§2724 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of State can charge a fee to people, businesses, or organizations (not U.S. government agencies) for commercial services given at U.S. posts abroad. The fee must cover the actual or estimated cost and may only be used where the Department of Commerce does not provide and charge for the same services. Money collected must be put into the Department of State’s funds to recover those costs and remains available for obligation through September 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the funds were deposited.

Title 22, §2724

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(a)(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)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.”

§2724 Fees for Commercial Services

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Title 22, §2724

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