§ 136a.
(a)
Quarantine and inspection fees
(1)
Fees authorized
The Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe and collect fees sufficient—
(A)
to cover the cost of providing agricultural quarantine and inspection services in connection with the arrival at a port in the customs territory of the United States, or the preclearance or preinspection at a site outside the customs territory of the United States, of an international passenger, commercial vessel, commercial aircraft, commercial truck, or railroad car;
(B)
to cover the cost of administering this subsection; and
(C)
through fiscal year 2002, to maintain a reasonable balance in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account established under paragraph (5).
(4)
Late payment penalties
(5)
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account
(6)
Use of amounts collected after fiscal year 2002
([Pub. L. 101–624, title XXV, § 2509], Nov. 28, 1990, [104 Stat. 4069]; [Pub. L. 101–508, title I, § 1203], Nov. 5, 1990, [104 Stat. 1388–11]; [Pub. L. 102–237, title X, § 1015], Dec. 13, 1991, [105 Stat. 1902]; [Pub. L. 104–127, title IX, § 917], Apr. 4, 1996, [110 Stat. 1187]; [Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10418(b)(5)], May 13, 2002, [116 Stat. 509].)