Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-102
§389 Officer and Witness Fees
Title 2 › CHAPTER 12 — CONTESTED ELECTIONS › § 389
Summary
Judges, clerks, and other officers who issue subpoenas or take depositions, and anyone who serves those subpoenas or other papers, must be paid by the party who requested the service the same fees that U.S. district courts allow for similar work. Witnesses whose depositions are taken must be paid by the party who asked them to appear the same fees and travel allowance paid to witnesses subpoenaed to appear before the House of Representatives or its committees.
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Title 2, §389
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(a)Each judge, clerk of court, or other officer who issues any subpena or takes a deposition and each person who serves any subpena or other paper herein authorized shall be entitled to receive from the party at whose instance the service shall have been performed such fees as are allowed for similar services in the district courts of the United States.
(b)Witnesses whose depositions are taken shall be entitled to receive from the party at whose instance the witness appeared the same fees and travel allowance paid to witnesses subpenaed to appear before the House of Representatives or its committees.
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Section applicable with respect to any general or special election for Representative in, or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States occurring after Dec. 5, 1969, see section 19 of Pub. L. 91–138, set out as a note under section 381 of this title.
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2 U.S.C. § 389
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102