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2 U.S.C. § 195a — Restriction on payment of witness fees or travel and subsistence expenses to persons sub­penaed by Congressional committees

submitted 66 years ago by Pub. L. 86-628 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 96 words · no verdicts yet

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Since July 12, 1960, the Secretary of the Senate cannot pay witness fees. This applies when someone is served a subpoena for a congressional hearing. The subpoena must come from a committee or subcommittee of Congress or the Senate. No advance travel or living expense money may be paid either.

This section stops the Secretary of the Senate from using budgeted money to pay certain fees to witnesses. Here's when it applies: someone is served a subpoena. A subpoena is a legal order to show up at a hearing. The hearing must be run by a committee of Congress, a Senate committee, or a subcommittee of either one. At the moment that subpoena is served, the Secretary of the Senate cannot pay that person a witness fee. The Secretary also cannot give that person any advance money for travel or living expenses (called "subsistence") that they might need in order to respond to the subpoena. This rule has been in effect since July 12, 1960.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

No part of any appropriation disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate shall be available on and after July 12, 1960, for the payment to any person, at the time of the service upon him of a subpena requiring his attendance at any inquiry or hearing conducted by any committee of the Congress or of the Senate or any subcommittee of any such committee, of any witness fee or any sum of money as an advance payment of any travel or subsistence expense which may be incurred by such person in responding to that subpena.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 86–628, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 449.)

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  • 1960Enacted · Pub. L. 86-628 · 74 Stat. 449

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 86-628 on 1960-07-12.

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