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[CITE: 28USC658]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                 PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
 
               CHAPTER 44--ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
 
Sec. 658. Compensation of arbitrators and neutrals

    (a) Compensation.--The district court shall, subject to regulations 
approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States, establish the 
amount of compensation, if any, that each arbitrator or neutral shall 
receive for services rendered in each case under this chapter.
    (b) Transportation Allowances.--Under regulations prescribed by the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, a 
district court may reimburse arbitrators and other neutrals for actual 
transportation expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of 
duties under this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 100-702, title IX, Sec. 901(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 
4662; amended Pub. L. 105-315, Sec. 10, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2997.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-315 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions relating to compensation of arbitrators and neutrals for 
provisions relating to district courts that may authorize arbitration.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 651, 652 of this title.
