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28 U.S.C. 456: Traveling expenses of justices and judges; official duty stations

Created in 1959 by Public Law 86-138. Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 5 U.S.C. 5702, 20 U.S.C. 4502, 28 U.S.C. 175, 28 U.S.C. 374, 28 U.S.C. 604.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1986

    • Pub. L. 99–234 substituted "payments for subsistence expenses at rates or in amounts which the Director establishes, in accordance with regulations which the Director shall prescribe with the approval of the Judicial Conference of the United States and after considering the rates or am… · (a)

    1982

    • Pub. L. 97–164 inserted "; official duty stations" in section catchline.
    • Pub. L. 97–164 designated existing undesignated first par. as subsec. (a), substituted "The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall pay each justice or judge of the United States, and each retired justice or judge recalled or designated and assigned to a… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 97–164 designated existing undesignated second par. as subsec. (b), and in subsec. (b) as so designated, substituted "official duty station" for "official station", struck out references to the judges of the Court of Claims and the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, and inser… · (b)
    • Pub. L. 97–164 designated existing undesignated third par. as subsec. (c) and substituted "official duty station" for "official station". · (c)
    • Pub. L. 97–164 designated existing undesignated fourth par. as subsec. (d) and substituted "The official duty station of each district judge shall be that place where a district court holds regular sessions at or near which the judge performs a substantial portion of his judicial work,… · (d)
    • Pub. L. 97–164 added subsecs. (e) and (f). · (e), (f)
    • Pub. L. 97–164 designated existing undesignated fifth par. as subsec. (g) and substituted "Each circuit or district judge whose official duty station is not fixed expressly by this section shall notify the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in writing of … · (g)

    1980

    • Pub. L. 96–417 redesignated the Customs Court as the Court of International Trade.

    1978

    • Pub. L. 95–598 directed the amendment of section by inserting references to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia and bankruptcy judges, which amendment did not become effective pursuant to section 402(b) of Pub. L. 95–598, as amended, set out as an Effective Date note pre…

    1959

    • Pub. L. 86–138 authorized payment to justices and judges of a per diem allowance or a maximum amount for actual expenses of subsistence in place of reasonable maintenance expenses actually incurred, not exceeding $15 per day.

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.