Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 703 (R.S. § 5545; Mar. 2, 1911, ch. 192, 36 Stat. 1003).

The provisions relating to the Washington Asylum and Jail are now included in the District of Columbia Code. (See D.C. Code, 1940 ed., § 24–421.)

Changes of phraseology were made.

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Title XVIII of the Act is classified generally to subchapter XVIII (§ 1395 et seq.) of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1157(1), inserted “or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable,” after “The Attorney General”.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1157(2), substituted “the Department of Homeland Security” for “the Immigration and Naturalization Service”, “shall be the amount billed, not to exceed the amount” for “shall not exceed the lesser of the amount”, and “items and services under the Medicare program” for “items and services under—

“(A) the Medicare program”

and struck out subpar. (B) which read as follows: “the Medicaid program under title XIX of such Act of the State in which the services were provided.”

2000—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106–553 inserted “, the Federal Bureau of Investigation” after “United States Marshals Service”.

1999—Pub. L. 106–113 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).