                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
    CHAPTER 6--CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS
 
Sec. 195. Fees of witnesses in District of Columbia

    Witnesses residing in the District of Columbia and not in the 
service of the government of said District or of the United States, who 
shall be summoned to give testimony before any committee of the House of 
Representatives, shall not be allowed exceeding $2 for each day's 
attendance before said committee.

(May 1, 1876, ch. 88, 19 Stat. 41.)


                     House Rule on Pay of Witnesses

    Rule XI, clause 5, Rules of the House of Representatives, provides 
that: ``Witnesses appearing before the House or any of its committees 
shall be paid the same per diem rate as established, authorized, and 
regulated by the Committee on House Administration for Members, 
Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and employees of the House, plus 
actual expenses of travel to or from the place of examination. Such per 
diem may not be paid when a witness has been summoned at the place of 
examination.''
