U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 23, 2024
§ 87h.
Funding
(a)
Authorization of appropriations
(b)
Limitations on uses of user fees
(1)
Definitions
In this subsection:
(A)
Official inspection or weighing service
(B)
User fee
(2)
Requirement
A user fee—
(A)
shall be used solely to cover—
(i)
the cost to the Secretary for carrying out official inspection or weighing services; and
(ii)
administrative costs to the Secretary directly relating to official inspection or weighing services; and
(B)
shall not be used for—
(i)
activities relating to the development or maintenance of grain standards; or
(ii)
any other activity that is not directly related to the performance of official inspection or weighing services.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 19, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1, Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 769; amended Pub. L. 94–582, § 21, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2886; Pub. L. 95–113, title XVI, §§ 1602(c), 1604(n), Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 1025, 1029; Pub. L. 97–35, title I, § 155(4), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 372; Pub. L. 98–469, § 2(3), Oct. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1832; Pub. L. 100–518, § 2(4), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2586; Pub. L. 103–156, § 3, Nov. 24, 1993, 107 Stat. 1525; Pub. L. 106–472, title I, § 108, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2060; Pub. L. 109–83, § 1(a), Sept. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2053; Pub. L. 114–54, title III, § 301(f), Sept. 30, 2015, 129 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 116–216, § 6, Dec. 11, 2020, 134 Stat. 1049.)
cite as: 7 USC 87h