22 USC § 4224 - Fees; accounting; stamps

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s4224"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 4224 - Fees; accounting; stamps"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "4224"
section_name: "Fees; accounting; stamps"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "XIV"
subchapter_name: "POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 24, 1924, ch. 182, § 18, formerly § 11, 43 Stat. 142, renumbered and amended Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 276, § 7, 46 Stat. 1209.)"
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# 1 Fees; accounting; stamps

See References in Text note below.

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The provisions of sections 1196  and 4223 of this title, relative to official fees and the method of accounting therefor shall apply to diplomatic officers below the grade of minister and to consular officers.

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**Source Credit**: (May 24, 1924, ch. 182, § 18, formerly § 11, 43 Stat. 142, renumbered and amended Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 276, § 7, 46 Stat. 1209.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, was repealed by , .

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.

Section was formerly classified to , and prior thereto to .

### Amendments

1931—Act , substituted “shall apply to diplomatic officers below the grade of minister and to consular officers” for “shall include both branches of the Foreign Service”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1931 Amendment

> “That this Act [see Tables for classification] shall take effect on
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, as added , , provided: