---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 4011"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "4011"
heading: "Functions and powers of Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/4011"
units:
  - "Chapter 60 — Fish and Seafood Promotion"
---

# §4011. Functions and powers of Secretary

- (a) **Duties of the Secretary—** In [addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) to the duties prescribed under [section 4009 of this title](/usc/16/4009.md), the [Secretary](/usc/16/4003.md?p=16) shall—
  - (1) review, for consistency with the provisions of this chapter and other applicable law, and approve or disapprove, [marketing and promotion](/usc/16/4003.md?p=8) plans and budgets within sixty days after their submission by a [council](/usc/16/4003.md?p=2);
  - (2) immediately notify a [council](/usc/16/4003.md?p=2) in writing of the disapproval of a [marketing and promotion](/usc/16/4003.md?p=8) plan or budget, together with reasons for such disapproval;
  - (3) issue orders and amendments to such orders that are necessary to implement quality standards under [section 4010(c) of this title](/usc/16/4010.md?p=c);
  - (4) promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
  - (5) enforce the provisions of this chapter, as provided under [section 4016 of this title](/usc/16/4016.md); and
  - (6) make all appointments to [councils](/usc/16/4003.md?p=2) in accordance with [section 4009(f) of this title](/usc/16/4009.md?p=f).
- (b) **Assistance—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/4003.md?p=16) may provide, on a reimbursable or other basis, such administrative or technical assistance as a [council](/usc/16/4003.md?p=2) may request for purposes of the initial organization and subsequent operation of the [council](/usc/16/4003.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 212, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3726.)