Skip to content

Title 31 — Money and Finance

Chapter 51 — Coins and Currency

§ 5143. Payment for services

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Treasury shall impose charges for Bureau of Engraving and Printing services the Secretary provides to an agency or to a foreign government under section 5114. The charges shall be in amounts the Secretary considers adequate to cover the costs of the services (including administrative and other costs related to providing the services). The agency shall pay promptly bills submitted by the Secretary, and the Secretary shall take such action, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as may be appropriate to ensure prompt payment by a foreign government of any invoice or statement of account submitted by the Secretary with respect to services rendered under section 5114.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 97–258 · 96 Stat. 991

    Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 5143

    Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 991

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 991

  2. Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004

    Pub. L. 108–458 title VI § 6301(b) · 118 Stat. 3638

    Inserted · 31 U.S.C. § 5143

    Pub. L. 108–458 inserted “or to a foreign government under section 5114” after “provides to an agency”, “and other” after “including administrative”, and “, and the Secretary shall take such action, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as may be appropriate to ensure prompt payment by a foreign government of any invoice or statement of account submitted by the Secretary with respect to services rendered under section 5114” before period at end

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 108–458 inserted “or to a foreign government under section 5114” after “provides to an agency”, “and other” after “including administrative”, and “, and the Secretary shall take such action, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as may be appropriate to ensure prompt payment by a foreign government of any invoice or statement of account submitted by the Secretary with respect to services rendered under section 5114” before period at end.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Reimbursement.— Section 5143 of title 31, United States Code (relating to payment for services of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing), is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by inserting “or to a foreign government under section 5114” after “agency”; (2) in the second sentence, by inserting “and other” after “including administrative”; and (3) in the last sentence, by inserting “, and the Secretary shall take such action, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as may be appropriate to ensure prompt payment by a foreign government of any invoice or statement of account submitted by the Secretary with respect to services rendered under section 5114” before the period at the end.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
514331:181.Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 558, § 1, 64 Stat. 408.

The word “costs” is substituted for “direct and indirect costs” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “shall make payment therefor” are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement. The words “from funds available to it for such purposes” are omitted as surplus.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–458 inserted “or to a foreign government under section 5114” after “provides to an agency”, “and other” after “including administrative”, and “, and the Secretary shall take such action, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as may be appropriate to ensure prompt payment by a foreign government of any invoice or statement of account submitted by the Secretary with respect to services rendered under section 5114” before period at end.

Credits

1982–2004 · 2 acts
  1. 1982Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 991
  2. 2004Pub. L. 108–458, title VI, § 6301(b), , 118 Stat. 3748.
Show as published

(Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 991; Pub. L. 108–458, title VI, § 6301(b), , 118 Stat. 3748.)

Parsed from the official OLRC USLM XML in data/usc_all/usc31.xml · release point 119-108 · OLRC build 2026-09-16

USLM identifier /us/usc/t31/s5143