§8311 Reimbursable Agreements

Summary

The Secretary can make fee agreements with people to preclear animals or other articles at places outside the United States before they move into the United States. Fees for those preclearance activities can be collected in advance. The money must be credited to the currently applicable appropriation, account, or fund of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, stay available until spent, be used for the purposes allowed for that account, and may be collected or used only if appropriations Acts allow it. The Secretary can pay overtime, night, or holiday pay to Department of Agriculture officers or employees who do import or export work, at a rate the Secretary sets, and can require the person getting the service to reimburse those costs. Collected funds must go to the account that paid the costs and stay available until spent without a fiscal year limit. If someone fails to reimburse, the Secretary can charge late fees and interest under 31 U.S.C. 3717; those charges also go to the account that paid the costs and remain available until spent without a fiscal year limit.