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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: "16 U.S.C. § 3603"
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description: "Receipt of Organization communications by Secretary of State"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 16
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title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_number: "56"
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chapter_name: "NORTH ATLANTIC SALMON FISHING"
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section: "3603"
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citation: "16 U.S.C. § 3603"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 3603 - Receipt of Organization communications by Secretary of State
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## Text
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(a) Concurrence with Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior on regulatory measures; action on other matters The Secretary of State may—
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(1) receive, on behalf of the United States, reports, requests, recommendations, proposals, and other communications of the Organization and its subsidiary organs;
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(2) with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior, approve, object to, or withdraw objections to regulatory measures proposed in accordance with the Convention; and
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(3) act upon, or refer to other appropriate authority, any communication referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection other than a proposed regulatory measure.
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(b) Submission to President on failure of concurrence on regulatory matters If the concurrence required under subsection (a)(2) of this section has not been obtained by the Secretary of State—
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(1) regarding the approval of, or the objection to, a proposed regulatory measure within forty-five days after the measure was received on behalf of the United States; or
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(2) regarding the withdrawal of an objection of the United States to a proposed regulatory measure within forty-five days after such withdrawal is proposed by the Secretary of State;
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the Secretary of State shall submit the matter in disagreement, together with a statement of the opposing positions, to the President for timely disposition.
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(Pub. L. 97–389, title III, § 304, Dec. 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 1952.)
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