113 HR 69 IH: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2013
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-01-03
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated
Fishing Enforcement Act of 2013
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Strengthening Fisheries Enforcement
Mechanisms
Sec. 101. Amendments to the High Seas Driftnet Fishing
Moratorium Protection Act.
Sec. 102. Amendments to the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries
Enforcement Act.
Sec. 103. Amendments to North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of
1992.
Sec. 104. Amendments to the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of
1985.
Sec. 105. Amendments to the Western and Central Pacific
Fisheries Convention Implementation Act.
Sec. 106. Amendments to the South Pacific Tuna Act of
1988.
Sec. 107. Amendments to the Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Convention Act.
Sec. 108. Amendments to the Atlantic Tunas Convention
Act.
Sec. 109. Amendments to the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of
1965.
Sec. 110. Amendments to the Dolphin Protection Consumer
Information Act.
Sec. 111. Amendments to the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of
1982.
Sec. 112. Amendments to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Convention Act of 1995.
Sec. 113. Amendment to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act.
Sec. 114. International cooperation and assistance.
Title II—Implementation of the Antigua Convention
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Amendment of the Tuna Conventions Act of
1950.
Sec. 203. Definitions.
Sec. 204. Commissioners; number, appointment, and
qualifications.
Sec. 205. General Advisory Committee and Scientific Advisory
Subcommittee.
Sec. 206. Rulemaking.
Sec. 207. Prohibited acts.
Sec. 208. Enforcement.
Sec. 209. Reduction of bycatch.
Sec. 210. Repeal of Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of
1984.
<enum>I</enum><header>Strengthening
Fisheries Enforcement Mechanisms</header>
<section id="HAF9DED8CA8B548218A2D85BFC6C05E66"><enum>101.</enum><header>Amendments to
the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act</header>
<subsection id="H8B3F9E8C606D4641AA5D3EC5AF1C85E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administration
and enforcement</header><text>Section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing
Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826g">16 U.S.C. 1826g</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the
first sentence the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4C8FED7970804B429319CAACD135B54F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H792A01FC3FF94C7384C9232FF7EDCDAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating shall enforce this Act, and the Acts to
which this section applies, in accordance with this section. Each such
Secretary may, by agreement, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, utilize the
personnel services, equipment (including aircraft and vessels), and facilities
of any other Federal agency, and of any State agency, in the performance of
such duties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1E1A45CD3B904DE69FFF20878BD01DF9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acts to which
section applies</header><text>This section applies to—</text>
<paragraph id="HA7DFF2C7758B433EA5A27A58E8D0B238"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Pacific Salmon
Treaty Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3631">16 U.S.C. 3631 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H823705679A4D4AD0B8519CF8B9EF2D5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Dolphin
Protection Consumer Information Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1385">16 U.S.C. 1385</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA318A121E233410ABB06F2D6BBAC10F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Tuna
Conventions Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/951">16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA290518667384388AD68248390A0138D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the North Pacific
Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/5001">16 U.S.C. 5001 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3653F5427A494FC7A501A731AD0C34A6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the South Pacific
Tuna Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/973">16 U.S.C. 973 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1039CAC936E24B9382F0CA11DA372D80"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Antarctic
Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2431">16 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC734330574048CC9246A18EB7ED55CF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act of 1975 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/971">16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDCE4195F17C40219099E9C176CDF256"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/5601">16 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAFC25F4BB97C44B581F2E6BD605BB0AB"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9C53FCEF94D348F098E0C4136AF9F961"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration
and enforcement</header><text>The Secretary shall prevent any person from
violating this Act, or any Act to which this section applies, in the same
manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties
as though sections 308 through 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1858 through 1861) were incorporated into and
made a part of and applicable to this Act and each such Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3C761EE11664493D8192FFD9AE01FBE2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special
rules</header>
<paragraph id="H865AC07790C8422F92605059A8A4F05B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding the incorporation by reference of certain
sections of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act under
subsection (c), if there is a conflict between a provision of this subsection
and the corresponding provision of any section of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act so incorporated, the provision of this
subsection shall apply.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD5A55AD76AB488FA41898B014F55ADE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
enforcement authority</header><text>In addition to the powers of officers
authorized pursuant to subsection (c), any officer who is authorized by the
Secretary, or the head of any Federal or State agency that has entered into an
agreement with the Secretary under subsection (a), to enforce the provisions of
any Act to which this section applies may, with the same jurisdiction, powers,
