15 USC § 278o - User fees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s278o"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 278o - User fees"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "278o"
section_name: "User fees"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 30, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5161, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1450.)"
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# § 278o. User fees

The Institute shall not implement a policy of charging fees with respect to the use of Institute research facilities by research associates in the absence of express statutory authority to charge such fees.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, § 30, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5161, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1450.)