Section 500-G. Commitment by United States courts

The  chief
  administrative officer shall receive and keep in his jail  every  person
  duly  committed  thereto,  for any offense against the United States, by
  any court or officer of the  United  States,  until  he  shall  be  duly
  discharged,   the  United  States  supporting  such  person  during  his
  confinement; provided  such  official  shall  not  violate  any  of  the
  provisions  of  section  five  hundred-b of this article in receiving or
  detaining such persons; and the provisions of this article  relative  to
  the  mode of confining prisoners shall apply to all persons so committed
  by any court or officer of the United States.
    * NB Effective until September 1, 2011