and duties as though section 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1861">16 U.S.C. 1861</external-xref>) were incorporated into and made a part of
each such Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFD96D8570ED04C6097172BE3666A2511"><enum>(A)</enum><text>search or inspect
any facility or conveyance used or employed in, or which reasonably appears to
be used or employed in, the storage, processing, transport, or trade of fish or
fish products;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H896263BE5EFE4791A8703DB519930F9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>inspect records
pertaining to the storage, processing, transport, or trade of fish or fish
products;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFBA724C2D1D04E158E4F95607CDC749E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>detain, for a
period of up to 5 days, any shipment of fish or fish product imported into,
landed on, introduced into, exported from, or transported within the
jurisdiction of the United States, or, if such fish or fish product is deemed
to be perishable, sell and retain the proceeds therefrom for a period of up to
5 days;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H624C1CA3C8B5498EB3B2B4A91A9F5B83"><enum>(D)</enum><text>make an arrest, in
accordance with any guidelines which may be issued by the Attorney General, for
any offense under the laws of the United States committed in the person’s
presence, or for the commission of any felony under the laws of the United
States, if the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be
arrested has committed or is committing a felony;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C72DB9380A24AA8B0DC614C4ADCB04A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>search and seize,
in accordance with any guidelines that are issued by the Attorney General;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9282253FE6AF4E9D9D686ACFCDCD8740"><enum>(F)</enum><text>execute and serve
any subpoena, arrest warrant, search warrant issued in accordance with rule 41
of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, or other warrant or civil or
criminal process issued by any officer or court of competent
jurisdiction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDDE84A75B8D645BD990908D966352994"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Disclosure of
enforcement information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary may disclose, as necessary and appropriate, information, including
information collected under joint authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act of 1975 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/71">16 U.S.C. 71 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Western and Central
Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6901">16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.</external-xref>) or
other statutes implementing international fishery agreements, to any other
Federal or State government agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations, the secretariat or equivalent of an international fishery
management organization or arrangement made pursuant to an international
fishery agreement, or a foreign government, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6E1330C5E4D443A889CD2DB4AFCAAFD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such government,
organization, or arrangement has policies and procedures to protect such
information from unintended or unauthorized disclosure; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB781DEE1CC244F2874D5583C4C8ADEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such disclosure is
necessary—</text>
<clause id="H9DA391F3421940E3985D1BEFCC059AF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
ensure compliance with any law or regulation enforced or administered by the
Secretary;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAD0B0CC799104E038B924CB3186962FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to administer or
enforce any international fishery agreement to which the United States is a
party;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9D1064717B3D48FE95E8F1324390B0CA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to administer or
enforce a binding conservation measure adopted by any international
organization or arrangement to which the United States is a party;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2E40C7E95A20477CA044DB8C50E53D53"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to assist in any
investigative, judicial, or administrative enforcement proceeding in the United
States; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H0043AE824A874B1BBFB2D9343473CBD4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to
assist in any law enforcement action undertaken by a law enforcement agency of
a foreign government, or in relation to a legal proceeding undertaken by a
foreign government.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB83A3EE783E4930BBBBE1E56FE82830"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prohibited
acts</header><text>It is unlawful for any person—</text>
<paragraph id="H88D3F9FE29C64348A6B872AC078A0A3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to violate any
provision of this Act or any regulation or permit issued pursuant to this
Act;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C45B1D72A3E46E19E95C556CA108C95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to refuse to
permit any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this Act to board,
search, or inspect a vessel, aircraft, vehicle, or shoreside facility subject
to such person’s control for the purposes of conducting any search,
investigation, or inspection in connection with the enforcement of this Act,
any regulation promulgated under this Act, or any Act to which this section
applies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67BA68DEEC8D47FC8F1CBC35499FAD96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to forcibly
assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any such
authorized officer in the conduct of any search, investigation, or inspection
described in paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0ADFC56378AE4B9A96D85D845AEA9218"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to resist a lawful arrest for any act
prohibited by this section or any Act to which this section applies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3EA5EBF794DB4ADDAF919F8F1483C669"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by
any means, the apprehension, arrest, or detection of an other person, knowing
that such person has committed any act prohibited by this section or any Act to
which this section applies; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA75276EAF1104AE5A46AD77F8EBB1631"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to forcibly assault, resist, oppose,
