Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 88 — Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
§ 6903. Authority and responsibility of the Secretary of State
Statutory text
The Secretary of State may—
receive and transmit, on behalf of the United States, reports, requests, recommendations, proposals, decisions, and other communications of and to the Commission;
in consultation with the Secretary approve, disapprove, object to, or withdraw objections to bylaws and rules, or amendments thereof, adopted by the WCPFC Commission, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary to approve or disapprove the general annual program of the WCPFC Commission with respect to conservation and management measures and other measures proposed or adopted in accordance with the WCPFC Convention; and
act upon, or refer to other appropriate authority, any communication referred to in paragraph (1).
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.
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act
Pub. L. 109–479 title V § 504 · 120 Stat. 3575
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 6903
(Pub. L. 109–479, title V, § 504, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3639.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 109–479, title V, § 504, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3639.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 504. AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. The Secretary of State may— (1) receive and transmit, on behalf of the United States, reports, requests, recommendations, proposals, decisions, and other communications of and to the Commission; (2) in consultation with the Secretary approve, disapprove, object to, or withdraw objections to bylaws and rules, or amendments thereof, adopted by the WCPFC Commission, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary to approve or disapprove the general annual program of the WCPFC Commission with respect to conservation and management measures and other measures proposed or adopted in accordance with the WCPFC Convention; and (3) act upon, or refer to other appropriate authority, any communication referred to in paragraph (1).
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