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16 U.S.C. § 4008 — Establishment of Fisheries Promotional Fund

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16 U.S.C. § 4008 — Establishment of Fisheries Promotional Fund

**(a) Establishment of Fund** There is established in the Treasury of the United States a Fisheries Promotional Fund. The Fund shall be available, to the extent provided for in appropriation Acts, for the purpose of making payments to carry out the annual marketing and promotion plan and annual budget of the National Council under this chapter. **(b) Deposits** There shall be deposited in the Fund— (1) the moneys transferred to the Fund under [section 713c–3(b)(2) of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section713c–3/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) payments made voluntarily pursuant to [section 4007 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section4007&num=0&edition=prelim); and (3) receipts from investments made under subsection (c) of this section. **(c) Deposits and investments** Sums in the Fund that are not currently needed for the purposes of the Fund shall be kept on deposit in appropriate interest-bearing accounts that shall be established by the Secretary of the Treasury, or invested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States. Any revenue accruing from such deposits and investments shall be deposited in the Fund. **(d) Authorization** There are authorized to be appropriated from the Fund, for the purposes of carrying out the annual marketing and promotion plan and annual budget of the National Council under this chapter, such sums as are deposited in the Fund under subsection (b) of this section in each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 1987 through fiscal year 1991.

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15 U.S.C. § 713c–3 — Promotion of the free flow of domestically produced fishery products

**(a) Definitions** As used in this section— (1) The term “person” means— (A) any individual who is a citizen or national of the United States or a citizen of the Northern Mariana Islands; (B) any fishery development foundation or other private nonprofit corporation located in Alaska; and (C) any corporation, partnership, association, or other entity (including, but not limited to, any fishery development foundation or other private nonprofit corporation not located in Alaska), nonprofit or otherwise, if such entity is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of [section 50501 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section50501&num=0&edition=prelim) and for purposes of applying such section 50501 with respect to this section— (i) the term “State” as used therein includes any State referred to in paragraph (3), (ii) citizens of the United States must own not less than 75 percent of the interest in the entity or, in the case of a nonprofit entity, exercise control in the entity that is determined by the Secretary to be the equivalent of such ownership, and (iii) nationals of the United States and citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be treated as citizens of the United States in meeting the ownership and control requirements referred to in clause (ii). (2) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce. (3) The term “State” means any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. (4) The term “United States fishery” means any fishery, including any tuna fishery, that is, or may be, engaged in b

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16 U.S.C. § 4007 — Voluntary payments

Any person may make voluntary payments to assist the National Council to carry out its annual marketing and promotion plan and annual budget. The Secretary shall deposit such payments into the Fund.

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16 U.S.C. § 4003 — Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term— (1) “consumer education” means actions undertaken to inform consumers on matters related to the consumption of fish and fish products; (2) “council” means a seafood promotional council established under [section 4009 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section4009&num=0&edition=prelim); (3) “fish” means finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of aquatic animal life used for human consumption; the term does not include marine mammals and seabirds; (4) “Fund” means the Fisheries Promotional Fund established in [section 4008 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section4008&num=0&edition=prelim); (5) “harvester” means any individual who is in the business of catching or growing fish for purposes of sale; (6) “importer” means any person in the business of importing fish or fish products into the United States from another country for commercial purposes or who acts as an agent, broker, or consignee for any person or nation that produces, processes or markets fish or fish products outside of the United States for sale or other commercial purpose in the United States; (7) “marketer” means any person who is in the business of selling fish or fish products in the wholesale, retail, or restaurant trade, but whose primary business function is not the processing or packaging of fish or fish products in preparation for sale; (8) “marketing and promotion” means an activity aimed at encouraging the consumption of fish or fish products or expanding or maintaining commercial markets for fish or fish products; (9) “member” means any person serving on the National Council or on any council; (10) “National Council” means the National Fish a

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16 U.S.C. § 4008 — Establishment of Fisheries Promotional

Page 2459 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 4008 competing product or group of products. In addi- tion, the National Council may not promote the consumption or purchase of a single or group of similar fish species (such as members of the same genera); except that the Council may use illustrations of a single or group of similar fish species in the course of promoting the generic consumption of fish and fish products. (d) Executive director The National Council may employ and deter- mine the salary of an executive director, but such salary shall not exceed Senior Executive Service Level 6. The executive director shall have demonstrated expertise in the marketing and promotion of food products and may, with- out regard to the provisions of title 5, with the approval of the National Council, select and em- ploy additional staff as necessary. (e) Funding of referendum The National Council may enter into agree- ments with applicants proposing to establish a council under section 4009 of this title for the purposes of funding a referendum establishing the council. The National Council may enter into agreements with the councils established under section 4009 of this title for the purpose of funding a referendum to establish quality stand- ards, or a referendum to terminate any such council. (f) Agreements The National Council may enter into agree- ments to develop and carry out activities au- thorized under this chapter. (g) Termination of National Council The National Council shall cease to exist on December 31, 1991. (Pub. L. 99–659, title II, § 206, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3718; Pub. L. 101–627, title VII, § 701, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4463.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Senior Executive Service, referred to in subsec. (d), see section 5382

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