Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 38 — Department of State
§ 2695a. Foreign language services
Statutory text
Surcharge for certain foreign language services
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State is authorized to require the payment of an appropriate fee, surcharge, or reimbursement for providing other Federal agencies with foreign language translation and interpretation services.
Use of funds
Funds collected under the authority of subsection (a) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to any Department of State appropriation to recover the cost of providing translation or interpretation services in any foreign language. Such funds may remain available until expended.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995
Pub. L. 103–236 title I § 193 · 108 Stat. 382
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2695a
(Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 193, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 419.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 193, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 419.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 193. FOREIGN LANGUAGE SERVICES. (a) Surcharge for Certain Foreign Language Services.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State is authorized to require the payment of an appropriate fee, surcharge, or reimbursement for providing other Federal agencies with foreign language translation and interpretation services. (b) Use of Funds.— Funds collected under the authority of subsection (a) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to any Department of State appropriation to recover the cost of providing translation or interpretation services in any foreign language. Such funds may remain available until expended.
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