48 USC § 869 - Fees payable by United States out of revenue of Puerto Rico

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title: "48 USC § 869 - Fees payable by United States out of revenue of Puerto Rico"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "869"
section_name: "Fees payable by United States out of revenue of Puerto Rico"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "PUERTO RICO"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "THE JUDICIARY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Mar. 2, 1901, ch. 812, § 2, 31 Stat. 953; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)"
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# § 869. Fees payable by United States out of revenue of Puerto Rico

Such fees and expenses as are payable by the United States if earned or incurred in connection with a district court of the United States shall be paid from the revenue of Puerto Rico if earned or incurred in connection with the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 2, 1901, ch. 812, § 2, 31 Stat. 953; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

“United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico” substituted in text for “District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico” in view of , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, which states that “There shall be in each judicial district a district court which shall be a court of record known as the United States District Court for the district” and  which states that “Puerto Rico constitutes one judicial district”.

Section was not enacted as part of the Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act which comprises this chapter.

> “Such fees and expenses as are payable by the United States, if earned or incurred in connection with a circuit or district court of the United States, shall be paid from the revenues of Porto Rico, if earned or incurred in connection with the district court of the United States for Porto Rico.”

As originally enacted, so much of section 2 of act , as is pertinent here, was as follows:

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Puerto Rico” substituted in text for “Porto Rico” pursuant to act , which is classified to .