[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR223.22]

[Page 72]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 223--SURETY COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS WITH THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 223.22  Fees for services of the Treasury Department.

    (a) Fees shall be imposed an collected, for the services listed in 
paragraphs (a) (1) through (4) of this section which are performed by 
the Treasury Department, regardless of whether the action requested is 
granted or denied. The payee of the check or other instrument shall be 
the Financial Management Service, Treasury Department. The amount of the 
fee will be based on which of the following categories of service is 
requested:
    (1) Examination of a company's application for a certificate of 
authority as an acceptable surety on Federal bonds or for a certificate 
of authority as an acceptable reinsuring company on such bonds (see 
Sec. 223.2);
    (2) Examination of a company's application for recognition as an 
admitted reinsurer (except on excess risks running to the United States) 
of surety companies doing business with the United States (see 
Sec. 223.12(a) and (b));
    (3) Determination of a company's continuing qualifications for 
annual renewal of its certificate of authority (see Sec. 223.3); or
    (4) Determination of a company's continuing qualifications for 
annual renewal of its authority as an admitted reinsurer (see 
Sec. 223.12(c)).
    (b) In a given year a uniform fee will be collected from every 
company requesting a particular category of service, e.g., determination 
of a company's continuing qualifications for annual renewal of its 
certificate of authority. However, the Treasury Department reserves the 
right to redetermine the amounts of fees annually. Fees are determined 
in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-25, as 
amended.
    (c) Specific fee information may be obtained from the Assistant 
Commissioner, Comptroller at the address shown in Sec. 223.2. In 
addition, a notice of the amount of a fee referred to in Sec. 223.22(a) 
(1) through (4) will be published in the Federal Register as each change 
in such fee is made.

[43 FR 12678, Mar. 27, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 47001 and 47002, Nov. 
30, 1984]