impede, intimidate, sexually harass, bribe, or interfere with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H334F5A4AE5674DC1858A877CAAC54B0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any observer on a
vessel under this Act or any Act to which this section applies; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEABE43888F4B4E9B9968AF376CAE9D50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any data collector
employed by the National Marine Fisheries Service or under contract to any
person to carry out responsibilities under this Act or any Act to which this
section applies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H08E1673E6CD146C19E637101DAD471BC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Civil
penalty</header><text>Any person who commits any act that is unlawful under
subsection (e) shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty, and
may be subject to a permit sanction, under section 308 of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1858">16 U.S.C. 1858</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF9F95EE55A65420793A9E87DCCD76F13"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Criminal
penalty</header><text>Any person who commits an act that is unlawful under
subsection (e)(2), (e)(3), (e)(4), (e)(5), or (e)(6) is deemed to be guilty of
an offense punishable under section 309(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1859">16 U.S.C. 1859(b)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1975B9B7ED4940D9B378F6FE0B74EFD5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Utilization of
Federal agency
assets</header>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE9CA2F7A3DFF4B07977B4F099817FE28"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actions To
improve the effectiveness of international fishery management
organizations</header><text>Section 608 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826i">16 U.S.C. 1826i</external-xref>) is
amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="H615E35C916104CA8B24A1076FC927BE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>inserting before
the first sentence the following: <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
general.—</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0747A9BA29A8495A8DDDF115F99A8575"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
(as designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) in the first sentence,
inserting <quote>, or arrangements made pursuant to an international fishery
agreement,</quote> after <quote>organizations</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDEAC83C9B4C949808EF93F9BC176C30F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>adding at the end
the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDA9868FCA9224BAABFC1B8AE0AE046A0" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE85090D5E4E1444990694AFE669AB593"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disclosure of
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
disclose, as necessary and appropriate, information, including information
collected under joint authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</external-xref>) and the Atlantic Tunas Convention
Act of 1975 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/71">16 U.S.C. 71 et seq.</external-xref>), the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Convention Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6901">16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.</external-xref>), any other statute
implementing an international fishery agreement, to any other Federal or State
government agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
or the secretariat or equivalent of an international fishery management
organization or arrangement made pursuant to an international fishery
agreement, if such government, organization, or arrangement, respectively, has
policies and procedures to protect such information from unintended or
unauthorized disclosure.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HECF90702131042C182D87470F1166283"><enum>(c)</enum><header>IUU vessel
lists</header><text>The Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="H8814FDB8FB084C4294BD20A8BF14A9CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop, maintain, and make public a list
of vessels and vessel owners engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated
fishing or fishing-related activities in support of illegal, unreported, or
unregulated fishing, including vessels or vessel owners identified by an
international fishery management organization or arrangement made pursuant to
an international fishery agreement, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3B2ADDE9D31948C28ED6B60FD96CE681"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the United States
is party to; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38664E77931044BAAA11211E22BA3F30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the United States
is not party to, but whose procedures and criteria in developing and
maintaining a list of such vessels and vessel owners are substantially similar
to such procedures and criteria adopted pursuant to an international fishery
agreement to which the United States is a party; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8690558755B54F03BD57025725FCAD61"><enum>(2)</enum><text>take appropriate
action against listed vessels and vessel owners, including action against fish,
fish parts, or fish products from such vessels, in accordance with applicable
United States law and consistent with applicable international law, including
principles, rights, and obligations established in applicable international
fishery management agreements and trade agreements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC04F8527144D46F1BE77F9AF9954DF58"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary may promulgate regulations to implement this
section.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE7FC263DAFBA4015B4BD022081A6028A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notification
regarding identification of nations</header><text>Section 609(b) of such Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/166/1826j">166 U.S.C. 1826j(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5AFADC611CBD4D3EA0E09ED494C50492" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC3B82D58640C4EB8B1742FB26DEB7472"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The
Secretary shall notify the President and that nation of such an
identification.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H642E2709803848DC94ECAC48A853367F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Nations
identified under section 610</header><text>Section 610(b)(1) of such Act (16
