To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the paying of witness fees to persons convicted of crime and serving a prison sentence pursuant to that conviction.

Amends the Federal judicial code to make a person convicted of a crime and serving a prison sentence pursuant to such conviction ineligible to receive witness fees or allowances.

 
HR 504 IH
102d CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 504
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the paying of witness
fees to persons convicted of crime and serving a prison sentence pursuant
to that conviction.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 11, 1991
Mr. PICKETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the paying of witness
fees to persons convicted of crime and serving a prison sentence pursuant
to that conviction.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1821 of title 28,
  United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
  `(f) A person convicted of crime and serving a Federal, State, or other
  prison sentence pursuant to that conviction shall be ineligible to receive
  the fees or allowances provided by this section.'.