§ 14943. Authorization of appropriations; collection of fees

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. 2000

   Pub. L. 106–279 title IV § 403 · 114 Stat. 825

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 14943

   Pub. L. 106–279, title IV, § 403, Oct. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 841

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 106–279, title IV, § 403, Oct. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 841

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; COLLECTION OF FEES. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.— (1) In general.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to agencies of the Federal Government implementing the Convention and the provisions of this Act. (2) Availability of funds.— Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until expended. (b) Assessment of fees.— (1) The Secretary may charge a fee for new or enhanced services that will be undertaken by the Department of State to meet the requirements of this Act with respect to intercountry adoptions under the Convention and comparable services with respect to other intercountry adoptions. Such fee shall be prescribed by regulation and shall not exceed the cost of such services. (2) Fees collected under paragraph (1) shall be retained and deposited as an offsetting collection to any Department of State appropriation to recover the costs of providing such services. (3) Fees authorized under this section shall be available for obligation only to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts. (c) Restriction.— No funds collected under the authority of this section may be made available to an accrediting entity to carry out the purposes of this Act.

2. 2002

   An Act providing for a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, in cooperation with the United States of Mexico

   Pub. L. 107–228 § 211(a)(1) · 116 Stat. 1350

   Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 14943(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 107–228, § 211(a)(1), inserted “Such fees shall remain available for obligation until expended.” at end

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–228, § 211(a)(1), inserted “Such fees shall remain available for obligation until expended.” at end.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Such fees shall remain available for obligation until expended.”; and

3. 2002

   An Act providing for a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, in cooperation with the United States of Mexico

   Pub. L. 107–228 § 211(a)(2) · 116 Stat. 1350

   Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 14943(b)(3)

   Pub. L. 107–228, § 211(a)(2), struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “Fees authorized under this section shall be available for obligation only to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 107–228, § 211(a)(2), struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “Fees authorized under this section shall be available for obligation only to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by striking paragraph (3).

4. 2013

   Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012

   Pub. L. 112–276 § 3(a) · 126 Stat. 2466

   Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 14943(c)

   Pub. L. 112–276 struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “No funds collected under the authority of this section may be made available to an accrediting entity to carry out the purposes of this chapter.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 112–276 struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “No funds collected under the authority of this section may be made available to an accrediting entity to carry out the purposes of this chapter.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Section 403 of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14943) is amended by striking subsection (c).

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