§ 2242a. — User fees for reports, publications, and software.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC2242a]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 55--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Sec. 2242a. User fees for reports, publications, and software
(a) Authority of Secretary
The Secretary of Agriculture may--
(1) furnish, on request, copies of software programs, pamphlets,
reports, or other publications, regardless of their form, including
electronic publications, prepared in the Department of Agriculture
in carrying out any of its missions or programs; and
(2) charge such fees therefor as the Secretary determines are
reasonable.
(b) Consistency of charges with provisions of section 9701 of title 31
The imposition of such charges shall be consistent with section 9701
of title 31.
(c) Use and disposition of moneys
All moneys received in payment for work or services performed, or
for software programs, pamphlets, reports, or other publications
provided, under this section--
(1) shall be available until expended to pay directly the costs
of such work, services, software programs, pamphlets, reports, or
publications; and
(2) may be credited to appropriations or funds that incur such
costs.
(d) Investment
Any fees collected, late payment penalties, and interest earned
shall be credited to the account referred to in this section and may be
invested by the Secretary of Agriculture in insured or fully-
collateralized interest-bearing accounts or, at the discretion of the
Secretary of Agriculture, by the Secretary of the Treasury in United
States Government debt instruments. Fees and charges, including late
payment penalties and interest earned from the investment of such funds
shall be credited to such account.
(Pub. L. 97-98, title XI, Sec. 1121, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1273; Pub.
L. 99-198, title XVII, Sec. 1769, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1656; Pub. L.
101-624, title XXV, Sec. 2510, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4073.)
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-624 added subsec. (d).
1985--Pub. L. 99-198, in amending section generally, divided
existing provisions into subsecs. (a), (b), and (c) and inserted
references to software programs and electronic publications.
Effective Date
Section effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97-98,
set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
