Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 97 — Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific
§ 7803. 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 other appropriate authority, any communication pursuant to paragraph (1); and
with the concurrence of the Secretary, and in accordance with the South Pacific Fishery Resources Convention, object to decisions of the Commission.
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 II § 203 · 130 Stat. 1974
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 7803
(Pub. L. 114–327, title II, § 203, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1989.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–327, title II, § 203, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1989.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 203. 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 other appropriate authority, any communication pursuant to paragraph (1); and (3) with the concurrence of the Secretary, and in accordance with the South Pacific Fishery Resources Convention, object to decisions of the Commission.
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