U.S.C. 1826k(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33B84DBE27424D25897290F62C827475" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF799D261488641B5BCFCAF30A9590A59"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notify, as soon as possible, the President
and nations that have been identified under subsection (a), and also notify
other nations whose vessels engage in fishing activities or practices described
in subsection (a), about the provisions of this section and this
Act;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5B401634F64B43048E3E4C9B3EB12A10"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effect of
certification under section 609</header><text>Section 609(d)(3)(A)(i) of such
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(d)(3)(A)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>that has not
been certified by the Secretary under this subsection, or</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H666DB2862B69458A9D6668A0FA1BA0F7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effect of
certification under section 610</header><text>Section 610(c)(5) of such Act (16
U.S.C. 1826k(c)(5)) is amended by striking <quote>that has not been certified
by the Secretary under this subsection, or</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H13627355BD6B48C8968942CB346E793D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Identification
of nations</header>
<paragraph id="H7CED18D49F2F45BE9C44084802FB56E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Scope of
identification for actions of fishing vessels</header><text>Section 609(a) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA753DC24714845D68D56D7F9635815FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2 years</quote> and inserting
<quote>3 years</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21001450A2C64C67825D6800EDDF675D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>that undermines the effectiveness of measures required by
an international fishery management organization, taking into account
whether</quote> after <quote>(1)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E5F5714B1D746928642409B59CB688F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>vessels of</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5618BC6E96F24A7AAD272B3A6DEE6D40"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
grounds for identification</header><text>Section 609(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C.
1826j(a)) is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H82AC99AABEF640DD9F405F90495C7F22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) in order as subparagraphs (A) and (B) (and by moving the
margins of such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE25A562BE26549E6877D042006DA732F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
before the first sentence the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5259F2CF7F5B46049EF3A45FA4E43D5A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H541827306C1F4D9DBDC31797B52587FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identification
for actions of fishing vessels</header>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F7214BE5673448B80DBBB3A1D446715"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A310589C9534DF99CAA20047DF291F2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3433A2757FFA4F77A11B456FE6BD20ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Identification
for actions of nation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Taking
into account the factors described under section 609(a)(1), the Secretary shall
also identify, and list in such report, a nation—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE348D9EF1B51454696AEF04CF41CDEF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if it is
violating, or has violated at any point during the preceding three years,
conservation and management measures required under an international fishery
management agreement to which the United States is a party and the violations
undermine the effectiveness of such measures; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6201E1FABFAC4E56963087115BEC31F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if it is failing,
or has failed in the preceding 3-year period, to effectively address or
regulate illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing in areas described under
paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA3DEFEB1D5C14420B8E3C6800F7F1B66"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application to
other entities</header><text>Where the provisions of this Act are applicable to
nations, they shall also be applicable, as appropriate, to other entities that
have competency to enter into international fishery management
agreements.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD66005C294F640DA80E5E0C7D02432F7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Period of
fishing practices supporting identification</header><text>Section 610(a)(1) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826k">16 U.S.C. 1826k(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>calendar
year</quote> and replacing with <quote>three years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA2428BC3ACDA4D30819CCAA0BD73D037"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H1B0C1AC0EF0C4774B040417D350FEC33"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 609(f) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j</external-xref>) is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9F3EFF1D268246CCB4D0256E37DCBF2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A6BC3B4EAD4454C8FE85AD5DF129CA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
<quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFE0090BAAA774E4988D9E1B062E55713"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 610(f) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826k">16 U.S.C. 1826k</external-xref>) is amended by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E8F72481FF443D49BCC59CC79FD81C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>striking
<quote>2007</quote> and inserting <quote>2014</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB6532A1286A4E74B8FF37E1BEB204E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>striking
<quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD132A7F2BCC14B4BA19B6F03A6E0010B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Technical
corrections</header>
<paragraph id="H3033308EA34C4423BD2F1EA50A74DF8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 607(2) of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826h">16 U.S.C. 1826h(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>whose
vessels</quote> and inserting <quote>that</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65089E468CC347A2A6987C6653623954"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 609(d)(1)
