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[CITE: 28USC297]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
 
            CHAPTER 13--ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO OTHER COURTS
 
Sec. 297. Assignment of judges to courts of the freely 
        associated compact states
        
    (a) The Chief Justice or the chief judge of the United States Court 
of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit may assign any circuit or district 
judge of the Ninth Circuit, with the consent of the judge so assigned, 
to serve temporarily as a judge of any duly constituted court of the 
freely associated compact states whenever an official duly authorized by 
the laws of the respective compact state requests such assignment and 
such assignment is necessary for the proper dispatch of the business of 
the respective court.
    (b) The Congress consents to the acceptance and retention by any 
judge so authorized of reimbursement from the countries referred to in 
subsection (a) of all necessary travel expenses, including 
transportation, and of subsistence, or of a reasonable per diem 
allowance in lieu of subsistence. The judge shall report to the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts any amount received 
pursuant to this subsection.

(Added Pub. L. 100-702, title X, Sec. 1022(1), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 
4672.)
