16 U.S.C. § 4006: Duties of Secretary with…

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The Secretary must review the National Council’s annual marketing and promotion plan and budget within 60 days of getting them and approve them if they match the chapter’s goals. The Secretary also runs the Fund, withdraws money needed to carry out any approved plan, makes rules needed to carry out the chapter, gives initial administrative help to the Council, and makes the Council’s first appointments within 90 days after November 14, 1986. The Secretary will withdraw funds when the Council asks, unless the Secretary decides the requested use is not likely to support the chapter’s goals.

Title 16, §4006

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(a)Duties of Secretary

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)Withdrawal of funds

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”.

§4006 Duties of Secretary with Regard to National Council

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Title 16, §4006

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