Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§3618 Collection of service charges for certification or validation of information assurance products
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 47— - NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY › § 3618
Summary
The Director may charge fees to evaluate, certify, or validate information assurance products under the National Information Assurance Program or a successor. Fees must be set by public rulemaking under Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A–25, cannot exceed direct costs, and are credited to the paying account(s); advance payment, later adjusted, allowed.
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Title 50, §3618
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(a)The Director may collect charges for evaluating, certifying, or validating information assurance products under the National Information Assurance Program or successor program.
(b)The charges collected under subsection (a) shall be established through a public rulemaking process in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A–25.
(c)Charges collected under subsection (a) shall not exceed the direct costs of the program referred to in that subsection.
(d)The appropriation or fund bearing the cost of the service for which charges are collected under the program referred to in subsection (a) may be reimbursed, or the Director may require advance payment subject to such adjustment on completion of the work as may be agreed upon.
(e)Amounts collected under this section shall be credited to the account or accounts from which costs associated with such amounts have been or will be incurred, to reimburse or offset the direct costs of the program referred to in subsection (a).
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Codification Section was formerly classified in a note under section 402 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as this section.
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50 U.S.C. § 3618
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73