---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 4224"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "4224"
heading: "Fees; accounting; stamps"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/4224"
units:
  - "Chapter 52 — Foreign Service"
  - "Subchapter XIV — Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Consular Officers Generally"
---

# §4224. Fees; accounting; stamps


The provisions of [sections 1196](/usc/22/1196.md)[^1] and [4223](/usc/22/4223.md) 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.


## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## 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.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 1196 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act June 28, 1955, ch. 196, 69 Stat. 187.

### Codification

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

Section was formerly classified to section 812 of this title, and prior thereto to section 13 of this title.

### Amendments

1931—Act Feb. 23, 1931, 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

Act May 24, 1924, ch. 182, § 37, as added act Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 276, § 7, 46 Stat. 1217, provided: “That this Act [see Tables for classification] shall take effect on July 1, 1931.”