2 U.S.C. § 195b — Fees for witnesses requested to appear before Majority Policy Committee or Minority Policy Committee

submitted 52 years ago by Pub. L. 93-371 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 71 words · no verdicts yet

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A witness asked to appear before the Majority Policy Committee or Minority Policy Committee gets a witness fee. The fee covers each full day spent traveling to and from the hearing. The witness also gets reimbursed for actual, necessary transportation costs, capped at Senate committee rates.

This section gives witnesses a fee when they are asked to testify before the Majority Policy Committee or the Minority Policy Committee. The witness gets a fee for each full day spent traveling to and from the place where they must appear. The witness also gets paid back for real, necessary transportation costs spent getting there. This reimbursement cannot be higher than the rates already paid to witnesses appearing before other Senate committees.

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Any witness requested to appear before the Majority Policy Committee or the Minority Policy Committee shall be entitled to a witness fee for each full day spent in traveling to and from the place at which he is to appear, and reimbursement of actual and necessary transportation expenses incurred in traveling to and from that place, at rates not to exceed those rates paid witnesses appearing before committees of the Senate.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 93–371, § 7, Aug. 13, 1974, 88 Stat. 431.)

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1974Enacted · Pub. L. 93-371 · 88 Stat. 431

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