---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2726"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2726"
heading: "Fee for use of diplomatic reception rooms"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2726"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Department of State"
---

# §2726. Fee for use of diplomatic reception rooms


The [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5), acting through the Under [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) for Management, is authorized to charge a fee for use of the diplomatic reception rooms of the Department of State. Amounts collected under this section (including reimbursements and surcharges) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to any Department of State appropriation to recover the costs of such use and shall remain available for obligation until expended.


## Source credit

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 54, as added Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXII, § 2206, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–810; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title I, § 5121, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1566.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Management,” for “The Secretary”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definition

For definition of “Department” as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 119–60, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.