2 U.S.C. § 190m : US Code - Section 190M: Subpoena for taking testimony; compensation of officers and witnesses; return of depositions

Search 2 U.S.C. § 190m : US Code - Section 190M: Subpoena for taking testimony; compensation of officers and witnesses; return of depositions

It shall be the duty of the marshal of the United States for the
district in which the testimony is to be taken to serve, or cause
to be served, all subpoenas issued in behalf of the United States
under this section and section 190l of this title, in the same
manner as if issued by the district court for his district; and he
shall, upon being first paid his fees therefor, serve any subpoenas
that may be issued at the instance of such private party or
parties. And the said master may, in his discretion, appoint any
other person to serve any subpoena. Such master shall have full
power to administer oaths to witnesses, and the same power to issue
attachments to compel the attendance of witnesses and the
production of books, papers, and documents, as the district court
of his district would have in a case pending before it; and it
shall be his duty to report the conduct of contumacious witnesses
before him to the House of Congress appointing such committee. The
compensation of such master in chancery, and the fees of marshals
and deputy marshals, and of any person appointed to serve papers,
shall be the same as for like services in equity cases in the
district court of the United States; and the compensation of
witnesses shall be the same as for like attendance and travel of
witnesses before such district courts; and all such fees and
compensation of officers and witnesses on behalf of the United
States, and other expenses of all investigations which may be had
under the provisions of this section and section 190l of this title
on the part of the United States, shall be paid out of the
contingent fund of the Senate, in the case of a committee of the
Senate, or the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives,
in the case of a committee of the House of Representatives. Said
master, when the examination is concluded, shall attach together
all the depositions and exhibits, and attach thereto his
certificate setting forth or referring to the authority by which
they were taken, any notices he may have given, the names of the
witnesses for whom subpoenas or attachments were issued, the names
of witnesses who attended, with the time of attendance and mileage
and fees of each witness on behalf of the United States, which he
may require to be shown by affidavit, his own fees, the fees of the
marshal, his deputies or other persons serving papers, giving the
items, and such other facts in relation to the circumstances
connected with the taking of the depositions as he may deem
material. He shall then seal up such depositions and papers
securely, direct them to the chairman of such committee at
Washington, stating briefly on the outside the nature of the
contents, and place the same in the post office, paying the postage
thereon; and said package shall be opened only in the presence of
such committee. The chairman of any committee ordering testimony to
be taken under this section and section 190l of this title shall,
at least ten days before the time fixed for such examination, and
within two days after the adoption of such order, cause a copy
thereof to be directed and delivered to the Attorney General of the
United States, or sent to him by mail at the Department of Justice,
to enable him to give such instructions as he may deem best to the
United States attorney of the district where such testimony is to
be taken, who may, and, if required by the Attorney General, shall,
though not requested by the committee, appear for the United States
in person or by assistant, and take such part in such examination
as the Attorney General shall direct.