FEES FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

SEC. 136. FEES FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES. Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2669 et seq.) is amended by adding the following new section at the end: “SEC. 52. FEES FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICES. “(a) Authority To Charge Fee.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State is authorized to charge a fee to cover the actual or estimated cost of providing any person, firm or organization (other than agencies of the United States Government) with commercial services at posts abroad on matters within the authority of the Department of State. “(2) The authority of this section may be exercised only in countries where the Department of Commerce does not perform commercial services for which it collects fees. “(b) Use of Fees.— Funds collected under the authority of subsection (a) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to any108 STAT. 397 Department of State appropriation to recover the costs of providing commercial services.”.