoners, and members absent without leave, including the payment 
    of rewards, in an amount not to exceed $75, for the apprehension of 
    any such person.
        (2) Expenses of prisoners confined in nonmilitary facilities.
        (3) Payment of a gratuity of not to exceed $25 to each prisoner 
    upon release from confinement in a military or contract prison 
    facility.
        (4) The issue of authorized articles to prisoners and other 
    persons in military custody.
        (5) Under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may 
    prescribe, expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, and allowances 
    of prisoners of war, other persons in the custody of the Army, Navy, 
    or Air Force whose status is determined by the Secretary concerned 
    to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in the 
    custody of the Army, Navy, or Air Force pursuant to Presidential 
    proclamation.

(Added Pub. L. 98-525, title XIV, Sec. 1401(b)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2614.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in pars. (1) to (5) of this section were 
contained in the following appropriation acts, with the exception of the 
provisions similar to par. (2) which first appeared in the act of July 
1, 1943:
    Oct. 12, 1984, Pub. L. 98-473, title I, Sec. 101(h) [title VIII, 
Sec. 8006], 98 Stat. 1904, 1923.
    Dec. 8, 1983, Pub. L. 98-212, title VII, Secs. 706, 709, 97 Stat. 
1437, 1439.
    Dec. 21, 1982, Pub. L. 97-377, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title VII, 
Secs. 706, 709], 96 Stat. 1833, 1850, 1851.
    Dec. 29, 1981, Pub. L. 97-114, title VII, Secs. 706, 709, 95 Stat. 
1578, 1579.
    Dec. 15, 1980, Pub. L. 96-527, title VII, Secs. 706, 709, 94 Stat. 
3081.
    Dec. 21, 1979, Pub. L. 96-154, title VII, Secs. 706, 709, 93 Stat. 
1152, 1153.
    Oct. 13, 1978, Pub. L. 95-457, title VIII, Secs. 806, 809, 92 Stat. 
1243, 1244.
    Sept. 21, 1977, Pub. L. 95-111, title VIII, Secs. 805, 808, 91 Stat. 
899, 900.
    Sept. 22, 1976, Pub. L. 94-419, title VII, Secs. 705, 708, 90 Stat. 
1291, 1292.
    Feb. 9, 1976, Pub. L. 94-212, title VII, Secs. 705, 708, 90 Stat. 
168, 169.
    Oct. 8, 1974, Pub. L. 93-437, title VIII, Secs. 805, 808, 88 Stat. 
1224, 1225.
    Jan. 2, 1974, Pub. L. 93-238, title VII, Secs. 705, 708, 87 Stat. 
1038, 1039.
    Oct. 26, 1972, Pub. L. 92-570, title VII, Secs. 705, 708, 86 Stat. 
1196, 1197.
    Dec. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-204, title VII, Secs. 705, 708, 85 Stat. 
727, 728.
    Jan. 11, 1971, Pub. L. 91-668, title VIII, Secs. 805, 808, 84 Stat. 
2030, 2031.
    Dec. 29, 1969, Pub. L. 91-171, title VI, Secs. 605, 608, 83 Stat. 
480.
    Oct. 17, 1968, Pub. L. 90-580, title V, Secs. 504, 507, 82 Stat. 
1129, 1130.
    Sept. 29, 1967, Pub. L. 90-96, title VI, Secs. 604, 607, 81 Stat. 
242.
    Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89-687, title VI, Secs. 604, 607, 80 Stat. 
991.
    Sept. 29, 1965, Pub. L. 89-213, title VI, Secs. 604, 607, 79 Stat. 
873, 874.
    Aug. 19, 1964, Pub. L. 88-446, title V, Secs. 504, 507, 78 Stat. 
474, 475.
    Oct. 17, 1963, Pub. L. 88-149, title V, Secs. 504, 507, 77 Stat. 
264.
    Aug. 9, 1962, Pub. L. 87-577, title I, Sec. 101, title V, Secs. 504, 
507, 76 Stat. 318, 328.
    Aug. 17, 1961, Pub. L. 87-144, title I, Sec. 101, title II, 
Sec. 201, title VI, Secs. 604, 607, 75 Stat. 365-369, 375, 376.
    July 7, 1960, Pub. L. 86-601, title I, Sec. 101, title II, Sec. 201, 
title V, Secs. 504, 507, 74 Stat. 338-340, 342, 350.
