2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 38 - Department of State
Sec. 2724 - Fees for commercial services

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 2724 (2020)
Section Name §2724. Fees for commercial services
Section Text (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) 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.

Source Credit

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, §52, as added Pub. L. 103–236, title I, §136, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 396; amended Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXII, §2204, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–808.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES 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."

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2724 - Fees for commercial services
Contains section 2724
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 108 Stat. 396
112 Stat. 2681-808
Public Law References Public Law 103-236, Public Law 105-277
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