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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 60 — Fish and Seafood Promotion

§ 4008. Establishment of Fisheries Promotional Fund

Statutory text

(a)

Establishment of Fund

There is established in the Treasury of the United States a Fisheries Promotional Fund. The Fund shall be available, to the extent provided for in appropriation Acts, for the purpose of making payments to carry out the annual marketing and promotion plan and annual budget of the National Council under this chapter.

(b)

Deposits

There shall be deposited in the Fund—

(1)

the moneys transferred to the Fund under section 713c–3(b)(2) of title 15;

(2)

payments made voluntarily pursuant to section 4007 of this title; and

(3)

receipts from investments made under subsection (c) of this section.

(c)

Deposits and investments

Sums in the Fund that are not currently needed for the purposes of the Fund shall be kept on deposit in appropriate interest-bearing accounts that shall be established by the Secretary of the Treasury, or invested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States. Any revenue accruing from such deposits and investments shall be deposited in the Fund.

(d)

Authorization

There are authorized to be appropriated from the Fund, for the purposes of carrying out the annual marketing and promotion plan and annual budget of the National Council under this chapter, such sums as are deposited in the Fund under subsection (b) of this section in each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 1987 through fiscal year 1991.

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 § 209 · 100 Stat. 3706

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 4008

    Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 209, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3720

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 209, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3720

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 209. ESTABLISHMENT OF FISHERIES PROMOTIONAL FUND. (a) Establishment of the Fund.— There is established in the Treasury of the United States a Fisheries Promotional Fund. The Fund shall be available, to the extent provided for in appropriation Acts, for the purpose of making payments to carry out the annual marketing and promotion plan and annual budget of the National Council under this title. (b) Deposits.— There shall be deposited in the Fund— (1) the moneys transferred to the Fund under section 2(b)(2) of the Act of August 11, 1939 (commonly known as the SaltonstallKennedy Act; 15 U.S.C. 713c–3(b)); (2) payments made voluntarily pursuant to section 208 of this title; and (3) receipts from investments made under subsection (c) of this section. (c) Deposits and Investments.— Sums in the Fund that are not currently needed for the purposes of the Fund shall be kept on deposit in appropriate interest-bearing accounts that shall be established by the Secretary of the Treasury, or invested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States. Any revenue accruing from such deposits and investments shall be deposited in the Fund. (d) Authorization.— There are authorized to be appropriated from the Fund, for the purposes of carrying out the annual marketing and promotion plan and annual budget of the National Council under this title, such sums as are deposited in the Fund under subsection (b) of this section in each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 1987 through fiscal year 1990. (e) Amendments to the SaltonstallKennedy Act.— Subsection (b) of section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (15 U.S.C. 713c–3(b)), is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” before “The Secretary of Agriculture”; (2) by striking out “separate fund” and all that follows thereafter and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “separate fund only for— “(A) use by the Secretary— Research and development. “(i) to provide financial assistance for the purpose of carrying out fisheries research and development projects approved under subsection (c), and “(ii) to implement the national fisheries research and development program provided for under subsection (d); and “(B) the provision of moneys, subject to paragraph (2), to carry out the purposes of the Fisheries Promotion Fund established under section 208(a) of the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986.”; and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “(2) There are transferred from the fund established under paragraph (1) to the Fisheries Promotion Fund referred to in paragraph (1)(B) $750,000 in fiscal year 1987, $3,000,000 in each of fiscal years 1988 and 1989, and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 1990.”.

  2. Pub. L. 101–627 title VII § 702 · 104 Stat. 4436

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 4008(d)

    Pub. L. 101–627 substituted “1991” for “1990”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–627 substituted “1991” for “1990”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 702. authorization of appropriations Section 209(d) of the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4008(d)) is amended by striking “1990” and inserting in lieu thereof “1991”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section is comprised of section 209 of Pub. L. 99–659. Subsec. (e) of section 209 of Pub. L. 99–659 amended section 713c–3 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

Amendments

1990—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–627 substituted “1991” for “1990”.

Credits

1986–1990 · 2 acts
  1. 1986Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 209, , 100 Stat. 3720
  2. 1990Pub. L. 101–627, title VII, § 702, , 104 Stat. 4463.
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(Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 209, , 100 Stat. 3720; Pub. L. 101–627, title VII, § 702, , 104 Stat. 4463.)

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