[United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
[S. Doc. 116-1]
[Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
[Page 183]
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       113              REIMBURSEMENT OF WITNESS EXPENSES\24\

                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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                \24\The Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961 (July 
            12, 1960, Pub. L. 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 subpoena 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 subpoena.''

                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            is repealed effective on October 1, 1987.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.]