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§4006 Duties of Secretary with regard to National Council

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 60— - FISH AND SEAFOOD PROMOTION › § 4006

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must review the National Council’s yearly marketing plan and budget within 60 days of getting it and approve it if it fits the law’s goals. The Secretary also must manage the Fund, take out money as needed to carry out any approved plan, write any rules needed to make the law work, help the Council get organized and running, and make the Council’s first appointments within 90 days after November 14, 1986. The Secretary must withdraw money the Council asks for unless the Secretary decides the requested use is unlikely to further the law’s purposes.

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Title 16, §4006

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(a)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 November 14, 1986.
(b)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.

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Amendments

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

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16 U.S.C. § 4006

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73