Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73not60
§2003 Conference
Title 48 › Chapter 19— PACIFIC POLICY REPORTS › § 2003
Summary
Before submitting required reports, the Interior and State Secretaries must hold a conference to hear the noncontiguous Pacific areas. Those areas' representatives, federal agencies, and invited groups may attend and send written comments.
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Title 48, §2003
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(a)Prior to submitting the reports required under section 2002(b) of this title, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall convene a conference to obtain the views of the noncontiguous Pacific areas on the matters required to be addressed in such reports.
(b)Representatives of each of the noncontiguous Pacific areas; and the heads of all executive departments and agencies, and other public and private organizations concerned with the noncontiguous Pacific areas as requested by the Secretary of the Interior shall be entitled to be participants in the conference.
(c)The Secretary of the Interior shall afford participants in the conference an opportunity to submit written comments for inclusion in the reports required under section 2002 of this title.
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Codification Section was formerly set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.
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48 U.S.C. § 2003
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60