§ 2724. — Fees for commercial services.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2724]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2724. Fees for commercial services
(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) of this
section 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.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 52, as added Pub. L. 103-236,
title I, Sec. 136, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 396; amended Pub. L. 105-
277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXII, Sec. 2204, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat.
2681-808.)
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.''
