Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§6453 Membership

Title 16 › CHAPTER 83A — CORAL REEF CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT, AND ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — UNITED STATES CORAL REEF TASK FORCE › § 6453

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Names who must be on the Task Force as voting members. The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Secretary of the Interior must serve as co-chairs. The President, after talking with the Under Secretary, can add other federal agency representatives. Each covered State must have its Governor or a person the Governor picks as a voting member. Names who serve as nonvoting members. The panel includes certain fishery council members and three island-nation appointees. That includes one South Atlantic and one Gulf of Mexico council member designated by Florida’s Governor; one Western Pacific council member chosen jointly by the Governors of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands from December 23, 2022 through December 31, 2022 and then selected on a rotating yearly basis; one Caribbean council member chosen jointly by the Governors of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands from December 23, 2022 through December 31, 2022 and then alternating each year; and one member each appointed by the Presidents of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §6453

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(a)Voting membership

The voting members of the Task Force shall be—

(1)the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Secretary of Interior, who shall be co-chairpersons of the Task Force;

(2)such representatives from other Federal agencies as the President, in consultation with the Under Secretary, determines appropriate; and

(3)the Governor, or a representative of the Governor, of each covered State.

(b)Nonvoting members

The Task Force shall have the following nonvoting members:

(1)A member of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council who is designated by the Governor of Florida under section 1852(b)(1) of this title.

(2)A member of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council who is designated by the Governor of Florida under such section.

(3)A member of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council who is designated under such section and selected as follows:

(A)For the period beginning on December 23, 2022, and ending on December 31 of the calendar year during which such date occurs, the member shall be selected jointly by the Governors of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

(B)For each calendar year thereafter, the Governors of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall, on a rotating basis, take turns selecting the member.

(4)A member of the Caribbean Fishery Management Council who is designated under such section and selected as follows:

(B)For each calendar year thereafter, the Governors of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands shall, on an alternating basis, take turns selecting the member.

(5)A member appointed by the President of the Federated States of Micronesia.

(6)A member appointed by the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

(7)A member appointed by the President of the Republic of Palau.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 6453

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110