§ 2242a. User fees for reports, publications, and software

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. 1981

   Agriculture and Food Act of 1981

   Pub. L. 97–98 title XI § 1121 · 95 Stat. 1213

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2242a

   Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1121, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1273

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 97–98, title XI, § 1121, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1273

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1121. user fees for reports and publications The Secretary of Agriculture may furnish upon request 7 USC 2242a. copies of pamphlets, reports, or other publications prepared in the Department of Agriculture in carrying out agricultural economic research and statistical reporting functions authorized by law, and charge such fees therefor as the Secretary may determine to be reasonable: Provided, That the imposition of such charges shall be consistent with the provision of title V of the Act of August 31, 1951 (31 U.S.C. 483a), except that all moneys received in payment for work or services performed or for documents, reports, or other publications provided shall be deposited in a separate account or accounts to be available until expended and may be used to pay directly the costs of such work, services, documents, reports, or publications, and to repay or make advances to appropriations or funds which do or will initially bear all or part of such costs.

2. 1985

   Food Security Act of 1985

   Pub. L. 99–198 title XVII § 1769 · 99 Stat. 1354

   1. Changed · 7 U.S.C. § 2242a

      Pub. L. 99–198, in amending section generally, divided existing provisions into subsecs. (a), (b), and (c)

   2. Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 2242a

      Pub. L. 99–198, in inserted references to software programs and electronic publications

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   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.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 1769. user fees for reports, publications, and software Section 1121 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 2242a) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 1121. “user fees for reports, publications, and software (a) 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) The imposition of such charges shall be consistent with section 9701 of title 31, United States Code. “(c) All moneys received in payment for work or services performed, Reports. 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.”.

3. 1990

   Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

   Pub. L. 101–624 title XXV § 2510 · 104 Stat. 3359

   Added · 7 U.S.C. § 2242a(d)

   Pub. L. 101–624 added subsec. (d)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–624 added subsec. (d).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 2510. USER FEES FOR REPORTS. PUBLICATIONS, AND SOFTWARE. Section 1121 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 2242a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(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.”.

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