---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 4006"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "4006"
heading: "Duties of Secretary with regard to National Council"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/4006"
units:
  - "Chapter 60 — Fish and Seafood Promotion"
---

# §4006. Duties of Secretary with regard to National Council

- (a) **Duties of Secretary—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/4003.md?p=16) shall—
  - (1) within sixty days after its submission by the [National Council](/usc/16/4003.md?p=10), review the annual [marketing and promotion](/usc/16/4003.md?p=8) plan and budget and, if the [Secretary](/usc/16/4003.md?p=16) determines that such plan and budget are in accordance with the purposes and policies of this chapter, approve such plan and budget;
  - (2) administer the [Fund](/usc/16/4003.md?p=4) and, in accordance with [subsection (b)](#b) of this section, withdraw from the [Fund](/usc/16/4003.md?p=4) such sums as are necessary to carry out the [National Council](/usc/16/4003.md?p=10)’s approved [marketing and promotion](/usc/16/4003.md?p=8) plan and budget;
  - (3) promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes and policies of this chapter;
  - (4) provide such administrative assistance as the [National Council](/usc/16/4003.md?p=10) may require for purposes of its initial organization and operation; and
  - (5) make all initial appointments to the [National Council](/usc/16/4003.md?p=10) within ninety days after November 14, 1986.
- (b) **Withdrawal of funds—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/4003.md?p=16) shall make withdrawals of sums from the [Fund](/usc/16/4003.md?p=4) under this section at the request of the [National Council](/usc/16/4003.md?p=10), unless the [Secretary](/usc/16/4003.md?p=16) determines that the purposes for which such sums are requested are not reasonably likely to further the purposes and policies of this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 207, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3719; Pub. L. 101–627, title VII, § 704(c), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4464.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 101–627 inserted “initial” before “appointments”.