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31 USC § 5143 - Payment for services

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identifier: "/us/usc/t31/s5143"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "31 USC § 5143 - Payment for services"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "5143"
section_name: "Payment for services"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "COINS AND CURRENCY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 991; Pub. L. 108–458, title VI, § 6301(b), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3748.)"
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# § 5143. Payment for services

The Secretary of the Treasury shall impose charges for Bureau of Engraving and Printing services the Secretary provides to an agency or to a foreign government under section 5114. The charges shall be in amounts the Secretary considers adequate to cover the costs of the services (including administrative and other costs related to providing the services). The agency shall pay promptly bills submitted by the Secretary, and the Secretary shall take such action, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as may be appropriate to ensure prompt payment by a foreign government of any invoice or statement of account submitted by the Secretary with respect to services rendered under section 5114.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 991; Pub. L. 108–458, title VI, § 6301(b), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3748.)

| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5143 | 31:181. | Aug. 4, 1950, ch. 558, § 1, 64 Stat. 408. |

The word “costs” is substituted for “direct and indirect costs” to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “shall make payment therefor” are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement. The words “from funds available to it for such purposes” are omitted as surplus.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004— inserted “or to a foreign government under section 5114” after “provides to an agency”, “and other” after “including administrative”, and “, and the Secretary shall take such action, in coordination with the Secretary of State, as may be appropriate to ensure prompt payment by a foreign government of any invoice or statement of account submitted by the Secretary with respect to services rendered under section 5114” before period at end.