of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>of its
fishing vessels</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD320A4376ECE4829919A69A2332B0AA8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section
609(d)(1)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(d)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>of its fishing vessels</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB1A28B17A494F7AB4AECCB76A8FF725"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 609(d)(2)
of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B918DCB4AD44E2A8E7BF0B69979D710"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for certification</quote> and inserting <quote>to
authorize</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B5B908F19884C4CA03366B6CA888EDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>the importation</quote> after <quote>or other basis</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DFC0A292CEA4E4FBA01A05F375C01FC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>harvesting</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC480D67CDDD453896FC551FCBEDA499"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>not certified under paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>issued a
negative certification under paragraph (1)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB52E2E394EBE469BBBAF157E651390E5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 610 of
such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826k">16 U.S.C. 1826k</external-xref>) is amended as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0C4C0FA1D81A4DB8BE5C22F406BAD617"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In subsection
(a)(1), by striking <quote>practices;</quote> and inserting
<quote>practices—</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CA73FC96CD44EFB9D761D37490B866C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking
<quote>, and which, in the case of pelagic longline fishing, includes mandatory
use of circle hooks, careful handling and release equipment, and training and
observer programs</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7DFE51BC1444121B89170FE731FBC78"><enum>(C)</enum><text>In subsection
(c)(4), by striking all preceding subparagraph (B) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1C0D280053AB481D9A142A4C56867AB9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HACC2A132788C4D0899C2B45FBF482D97"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Alternative
procedure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
establish a procedure to authorize, on a shipment-by-shipment,
shipper-by-shipper, or other basis the importation of fish or fish products
from a vessel of a nation issued a negative certification under paragraph (1)
if the Secretary determines that such imports were harvested by practices that
do not result in bycatch of a protected marine species, or were harvested by
practices that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3C2656A8C1364E1895484E895EAB3E46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are comparable to
those of the United States, taking into account different conditions;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF6921B10EB59482D9567A658A4DECA75"><enum>102.</enum><header>Amendments to
the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act</header>
<subsection id="HF607F21A054A47099083CC6787387F17"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Negative
certification effects</header><text>Section 101 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fisheries Enforcement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826a">16 U.S.C. 1826a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6C78F2058F864838A9694E0DB59D0A89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by striking <quote>recognized principles of</quote> after <quote>in
accordance with</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA30741F592AD4DF49DCA45EF6F07810F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)(A), by inserting <quote>or, as appropriate, for fishing vessels of a
nation that receives a negative certification under section 609(d) or section
610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826)</quote> after <quote>(1)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BBFA594435B4BC5A0B8478A549E6225"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)(B), by inserting
before the period the following: <quote>, except for the purposes of inspecting
such vessel, conducting an investigation, or taking other appropriate
enforcement action</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AAEA321055745D99989AEEB72B7ADD2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)(A)(i), by striking <quote>or illegal, unreported, or unregulated
fishing</quote> after <quote>driftnet fishing</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52FA3FA042A5447D940F6EA9011EAFF8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)(B) and subsection
(b)(2), by striking <quote>or illegal, unreported, or unregulated
fishing</quote> after <quote>driftnet fishing</quote> each place it
appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H452067DF254742CA87F6A9C4DA17814B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3)(A)(i), by inserting <quote>or a negative certification under section
609(d) or section 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium
Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(d)</external-xref>, 1826k(c))</quote> after
<quote>(1)(A)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD12F7EED7B6C4239B22E25420B21A13F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(4)(A), by inserting <quote>or issues a negative certification under section
609(d) or section 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium
Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(d)</external-xref>, 1826k(c))</quote> after <quote>paragraph
(1)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF7B39235C1A4D0897C3280649B2BE16"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(4)(A)(i), by striking <quote>or illegal, unreported, or unregulated
fishing</quote> after <quote>driftnet fishing</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FC5D14635AB47629A6B08E340386AB9"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(4)(A)(i), by inserting <quote>, or to address the offending activities for
which a nation received a negative certification under section 609(d) or 610(c)
of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826j(d), 1826k(c))</quote> after <quote>beyond the exclusive economic zone of
any nation</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD398583EB03447288827AC07691A43B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration of
negative certification effects</header><text>Section 102 of such Act (16 U.S.C.
