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28 U.S. Code § 1821 - Per diem and mileage generally; subsistence | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 28 › Part V › Chapter 119 › § 1821 28 U.S. Code § 1821 - Per diem and mileage generally; subsistence
A subsistence allowance for a witness shall be paid in an amount not to exceed the maximum per diem allowance prescribed by the Administrator of General Services, pursuant to section 5702
(a) of title 5, for official travel in the area of attendance by employees of the Federal Government.
A subsistence allowance for a witness attending in an area designated by the Administrator of General Services as a high-cost area shall be paid in an amount not to exceed the maximum actual subsistence allowance prescribed by the Administrator, pursuant to section 5702
(c)(B) [1]
An alien who has been paroled into the United States for prosecution, pursuant to section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182
(d)(5)), or an alien who either has admitted belonging to a class of aliens who are deportable or has been determined pursuant to section 240 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1252
to be deportable, shall be ineligible to receive the fees or allowances provided by this section.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 950; May 10, 1949, ch. 96, 63 Stat. 65; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 94,63 Stat. 103; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 51(a),65 Stat. 727; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, § 45,68 Stat. 1242; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 826, 70 Stat. 798; Pub. L. 90–274, § 102(b),Mar. 27, 1968, 82 Stat. 62; Pub. L. 95–535, § 1,Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 2033; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, §§ 314(a), 321,Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5115, 5117; Pub. L. 102–417, § 2(a)–(c), Oct. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 2138; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(g)(5)(E),Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–623.)
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 600c, section 1115(a) of title 26, U.S.C., 1940, Internal Revenue Code, and section 11–1514 of the D.C. Code, 1940 ed. (R.S. §§ 823, 848; Apr. 26, 1926, ch. 183, § 3,44 Stat. 324; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; Feb. 10, 1939, ch. 2, § 1115(a),53 Stat. 160; Dec. 24, 1942, ch. 825, § 1,56 Stat. 1088.
This section restores certain provisions of the original statute, R.S. § 848, which were inadvertently omitted from revised title 28, U.S.C., § 1821.
Subsection (c) ofsection 5702 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (d)(3), which related to conditions under which an employee could be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses of official travel when the maximum per diem allowance was less than these expenses, was repealed, and subsec. (e) ofsection 5702 of title 5, was redesignated as subsec. (c), by Pub. L. 99–234, title I, § 102,Jan. 2, 1986, 99 Stat. 1756.
1996—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–208substituted “section 240” for “section 242(b)”.
1992—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 102–417, § 2(b), struck out “(other than a witness who is incarcerated)” after “paid to a witness”.
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 102–417, § 2(c), substituted “3144” for “3149”.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 102–417, § 2(a), added subsec. (f).
1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–650substituted “$40” for “$30”.
1978—Pub. L. 95–535increased the daily witness attendance fee from $20 to $30, substituted provisions relating to compensation for the actual expenses of travel based on the form of transportation used, to a travel allowance equal to the mileage allowance under section 5704 of Title 5 for a witness travelling by privately owned vehicle, and to tolls, taxi fares, and parking fees for provisions that a witness would receive 10 cents per mile and that mileage computation would be based on a uniform table of distances regardless of the mode of travel employed, provisions relating to a subsistence allowance in amounts not to exceed those which Government employees receive for official travel for provisions that such subsistence allowance would be $16 per day, provisions relating to a witness detained for want of security for his appearance being entitled to the daily attendance fee in addition to subsistence for provisions that such a witness would be entitled to $1 per day in addition to his subsistence, and inserted provisions defining “court of the United States” and relating to travel expenses being taxable as costs and to certain aliens being ineligible to receive fees and allowances.
1968—Pub. L. 90–274increased the per diem allowance from $4 to $20, increased the mileage allowance from 8 cents per mile to 10 cents per mile, increased the daily subsistence allowance from $8 to $16, and directed that witnesses in the district courts for the districts of the Canal Zone, Guam, and the Virgin Islands receive the same fees and allowances provided in this section for witnesses in other district courts of the United States.
1956—Act Aug. 1, 1956, substituted “, or before any person authorized to take his deposition pursuant to any rule or order” for “or person taking his disposition pursuant to any order”, increased the payments for mileage from 7 to 8 cents per mile and subsistence allowance from $5 to $8 per day, and authorized the computation of mileage on the basis of a uniform table of distances adopted by the Attorney General.
“United States Magistrate Judge” substituted for “United States Magistrate” in subsec. (a)(1) pursuant to section 321 ofPub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of this title.
Pub. L. 102–417, § 2(d),Oct. 14, 1992, 106 Stat. 2138, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall be effective on and after the date of the enactment of this act [Oct. 14, 1992] and shall apply to any witness who testified before such date and has not received any fee or allowance under section 1821 of title 28, United States Code, relating to such testimony.”
Pub. L. 95–535, § 2,Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 2034, provided that: “The amendments made by this Act [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1978, or on the date of enactment [Oct. 27, 1978], whichever occurs later.”
Pub. L. 102–395, title I, § 108,Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1841, provided that: “Notwithstanding 28 U.S.C. 1821, no funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in fiscal year 1993 or any prior fiscal year, or any other funds available from the Treasury of the United States, shall be obligated or expended to pay a fact witness fee to a person who is incarcerated testifying as a fact witness in a court of the United States, as defined in 28 U.S.C. 1821
Pub. L. 102–140, title I, § 110,Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 795.
Pub. L. 102–27, title II, § 102,Apr. 10, 1991, 105 Stat. 136.
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