The AMBER Alert Program is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases.
A fee or other charge that is added to the cost of a good or service. A surcharge is typically added to an existing tax, and may not be included in the stated price of a good or service. It may be a temporary measure to defray the cost of increased commodity pricing, such as with a fuel surcharge, or it may be permanent.
ATM Fees Many banks apply a flat-rate surcharge for the use of their ATM machines by non-customers. Most banks also charge a fee to their customers when they use an ATM machine owned by a different bank, so someone who makes an out-of-network withdrawal may pay two separate surcharges.