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title: "16 U.S.C. § 7803"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
chapter_number: "97"
chapter_name: "CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGH SEAS FISHERY RESOURCES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC"
section: "7803"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 7803 - Authority and responsibility of the Secretary of State
## Text
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, act upon, or refer to other appropriate authority, any communication pursuant to paragraph (1); and
(3) with the concurrence of the Secretary, and in accordance with the South Pacific Fishery Resources Convention, object to decisions of the Commission.
(Pub. L. 114327, title II, § 203, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1989.)