2021—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “individual” for “person”.

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 508 of this title as this section.

1952—Subsec. (a). Act July 10, 1952, authorized reimbursement of necessary expenses to persons other than civil officers, and added stragglers and prisoners to class of offenders.

Section effective May 31, 1951, see act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 5, 64 Stat. 145.