22 U.S.C. § 2724 — Fees for commercial services
submitted 70 years ago by Pub. L. 103-236 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 145 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary may charge people, firms, and organizations fees for commercial services at posts abroad on matters within the State Department's authority. This authority may be used only in countries where the Commerce Department does not perform commercial services for which it collects fees; the collected money is used to recover those costs and remains available through the next fiscal year.
(a) Authority to charge a fee. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may charge a person, firm, or organization other than a United States Government agency a fee covering the actual or estimated cost of providing commercial services at posts abroad on matters within the State Department's authority. (2) This authority may be used only in countries where the Commerce Department does not perform commercial services for which it collects fees. (b) Use of fees. Money collected under subsection (a) must be deposited as an offsetting collection to a Department of State appropriation to recover the costs of providing commercial services. The money remains available for obligation through September 30 of the fiscal year after the fiscal year in which it was deposited.
Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State is authorized to charge a fee to cover the actual or estimated cost of providing any person, firm or organization (other than agencies of the United States Government) with commercial services at posts abroad on matters within the authority of the Department of State.
The authority of this section may be exercised only in countries where the Department of Commerce does not perform commercial services for which it collects fees.
Funds collected under the authority of subsection (a) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to any Department of State appropriation to recover the costs of providing commercial services. Funds deposited under this subsection shall remain available for obligation through September 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds were deposited.
Source credit: (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 52, as added Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 136, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 396; amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXII, § 2204, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–808.)
- 1956Enacted · Pub. L. 103-236 · 108 Stat. 396
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-236 on 1956-08-01.
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