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§ 3633. Authority and responsibility
(a) Secretary of State
The Secretary of State is authorized to—
(1) receive and transmit, on behalf of the United States, reports, requests, recommendations, proposals, and other communications of and to the Commission and Panels;
(2) in consultation with the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior, approve, disapprove, object to, or withdraw objections to fishery regimes, including enhancement programs and Fraser River Panel regulations proposed in accordance with the Treaty, on the condition that the United States shall be obligated to carry out such regimes or regulations only to the extent that funds are made available for such purposes in appropriation Acts; and
(3) act upon, or refer to other appropriate authority, any communication referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection other than a proposed fishery regime or Fraser River Panel regulation.
(b) States and treaty Indian tribes
(c) Secretary of Commerce
(Pub. L. 99–5, § 4, Mar. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 10.)