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[CITE: 5USC5537]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                     CHAPTER 55--PAY ADMINISTRATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER IV--DUAL PAY AND DUAL EMPLOYMENT
 
Sec. 5537. Fees for jury and witness service

    (a) An employee as defined by section 2105 of this title (except an 
individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives) or an 
individual employed by the government of the District of Columbia may 
not receive fees for service--
        (1) as a juror in a court of the United States or the District 
    of Columbia; or
        (2) as a witness on behalf of the United States or the District 
    of Columbia.

    (b) An official of a court of the United States or the District of 
Columbia may not receive witness fees for attendance before a court, 
commissioner, or magistrate judge where he is officiating.
    (c) For the purpose of this section, ``court of the United States'' 
has the meaning given it by section 451 of title 28 and includes the 
District Court of Guam and the District Court of the Virgin Islands.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 484; Pub. L. 90-623, 
Sec. 1(12), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1312; Pub. L. 91-563, Sec. 3(a), 
Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1477; Pub. L. 101-650, title III, Sec. 321, Dec. 
1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 104-186, title II, Sec. 215(8), Aug. 
20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1746; Pub. L. 104-201, div. C, title XXXV, 
Sec. 3548(a)(5), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2868.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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                     5 U.S.C. 30o.                 June 29, 1940, ch.
                                                    446, Sec.  2, 54
                                                    Stat. 689.
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    The words ``fees for jury service'' are coextensive with and 
substituted for ``compensation for such service''.
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``Chief 
Administrative Officer'' for ``Clerk'' in introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``the District Court of 
Guam and the District Court of the Virgin Islands'' for ``the United 
States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District 
Court of Guam, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands''.
    1970--Pub. L. 91-563 substituted ``jury and witness service'' for 
``jury service in courts of the United States'' in section catchline, 
designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted provisions 
prohibiting payment of fees for jury service in a court of the District 
of Columbia or for service as a witness on behalf of the United States 
or the District of Columbia and excepting employees whose pay is 
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
    1968--Pub. L. 90-623 inserted ``, who is entitled to leave under 
section 6322 of this title,'' after ``individual employed by the 
government of the District of Columbia''.

                         Change of Name

    Words ``magistrate judge'' substituted for ``magistrate'' in subsec. 
(b) pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-650, set out as a note under 
section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-623 intended to restate without substantive 
change the law in effect on Oct. 22, 1968, see section 6 of Pub. L. 90-
623, set out as a note under section 5334 of this title.
