22 USC 4220: Medium for payment of fees
Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000
From Title 22-FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSECHAPTER 52-FOREIGN SERVICESUBCHAPTER XIV-POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY
§4220. Medium for payment of fees
All fees collected by diplomatic and consular officers for and in behalf of the United States shall be collected in the coin of the United States, or at its representative value in exchange.
(R.S. §1746.)
Codification
R.S. §1746 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, §30,
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1202 of this title, and prior thereto to section 128 of this title.
Cross References
All coins and currencies of United States to be legal tender for all debts, see section 5103 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
Valuation of foreign coins in payment of fees, see section 4208 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4191 of this title.