16 USC § 6455 - Working groups

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s6455"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 6455 - Working groups"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "6455"
section_name: "Working groups"
chapter_number: 83
chapter_name: "CORAL REEF CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT, AND ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "UNITED STATES CORAL REEF TASK FORCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10015, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3954.)"
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# § 6455. Working groups

**(a)** **In general** The co-chairpersons of the Task Force may establish working groups as necessary to meet the goals and carry out the duties of the Task Force.

**(b)** **Requests from members** The members of the Task Force may request that the co-chairpersons establish a working group under subsection (a).

**(c)** **Participation by nongovernmental organizations** The co-chairpersons may allow nongovernmental organizations as appropriate, including academic institutions, conservation groups, and commercial and recreational fishing associations, to participate in a working group established under subsection (a).

**1** **Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act** [^1]

The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)  shall not apply to working groups established under this section.

See References in Text note below.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10015, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3954.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (d), is , , , which was set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and was substantially repealed and restated in chapter 10 (§ 1001 et seq.) of Title 5 by , §§ 3(a), 7, , , 4361. For disposition of sections of the Act into chapter 10 of Title 5, see Disposition Table preceding .