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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 60 — Fish and Seafood Promotion

§ 4006. Duties of Secretary with regard to National Council

Statutory text

(a)

Duties of Secretary

The Secretary shall—

(1)

within sixty days after its submission by the National Council, review the annual marketing and promotion plan and budget and, if the Secretary determines that such plan and budget are in accordance with the purposes and policies of this chapter, approve such plan and budget;

(2)

administer the Fund and, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, withdraw from the Fund such sums as are necessary to carry out the National Council’s approved marketing and promotion plan and budget;

(3)

promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes and policies of this chapter;

(4)

provide such administrative assistance as the National Council may require for purposes of its initial organization and operation; and

(5)

make all initial appointments to the National Council within ninety days after .

(b)

Withdrawal of funds

The Secretary shall make withdrawals of sums from the Fund under this section at the request of the National Council, unless the Secretary determines that the purposes for which such sums are requested are not reasonably likely to further the purposes and policies of this chapter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–659 title II § 207 · 100 Stat. 3706

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 4006

    Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 207, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3719

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 207, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3719

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 207. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY WITH REGARD TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL. (a) Duties of the Secretary.— The Secretary shall— (1) within sixty days after its submission by the National Council, review the annual marketing and promotion plan and budget and, if the Secretary determines that such plan and budget are in accordance with the purposes and policies of this title, approve such plan and budget; (2) administer the Fund and, in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, withdraw from the Fund such sums as are necessary to carry out the National Council’s approved marketing and promotion plan and budget; (3) Regulations. promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes and policies of this title; (4) provide such administrative assistance as the National Council may require for purposes of its initial organization and operation; and (5) make all appointments to the National Council within ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Withdrawal of Funds.— The Secretary shall make withdrawals of sums from the Fund under this section at the request of the National Council, unless the Secretary determines that the purposes for which such sums are requested are not reasonably likely to further the purposes and policies of this title.

  2. Pub. L. 101–627 title VII § 704(c) · 104 Stat. 4436

    Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 4006(a)(5)

    Pub. L. 101–627 inserted “initial” before “appointments”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 101–627 inserted “initial” before “appointments”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Technical Amendment.— Section 207(a)(5) of the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4006(a)(5)) is amended by inserting “initial” immediately before “appointments.”

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1990—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 101–627 inserted “initial” before “appointments”.

Credits

1986–1990 · 2 acts
  1. 1986Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 207, , 100 Stat. 3719
  2. 1990Pub. L. 101–627, title VII, § 704(c), , 104 Stat. 4464.
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(Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 207, , 100 Stat. 3719; Pub. L. 101–627, title VII, § 704(c), , 104 Stat. 4464.)

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