---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1415"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1415"
heading: "Reports by Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1415"
units:
  - "Chapter 31 — Marine Mammal Protection"
  - "Subchapter IV — International Dolphin Conservation Program"
---

# §1415. Reports by Secretary


Notwithstanding [section 1373(f) of this title](/usc/16/1373.md?p=f), the [Secretary](/usc/16/1362.md?p=12-A) shall submit annual reports to the Congress which include—

- (1) results of research conducted pursuant to [section 1414a of this title](/usc/16/1414a.md);
- (2) a description of the status and trends of [stocks](/usc/16/1362.md?p=11) of tuna;
- (3) a description of the efforts to assess, avoid, reduce, and minimize the bycatch of juvenile yellowfin tuna and bycatch of nontarget species;
- (4) a description of the activities of the [International Dolphin Conservation Program](/usc/16/1362.md?p=28) and of the efforts of the [United States](/usc/16/1362.md?p=14) in support of the Program’s goals and objectives, including the protection of dolphin [stocks](/usc/16/1362.md?p=11) in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and an assessment of the effectiveness of the Program;
- (5) actions taken by the [Secretary](/usc/16/1362.md?p=12-A) under [section 1371(a)(2)(B) of this title](/usc/16/1371.md?p=a-2-B) and [section 1371(d) of this title](/usc/16/1371.md?p=d);
- (6) copies of any relevant resolutions and decisions of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c), and any regulations promulgated by the [Secretary](/usc/16/1362.md?p=12-A) under this subchapter; and
- (7) any other information deemed relevant by the [Secretary](/usc/16/1362.md?p=12-A).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–522, title III, § 305, as added Pub. L. 105–42, § 6(c), Aug. 15, 1997, 111 Stat. 1134.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1415, Pub. L. 92–522, title III, § 305, as added Pub. L. 102–523, § 2(a), Oct. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 3428, related to international commitments, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–42, § 6(c), Aug. 15, 1997, 111 Stat. 1130.

A prior section 305 of Pub. L. 92–522 was renumbered section 405 and is classified to section 1421d of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

For effective date of section, see section 8 of Pub. L. 105–42, set out as an Effective Date of 1997 Amendment note under section 1362 of this title.