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title: "54 U.S.C. § 104903"
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# 54 U.S.C. § 104903 - Care, removal, and burial of indigents

## Text

The Secretary may provide, out of amounts appropriated for the general expenses of System units, for the temporary care and removal from a System unit of indigents, and in case of death to provide for their burial in System units not under local jurisdiction for these purposes. This section does not authorize transportation of indigents or deceased for a distance of more than 50 miles from the System unit.

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3168.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10490316 U.S.C. 17e.May 26, 1930, ch. 324, § 6, 46 Stat. 382.