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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 635. Expenses
(a) Full-time United States magistrate judges serving under this
chapter shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties, including the
compensation of such legal assistants as the Judicial Conference,
on the basis of the recommendations of the judicial councils of the
circuits, considers necessary, and the compensation of necessary
clerical and secretarial assistance. Such expenses and compensation
shall be determined and paid by the Director under such regulations
as the Director shall prescribe with the approval of the
conference. The Administrator of General Services shall provide
such magistrate judges with necessary courtrooms, office space,
furniture and facilities within United States courthouses or office
buildings owned or occupied by departments or agencies of the
United States, or should suitable courtroom and office space not be
available within any such courthouse or office building, the
Administrator of General Services, at the request of the Director,
shall procure and pay for suitable courtroom and office space,
furniture and facilities for such magistrate judge in another
building, but only if such request has been approved as necessary
by the judicial council of the appropriate circuit.
(b) Under such regulations as the Director shall prescribe with
the approval of the conference, the Director shall reimburse
part-time magistrate judges for actual expenses necessarily
incurred by them in the performance of their duties under this
chapter. Such reimbursement may be made, at rates not exceeding
those prescribed by such regulations, for expenses incurred by such
part-time magistrate judges for clerical and secretarial
assistance, stationery, telephone and other communications
services, travel, and such other expenses as may be determined to
be necessary for the proper performance of the duties of such
officers: Provided, however, That no reimbursement shall be made
for all or any portion of the expense incurred by such part-time
magistrate judges for the procurement of office space.
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