Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§2153 Fees and Authorization of Appropriations
Title 7 › Chapter 54— TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS › § 2153
Summary
The Secretary must charge reasonable fees for licenses. The fees should be fair for the kind of operation being licensed and the money must go into the U.S. Treasury. Congress may provide funds as needed. To enforce section 2156, up to $100,000 was allowed for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976, and up to $400,000 for each fiscal year after that for the Secretary of Agriculture.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2153
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The Secretary shall charge, assess, and cause to be collected reasonable fees for licenses issued. Such fees shall be adjusted on an equitable basis taking into consideration the type and nature of the operations to be licensed and shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds as Congress may from time to time provide: Provided, That there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for enforcement by the Department of Agriculture of the provisions of section 2156 of this title an amount not to exceed $100,000 for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976, and not to exceed $400,000 for each fiscal year thereafter.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–279 authorized appropriations for the
Enforcement
of section 2156 of this title.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2153
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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