Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 96 — North Pacific Fisheries Convention
§ 7703. 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, act upon, or refer to another appropriate authority, any communication received pursuant to paragraph (1);
with the concurrence of the Secretary, and in accordance with the Convention, object to the decisions of the Commission; and
request and utilize on a reimbursed or non-reimbursed basis the assistance, services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of other Federal departments and agencies, foreign governments or agencies, or international intergovernmental organizations, in the conduct of scientific research and other programs under 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.
Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act
Pub. L. 114–327 title I § 103 · 130 Stat. 1974
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 7703
(Pub. L. 114–327, title I, § 103, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1979.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–327, title I, § 103, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1979.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 103. 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) Consultation. in consultation with the Secretary, act upon, or refer to another appropriate authority, any communication received pursuant to paragraph (1); (3) with the concurrence of the Secretary, and in accordance with the Convention, object to the decisions of the Commission; and (4) request and utilize on a reimbursed or non-reimbursed basis the assistance, services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of other Federal departments and agencies, foreign governments or agencies, or international intergovernmental organizations, in the conduct of scientific research and other programs under this subtitle.
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