---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 973q"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "973q"
heading: "Secretary of State to act for United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/973q"
units:
  - "Chapter 16C — South Pacific Tuna Fishing"
---

# §973q. Secretary of State to act for United States


The Secretary of State is authorized to receive on behalf of the United States reports, requests, and other communications from the [Administrator](/usc/16/973.md?p=1) and to act thereon directly or by reference to the appropriate authorities. The Secretary of State, after consultations with the [Secretary](/usc/16/973.md?p=14), may accept or reject, on behalf of the United States, changes or amendments to Annex I of the [Treaty](/usc/16/973.md?p=16) and its Schedules and Annex II to the [Treaty](/usc/16/973.md?p=16) and its Schedules.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–330, § 19, June 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 600.)