[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR22.4]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 22--SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR CONSULAR SERVICES--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FOREIGN SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 22.4  Requests for services, Foreign Service.

    Officers of the Foreign Service shall charge for official services 
performed abroad at the rates prescribed in this schedule, in coin of 
the United States or at its representative value in exchange (22 U.S.C. 
1202). For definition of representative value in exchange, see Sec. 23.4 
of this chapter. No fees named in this schedule shall be charged or 
collected for the official services to American vessels and seamen (22 
U.S.C. 1186). The term ``American vessels'' is defined to exclude, for 
the purposes of this schedule, undocumented American vessels and the 
fees prescribed herein shall be charged and collected for such

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undocumented vessels. However, the fees prescribed herein shall not be 
charged or collected for American public vessels, which includes any 
vessel owned or operated by a U.S. Government department or agency and 
engaged exclusively in official business on a non-commercial basis. This 
schedule of fees shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in each 
Foreign Service consular office, subject to the examination by all 
persons interested therein (22 U.S.C. 1197).