§ 599.511 Certain transactions for maintenance, employment, and related banking services for blocked individuals physically located in the United States.

(a) Individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to § 599.201 who are in U.S. custody or incarcerated in jails, prisons, or similar facilities in the United States (“covered individuals”), are authorized to engage in the following transactions within the United States:

(1) Purchasing, making payment for, and receiving goods and services for their maintenance and the maintenance of their spouse or persons who would ordinarily share a common dwelling as a family with them, located in the United States, including food, clothing, housing, medical care, education, transportation, insurance, and utilities;