18 U.S.C. § 4041
Section 4041 · Bureau of Prisons; director and employees
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case United States v. Smith (2006)
Most recently applied in Trump v. United States (July 2024)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §753 (May 14, 1930, ch. 274, §1, 46 Stat. 325).
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.
Amendments
2002—Pub. L. 107–273 struck out “at a salary of $10,000 a year” after “under the Attorney General”.
Compensation of Director
Compensation of Director, see section 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.