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USC-58 / Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Recover NSA information-assurance certification costs

Charge for evaluating, certifying or validating information-assurance products under NIAP or its successor, and credit collections back to the accounts bearing program costs.

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Authority / instrument · USC-58

Information-assurance service charges

Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Director of the National Security Agency

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Charges cannot exceed direct program costs.

Recorded executor

NSA financial and certification officials (illustrative; delegation not verified)

Continue to actor →

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedCollected fees reimburse or offset the relevant program accounts under the express receipt-crediting authority. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedAdded in the October 5 statutory review; no current implementing program, intake or individual delegation verified.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolUSC-58 · Security & information

Authority holder: Director of the National Security Agency

Security & information

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Statutory-review addition. Current program implementation, intake, available funds, and individual signing authority have not been verified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Establish fees through public rulemaking under OMB Circular A-25; allow reimbursement or agreed advance payment and adjustment.

Limits & exclusions

  • Charges cannot exceed direct program costs.
  • Receipts offset those direct costs only; not a general commercial-product tax or unrestricted revenue source.

Funding conditions

  • Collected fees reimburse or offset the relevant program accounts under the express receipt-crediting authority.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • NSA information-assurance program sponsor (illustrative routing lead)
    Office profile

Resources

  • Cognizant component comptroller; account and available balance unverified
    Office profile

Approval

Execution

  • NSA financial and certification officials (illustrative; delegation not verified)
    Office profile

Partners & review

    Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

    Coordination pathway

    Mission sponsor → component counsel and comptroller → required statutory findings and approvals → authorized execution office. Routing is illustrative; verify delegation and available funds.

    Actor and execution-role sources

    October 5 statutory review

    Added in the October 5 statutory coverage review. The cited legal mechanism and its conditions were examined; a current implementing program, intake, funding balance and individual delegation were not verified.

    Section coverage and review findings

    Legal basis

    • 50 U.S.C. § 3618Official 2024 Code operative text read; see record currentness for later-law checks.

    What this research establishes

    Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
    RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
    Public fundingRules recordedCollected fees reimburse or offset the relevant program accounts under the express receipt-crediting authority. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
    Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
    EngagementProgram unverifiedAdded in the October 5 statutory review; no current implementing program, intake or individual delegation verified.

    Confidence: High on the cited statutory mechanism; no implementation or obligation-ready certification.

    Currentness: Reviewed 2026-10-05 against full official GovInfo 2024 Code text and a targeted P.L. 119-60 reference sweep. Official OLRC indexed text used where accessible; direct OLRC pages returned maintenance or access errors. No comprehensive later-law certification or current funding/delegation verification.

    Review scope: Record reviewed 2026-10-05. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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