2 U.S.C. § 389 — Officer and witness fees

submitted 57 years ago by Pub. L. 91-138 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 102 words · no verdicts yet

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Judges, clerks, and people who serve subpoenas or take depositions get fees like those in federal district courts. Witnesses who give depositions get the same fees and travel money as House witnesses.

(a) Every judge, court clerk, or other officer who issues a subpoena or takes a deposition, and every person who serves a subpoena or other paper under this authority, must be paid by the party who asked for that service. The fee amount is whatever is allowed for similar work in U.S. district courts. (b) Witnesses whose depositions are taken must be paid by the party who had them appear. They get the same fees and travel allowance paid to witnesses subpoenaed before the House of Representatives or its committees.

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(a)

Each judge, clerk of court, or other officer who issues any subpena or takes a deposition and each person who serves any subpena or other paper herein authorized shall be entitled to receive from the party at whose instance the service shall have been performed such fees as are allowed for similar services in the district courts of the United States.

(b)

Witnesses whose depositions are taken shall be entitled to receive from the party at whose instance the witness appeared the same fees and travel allowance paid to witnesses subpenaed to appear before the House of Representatives or its committees.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–138, § 10, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 288.)

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1969Enacted · Pub. L. 91-138 · 83 Stat. 288

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