22 U.S.C. § 703 : US Code - Section 703: Attendance of witnesses

Search 22 U.S.C. § 703 : US Code - Section 703: Attendance of witnesses

(a) Subpoena; contempt; fees
Any district court of the United States, or the United States
courts of any Territory or possession, within the jurisdiction of
which proceedings are had before any service court of a friendly
foreign force, or within the jurisdiction of which any person is
found, shall have jurisdiction, upon application made by a service
court of a friendly foreign force, to issue to such person an order
requiring him to appear before the service court or an officer
designated to take a deposition for use before such service court
and there to produce evidence or give testimony if so ordered. Any
failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said
court as a contempt thereof: Provided, That the fees of such
witnesses and the mileage at the rate allowed to witnesses
attending the courts of the United States should be duly paid or
tendered in advance to such witnesses, with funds to be supplied by
the friendly foreign force. Except as expressly permitted by the
court, in its discretion, no such order shall run into any other
district.
(b) Members of armed forces
Attendance of witnesses in the armed services of the United
States shall be obtained by request addressed to the discretion of
the commanding officer of the person whose testimony is required.
(c) False testimony; punishment
Persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, who are
not members of a friendly foreign force, who shall give false
testimony or shall commit any act in the presence of a service
court of a friendly foreign force which, if committed before a
court of the United States, would be in contempt thereof, shall
upon conviction by a court of the United States be fined not more
than $2,000 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.