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Title 7 — Agriculture

Chapter 75 — International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs

§ 4405. Fees and charges

Statutory text

(a)

Testing or inspection

Any organization designated by the Secretary of Agriculture to test or inspect equipment may establish reasonable fees to cover the costs of such testing or inspection. Such fees shall be payable directly to the organization by those seeking inspection or testing.

(b)

Issuance of certificates of compliance

The Secretary of Agriculture may, effective , fix and cause to be collected reasonable fees to cover, as nearly as practicable, the costs to the Department of Agriculture incurred in connection with the issuance of certificates of compliance as provided under section 4403(2) of this title. All fees collected shall be credited to the current appropriation account that incurs the cost and shall be available without fiscal year limitation to pay the expenses of the Secretary of Agriculture incident to the issuance of certificates of compliance under this chapter.

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. International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act

    Pub. L. 97–325 § 6 · 96 Stat. 1603

    Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 4405

    (Pub. L. 97–325, § 6, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1605.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 97–325, § 6, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1605.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 6. fees for testing, inspection or certification (a) Any organization designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 7 USC 4405. to test or inspect equipment may establish reasonable fees to cover the costs of such testing or inspection. Such fees shall be payable directly to the organization by those seeking inspection or testing. (b) The Secretary of Agriculture may, effective October 1, 1982, fix and cause to be collected reasonable fees to cover, as nearly as practicable, the costs to the Department of Agriculture incurred in connection with the issuance of certificates of compliance as provided under section 4(2) of this Act. All fees collected shall be credited to the current appropriation account that incurs the cost and shall be available without fiscal year limitation to pay the expenses of the Secretary of Agriculture incident to the issuance of certificates of compliance under this Act

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 97–325, , 96 Stat. 1603, known as the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4401 of this title and Tables.

Credits

(Pub. L. 97–325, § 6, , 96 Stat. 1605.)

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