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[CITE: 16USC916b]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                    CHAPTER 14--REGULATION OF WHALING
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--WHALING CONVENTION ACT
 
Sec. 916b. Acceptance or rejection by United States Government 
        of regulations, etc.; acceptance of reports, recommendations, 
        etc., of Commission
        
    The Secretary of State is authorized, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of Commerce, to present or withdraw any objections on behalf 
of the United States Government to such regulations or amendments of the 
schedule to the convention as are adopted by the Commission and 
submitted to the United States Government in accordance with article V 
of the convention. The Secretary of State is further authorized to 
receive on behalf of the United States Government reports, requests, 
recommendations, and other communications of the Commission, and to act 
thereon either directly or by reference to the appropriate authority.

(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, Sec. 4, 64 Stat. 422; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, 
eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the 
Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 
916 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 916k of this title.
