Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110
§2724 Fees for Commercial Services
Title 22 › CHAPTER 38 — DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2724
Summary
Secretary of State may charge people or businesses (not U.S. government agencies) fees to cover the cost of commercial services at U.S. posts abroad, only where Commerce Department does not charge for those services. Collected fees must go into the State Department budget and may be used until September 30 of the fiscal year after deposit.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §2724
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(a)Authority to charge fee
(1)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.
(2)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.
(b)Use of 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.
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Amendments
1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–277 inserted at end “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.”
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22 U.S.C. § 2724
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110