    Aug. 18, 1959, Pub. L. 86-166, title I, Sec. 101, title II, 
Sec. 201, title V, Secs. 604, 607, 73 Stat. 366-368, 370, 378, 379.
    Aug. 22, 1958, Pub. L. 85-724, title III, Sec. 301, title V, 
Sec. 501, title VI, Sec. 604, 72 Stat. 713, 714, 721, 722, 723.
    Aug. 2, 1957, Pub. L. 85-117, title III, Sec. 301, title V, 
Sec. 501, title VI, Sec. 604, 71 Stat. 313, 314, 321, 323.
    July 2, 1956, ch. 488, title III, Sec. 301, title V, Sec. 501, title 
VI, Sec. 604, 70 Stat. 456, 457, 464, 465, 467.
    July 13, 1955, ch. 358, title III, Sec. 301, title V, Sec. 501, 
title VI, Sec. 606, 69 Stat. 303, 304, 312, 313, 315.
    June 30, 1954, ch. 432, title IV, Sec. 401, title VI, Sec. 601, 
title VII, Sec. 706, 68 Stat. 338, 339, 347, 348, 350.
    Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 305, title III, Sec. 301, title V, Sec. 501, title 
VI, Sec. 610, 67 Stat. 338, 339, 348, 350.
    July 10, 1952, ch. 630, title III, Sec. 301, title V, Sec. 501, 
title VI, Sec. 612, 66 Stat. 519, 520, 530, 532.
    Oct. 18, 1951, ch. 512, title III, Sec. 301, title V, Sec. 501, 
title VI, Sec. 612, 65 Stat. 426, 429, 443, 446.
    Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. X, title III, Sec. 301, title V, 
Sec. 501, title VI, Sec. 614, 64 Stat. 732, 735, 750, 753.
    Oct. 29, 1949, ch. 787, title III, Sec. 301, title V, Sec. 501, 
title VI, Sec. 616, 63 Stat. 990-992, 1015, 1020.
    June 24, 1948, ch. 632, Secs. 1, 11, 62 Stat. 653, 655, 669.
    July 30, 1947, ch. 357, title I, Secs. 1, 12, 61 Stat. 555, 557, 
572.
    July 16, 1946, ch. 583, Secs. 1, 13, 60 Stat. 546-548, 565.
    July 3, 1945, ch. 265, Secs. 1, 15, 59 Stat. 388-390, 406.
    June 28, 1944, ch. 303, Secs. 1, 15, 58 Stat. 578, 580, 595.
    July 1, 1943, ch. 185, Secs. 1, 15, 57 Stat. 352, 354, 369.
    July 2, 1942, ch. 477, Secs. 1, 14, 56 Stat. 615, 617, 633.
    Dec. 17, 1941, ch. 591, title I, Sec. 103, 55 Stat. 813.
    June 30, 1941, ch. 262, Sec. 1, 55 Stat. 371, 373.
    June 13, 1940, ch. 343, Sec. 1, 54 Stat. 357-359.
    Apr. 26, 1939, ch. 88, Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 598, 600.
    June 11, 1938, ch. 37, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 648, 649.
    July 1, 1937, ch. 423, Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 448, 450.
    May 15, 1936, ch. 404, Sec. 1, title I, 49 Stat. 1284, 1286.
    Apr. 9, 1935, ch. 54, Sec. 1, title I, 49 Stat. 127, 128.
    Apr. 26, 1934, ch. 165, title I, 48 Stat. 619, 621.
    Mar. 4, 1933, ch. 281, title I, 47 Stat. 1575, 1577.
    July 14, 1932, ch. 482, title I, 47 Stat. 668, 670, 671.
    Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 279, title I, 46 Stat. 1281-1284.
    May 28, 1930, ch. 348, title I, 46 Stat. 436, 438.
    Feb. 28, 1929, ch. 366, title I, 45 Stat. 1354, 1356.
    Mar. 23, 1928, ch. 232, title I, 45 Stat. 330, 332.
    Feb. 23, 1927, ch. 167, title I, 44 Stat. 1110, 1113.
    Apr. 15, 1926, ch. 146, title I, 44 Stat. 259, 262.
    Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 225, title I, 43 Stat. 900.
    Provisions similar to those in par. (5) of this section were 
contained in Pub. L. 98-212, title VII, Sec. 706, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 
1437, which was set out as a note under section 138 of this title, prior 
to repeal by Pub. L. 98-525, Secs. 1403(a)(1), eff. Oct. 1, 1985.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1404 of Pub. L. 98-525, 
set out as a note under section 520b of this title.
