§4006 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must review the National Council’s annual marketing and promotion plan and budget and approve them within 60 days if they match the law’s goals. The Secretary manages the Fund and can withdraw money needed to carry out an approved plan. The Secretary must create rules to run the program, give the Council initial administrative help, and make all initial Council appointments within 90 days after November 14, 1986. The Secretary must withdraw money from the Fund when the Council asks, unless the Secretary decides the requested funds are unlikely to help meet the law’s goals.

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”.

§4006 Duties of Secretary with Regard to National Council

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Title 16, §4006

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