28 C.F.R. § 7.3 Eligibility for reward.
Title 28 - Judicial Administration
A reward may be paid to any person, except an official or employee of the Department of Justice or a law-enforcement officer of the U.S. Government, who personally captures and surrenders an escaped Federal prisoner to proper officials, or who assists in the capture, of an escaped Federal prisoner.
Title 28: Judicial Administration
PART 7—REWARDS FOR CAPTURE OF ESCAPED FEDERAL PRISONERS
§ 7.3 Eligibility for reward.