§ 3561.
(b)
Where any provision of this chapter authorizes or requires any function, power, or duty to be exercised by a State, or by any officer or agency thereof, such function, power, or duty shall, with respect to the Republic of the Philippines, be exercised by the Secretary.
([Pub. L. 85–857], Sept. 2, 1958, [72 Stat. 1200], § 1761; [Pub. L. 89–358, § 3(a)(1)], Mar. 3, 1966, [80 Stat. 19]; [Pub. L. 94–502, title III, § 310(23)], Oct. 15, 1976, [90 Stat. 2392]; [Pub. L. 96–466, title III, § 323(b)], Oct. 17, 1980, [94 Stat. 2196]; [Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(1)(A)], Dec. 18, 1989, [103 Stat. 2092]; renumbered § 3561 and amended [Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)], (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, [105 Stat. 406].)