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Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102

§1153 Rules, Regulations, and Fees

Title 15 › CHAPTER 23 — DISSEMINATION OF TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING INFORMATION › § 1153

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may make, change, or cancel orders, rules, and regulations needed to carry out this chapter. The Secretary can also set schedules of reasonable fees for services, documents, or publications provided under this chapter. Whenever possible, services and functions should pay for themselves so the public does not cover costs that mainly benefit private groups. No fees are required for work done for federal agencies, for items exchanged under information-sharing agreements, or for publications issued mainly for the public’s benefit.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1153

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The Secretary is authorized to make, amend, and rescind such orders, rules, and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, and to establish, from time to time, a schedule or schedules of reasonable fees or charges for services performed or for documents or other publications furnished under this chapter. It is the policy of this chapter, to the fullest extent feasible and consistent with the objectives of this chapter, that each of the services and functions provided herein shall be self-sustaining or self-liquidating and that the general public shall not bear the cost of publications and other services which are for the special use and benefit of private groups and individuals; but nothing herein shall be construed to require the levying of fees or charges for services performed or publications furnished to any agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government, or for publications which are distributed pursuant to reciprocal arrangements for the exchange of information or which are otherwise issued primarily for the general benefit of the public.

Legislative History

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1970—Pub. L. 91–412 struck out provisos of first par. for deposit of moneys received for services and publications after Sept. 9, 1950, in a special account in the Treasury, to be available, subject to appropriation authorizations, for reimbursement of appropriations and for refunds to organizations and individuals entitled thereto, and making appropriations reimbursed by the special account available for original purposes. See section 1526 of this title.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1153

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102