---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1158"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1158"
heading: "Acceptance or rejection by Secretaries of State and Commerce of Commission recommendations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1158"
units:
  - "Chapter 24 — Conservation and Protection of North Pacific Fur Seals"
  - "Subchapter I — Fur Seal Management"
---

# §1158. Acceptance or rejection by Secretaries of State and Commerce of Commission recommendations


The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the [Secretary](/usc/16/1151.md?p=l), is authorized to accept or reject, on behalf of the United States, recommendations made by the [Commission](/usc/16/1151.md?p=a) pursuant to article V of the [Convention](/usc/16/1151.md?p=b).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–702, title I, § 108, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1093; Pub. L. 98–129, § 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 838.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1983—Pub. L. 98–129 amended section generally, substituting provisions empowering the Secretaries of State and Commerce to accept or reject recommendations made by the Commission, which were previously contained in section 1157 of this title, for provisions authorizing Federal agency consultation with and technical assistance to the Secretary of Commerce or the Commission. See section 1159 of this title.