§ 1929. — Extraordinary expenses not expressly authorized.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC1929]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART V--PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 123--FEES AND COSTS
Sec. 1929. Extraordinary expenses not expressly authorized
Where the ministerial officers of the United States incur
extraordinary expense in executing Acts of Congress, the payment of
which is not specifically provided for, the Attorney General may allow
the payment thereof.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 957.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 577 (R.S. Sec. 846; Feb.
18, 1875, ch. 80, Sec. 1, Stat. 318; May 28, 1896, ch. 252, Sec. 13, 29
Stat. 183; May 27, 1908, ch. 200, Sec. 1, 35 Stat. 375; Mar. 3, 1911,
ch. 231, Sec. 291, 36 Stat. 1167; Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 49, Sec. 7, 40
Stat. 1182; Oct. 13, 1941, ch. 431, Sec. 1, 55 Stat. 736).
Provision for payment of expenses under section 577 of title 28,
U.S.C., 1940 ed., from appropriations for expenses of the judiciary was
omitted as unnecessary. Such expenses are carried in the Judiciary
Appropriation Acts and will continue without this provision.
The first sentence of said section 577 is incorporated in section
551 of this title.
The qualifying phrase ``under the special taxation of the district
court in which the said services have been or shall be rendered, to be
paid from the appropriation for defraying the expenses of the
Judiciary,'' was omitted, and the functions of allowing extraordinary
expenses was vested in the Attorney General instead of the President.
Neither the President nor the district judge should be burdened with
such duty since the Attorney General only has the information upon which
to act.
Changes were made in phraseology.
