§4405 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

Organizations the Secretary of Agriculture picks to test or inspect equipment may charge reasonable fees to cover their costs. People or companies who want those tests or inspections must pay the fees directly to the organization. Starting October 1, 1982, the Secretary may also set and collect reasonable fees to cover the Department of Agriculture’s costs for issuing certificates of compliance under section 4403(2). Those fees are put into the same government budget account that paid the cost and can be used at any time to pay those certificate-related expenses.

Title 7, §4405

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(a)Any organization designated by the Secretary of Agriculture to test or inspect equipment may establish reasonable fees to cover the costs of such testing or inspection. Such fees shall be payable directly to the organization by those seeking inspection or testing.

(b)The Secretary of Agriculture may, effective October 1, 1982, fix and cause to be collected reasonable fees to cover, as nearly as practicable, the costs to the Department of Agriculture incurred in connection with the issuance of certificates of compliance as provided under section 4403(2) of this title. All fees collected shall be credited to the current appropriation account that incurs the cost and shall be available without fiscal year limitation to pay the expenses of the Secretary of Agriculture incident to the issuance of certificates of compliance under this chapter.

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 97–325, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1603, known as the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 4401 of this title and Tables.

§4405 Fees and charges