    [United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 107-1]
    [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
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    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            70              REIMBURSEMENT OF WITNESS EXPENSES\1\

                    Resolved, That witnesses appearing before the Senate or
                any of its committees may be authorized reimbursement for
                per diem expenses incurred for each day while traveling to
                and from the place of examination and for each day in
                attendance. Such reimbursement shall be made on an actual
                expense basis which shall not exceed the daily rate
                prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration,
                unless such limitation is specifically waived by such
                committee. A witness may also be authorized reimbursement of
                the actual and necessary transportation expenses incurred by
                the witness in traveling to and from the place of
                examination.
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                    \1\The Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961 (July
                12, 1960, Public Law 86-628, 74 Stat. 449), contained the
                following restriction on advances of witness fees:
                    ``No part of any appropriation disbursed by the
                Secretary of the Senate shall be available hereafter 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.''
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                    Sec. 2. (a) The provisions of this resolution shall be
                effective with respect to all witness expenses incurred on
                or after October 1, 1987.
                    (b) Senate Resolution 538, agreed to December 8, 1980,
                is repealed effective on October 1, 1987.

                                         [S. Res. 259, 100-1, Aug. 5, 1987.]