Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§6903 Authority and Responsibility of the Secretary of State

Title 16 › CHAPTER 88 — WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC FISHERIES CONVENTION › § 6903

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State can receive and send communications between the United States and the Commission, such as reports, requests, proposals, and decisions. After consulting another Cabinet Secretary, the Secretary of State may approve or reject the Commission’s rules and bylaws, object or withdraw objections, and—with that other Secretary’s agreement—approve or reject the Commission’s yearly conservation and management program. The Secretary may handle those communications or pass them to the proper U.S. authority.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §6903

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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)in consultation with the Secretary approve, disapprove, object to, or withdraw objections to bylaws and rules, or amendments thereof, adopted by the WCPFC Commission, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary to approve or disapprove the general annual program of the WCPFC Commission with respect to conservation and management measures and other measures proposed or adopted in accordance with the WCPFC Convention; and

(3)act upon, or refer to other appropriate authority, any communication referred to in paragraph (1).

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 6903

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102