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[CITE: 46USC11204]

 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
                     Subtitle II--Vessels and Seamen
 
              Part G--Merchant Seamen Protection and Relief
 
                 CHAPTER 112--MERCHANT MARINER BENEFITS
 
Sec. 11204. Processing fees

    (a) Collection of Fees.--The Secretary, or in the case of personnel 
of the Army Transport Service or the Naval Transport Service, the 
Secretary of Defense, shall collect a fee of $30 from each applicant for 
processing an application submitted under section 11203(a) of this 
title.
    (b) Treatment of Fees Collected.--Amounts received by the Secretary 
under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund of the 
Treasury as offsetting receipts of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating and ascribed to Coast Guard activities. Amounts 
received by the Secretary of Defense under this section shall be 
deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts of 
the Department of Defense. In either case, such amounts shall be 
available, subject to appropriation, for the administrative costs of 
processing applications under section 11203 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 105-368, title IV, Sec. 402(a), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 
3337.)
