28 U.S.C. § 297 : US Code - Section 297: Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states

Search 28 U.S.C. § 297 : US Code - Section 297: Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states

(a) The Chief Justice or the chief judge of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit may assign any circuit or
district judge of the Ninth Circuit, with the consent of the judge
so assigned, to serve temporarily as a judge of any duly
constituted court of the freely associated compact states whenever
an official duly authorized by the laws of the respective compact
state requests such assignment and such assignment is necessary for
the proper dispatch of the business of the respective court.
(b) The Congress consents to the acceptance and retention by any
judge so authorized of reimbursement from the countries referred to
in subsection (a) of all necessary travel expenses, including
transportation, and of subsistence, or of a reasonable per diem
allowance in lieu of subsistence. The judge shall report to the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts any amount
received pursuant to this subsection.