---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 7703"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "7703"
heading: "Authority and responsibility of the Secretary of State"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/7703"
units:
  - "Chapter 96 — North Pacific Fisheries Convention"
---

# §7703. 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/16/7701.md?p=1);
- (2) in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/16/7701.md?p=12), act upon, or refer to another appropriate authority, any communication received pursuant to [paragraph (1)](#1);
- (3) with the concurrence of the [Secretary](/usc/16/7701.md?p=12), and in accordance with the Convention, object to the decisions of the [Commission](/usc/16/7701.md?p=1); and
- (4) request and utilize on a reimbursed or non-reimbursed basis the assistance, services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of other Federal departments and agencies, foreign governments or agencies, or international intergovernmental organizations, in the conduct of scientific research and other programs under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 114–327, title I, § 103, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1979.)