18 U.S.C. § 4043
Section 4043 · Acceptance of gifts and bequests to the Commissary Funds, Federal Prisons
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Maydak v. United States (2004)
Most recently applied in Spengler v. United States (May 2017)
The Attorney General may accept gifts or bequests of money for credit to the “Commissary Funds, Federal Prisons”. A gift or bequest under this section is a gift or bequest to or for the use of the United States under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
1986—Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”.