A fee-funded agency or activity typically refers to one in which the amounts appropriated by Congress for that agency or activity are derived from fees collected from some external source. Importantly, amounts received as fees by federal agencies must still be appropriated by Congress to that agency in order to be available for obligation or expenditure by the agency.
I have tried to explain this to people before when they say the Agency is “Self Funded”. There is NO SUCH THING. All Monies paid to ANY Federal Agency go to the US Treasury, CONgress appropriates NEW Money every year, a self funded agency only means they bring in as much as they spend at the end of the day. A Self Funded Agency can be cut off TOMORROW by CONgress.
“...I have tried to explain this to people before...”
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I would like to learn more about it.
Can you direct me to any reading on this?