{
  "id": "FIN-08",
  "category": "Resource coordination and financial administration",
  "capability": "Charge lawful fees for agency services or benefits",
  "summary": "Set fees for a service or thing of value within statutory limits, rather than impose a general tax.",
  "legal_basis": [
    {
      "citation": "31 U.S.C. § 9701",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9701&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "31 U.S.C. § 3302",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3302&num=0&edition=prelim",
      "kind": "statute",
      "note": ""
    },
    {
      "citation": "National Cable Television Ass’n v. United States, 415 U.S. 336, 340–344 (1974)",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-415/pdf/USREPORTS-415-336.pdf",
      "kind": "judicial holding",
      "note": "Construes predecessor fee statute; distinguishes fees for recipient benefits from taxation/general public regulatory costs."
    }
  ],
  "authority_holder": "Agency head, subject to applicable law",
  "actor_chain": {
    "planner": [
      "Service-providing component"
    ],
    "resource_owner": [
      "Responsible fiscal office"
    ],
    "approver": [
      "Agency head through required fee-setting process"
    ],
    "executor": [
      "Authorized service and collection offices"
    ],
    "partners": []
  },
  "actor_sources": [
    {
      "title": "31 U.S.C. § 9701",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9701&num=0&edition=prelim"
    },
    {
      "title": "31 U.S.C. § 3302",
      "url": "https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3302&num=0&edition=prelim"
    },
    {
      "title": "National Cable Television Ass’n v. United States, 415 U.S. 336, 340–344 (1974)",
      "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-415/pdf/USREPORTS-415-336.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Fair charge and legally cognizable service/benefit; account for applicable specific fee statutes."
  ],
  "limits": [
    "General fee authority is not a power to tax the industrial base.",
    "Collecting a fee does not establish a right to retain and reinvest the receipts."
  ],
  "funding": [
    "Treasury deposit unless a specific retention statute applies."
  ],
  "coordination_path": "Need owner → responsible component counsel and comptroller → statutory official or verified delegate → authorized execution office. Office labels describe functional roles; individual delegations and funds are not certified.",
  "availability": "Existing statutory pathway; transaction-specific funds, approval, and delegation verification required.",
  "confidence": "High for statutory mechanism; individual execution readiness not verified.",
  "currentness": "2024 official Code baseline compared with available current text; targeted FY2026 NDAA and FY2027 continuing-resolution review. See coverage audit; not a complete legal citator.",
  "family": "Enterprise resources and shared execution",
  "mechanisms": [
    "Funds & shared services"
  ],
  "goal_ids": [
    "funding-execution"
  ],
  "office_links": []
}