---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 6903"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "6903"
heading: "Authority and responsibility of the Secretary of State"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/6903"
units:
  - "Chapter 88 — Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention"
---

# §6903. Authority and responsibility of the Secretary of State


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](/usc/16/6901.md?p=3);
- (2) in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/16/6901.md?p=9) approve, disapprove, object to, or withdraw objections to bylaws and rules, or amendments thereof, adopted by the WCPFC [Commission](/usc/16/6901.md?p=3), and, with the concurrence of the [Secretary](/usc/16/6901.md?p=9) to approve or disapprove the general annual program of the WCPFC [Commission](/usc/16/6901.md?p=3) with respect to conservation and management measures and other measures proposed or adopted in accordance with the [WCPFC Convention](/usc/16/6901.md?p=12); and
- (3) act upon, or refer to other appropriate authority, any communication referred to in [paragraph (1)](#1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–479, title V, § 504, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3639.)