1826b) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="HFFADD2620677432F8BF9A5D98B7AB794"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking <quote>or
illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48AA3FA2AFD24B78B902C543E61624D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>inserting
<quote>or effectively addressed the offending activities for which the nation
received a negative certification under 609(d) or 610(c) of the High Seas
Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826j">16 U.S.C. 1826j(d)</external-xref>,
1826k(c))</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5142ABAD148E492BA4A755CF8C17FBF5"><enum>103.</enum><header>Amendments to
North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992</header>
<subsection id="HAC91F334A25A4E5CA7825A1F47604503"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Unlawful
activities</header><text>Section 810 of the North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act
of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/5009">16 U.S.C. 5009</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8D7CC884594E4F388F28AE591EC1ED45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by inserting <quote>, investigation,</quote> after <quote>search</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB3ECC6AFF7A4749939D843A1D6D196D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by inserting <quote>, investigation,</quote> after
<quote>search</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC61B40B4838049BF9DC86266F0579924"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
prohibitions and enforcement</header><text>Section 811 of the Northern Pacific
Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/5010">16 U.S.C. 5010</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H64A9F1A65D5E46D5ADE124B561849A93" style="OLC">
<section id="H5CF46811480F48CE9BC85AB4EA2F8F8F"><enum>811.</enum><header>Additional
prohibitions and enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For additional prohibitions relating to this
Act and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826g).</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H07646254900044149BAD3C19D0049EFB"><enum>104.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act
of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3637">16 U.S.C. 3637</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD7E3583C237E4023B7C8CE44A283DFBD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7D3EE88F65E44CAA1173930B16D0C2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, investigation,</quote> after <quote>search</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8344F95219D4B8287AEED00845818BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>this title;</quote> and inserting <quote>this Act;</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5A34052E4C134F59AA82BE20F4E1AAF0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE5846CE718C042AAB1EEE39CA31A6AD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, investigation,</quote> after <quote>search</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H078CB992D97C42E7A8256013CA9329AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>subparagraph (2) ;</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(2);</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B5EE623EB424AA19D03A111A5F4F9C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(5), by striking <quote>this title; or</quote> and inserting <quote>this
Act;</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE43517491D444DEB0F287D748A0CB4A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (b) through (f) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1ADB69B76FDA4960A958FDC86063319D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H886C0C6C505C4214833D4A49CC2C8EEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
prohibitions and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For additional prohibitions relating to
this Act and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826g).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0B513A4F3F894FC38739870BDF57087E"><enum>105.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation
Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Western and Central
Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (title V of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/479">Public Law 109–479</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF93A9AF735A4BA8960A4DDB737307E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending
section 506(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6905">16 U.S.C. 6905(c)</external-xref>) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H514091268AF84EAE853F4C12BDCF665F" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCA74F65236094ADE9C7E8D523AF3D2D8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
prohibitions and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For additional prohibitions relating to
this Act and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826g).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B713B638C3E4E6783F781C951CF0A8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
507(a)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6906">16 U.S.C. 6906(a)(2)</external-xref>) by striking <quote>suspension, on</quote> and
inserting <quote>suspension, of</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H66F54E9B783C491B882E0A6874767B42"><enum>106.</enum><header>Amendments to
the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H254C069C9A1549858F1E1EF794224C32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 5(a)
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/973c">16 U.S.C. 973c(a)</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H885CE67495B54585B33F5D402D922318"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
by inserting <quote>, investigation,</quote> after <quote>search</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85957BFD3DC440E2BF4C61DD064285DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (10),
by inserting <quote>, investigation,</quote> after <quote>search</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8C519F7A42A541709A01853D9494A0D7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
sections 7 and 8 (16 U.S.C. 973e and 973f) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7C190DD9298A4084B314E10A1AA4D401" style="OLC">
<section id="H6290DA7749D74949B25AE8BE79689B80"><enum>7.</enum><header>Additional
prohibitions and enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For additional prohibitions relating to this
Act and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826g).</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H3EA2B288E634457CBFC4A77AC2BDBA49"><enum>107.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Convention Act of 1984 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E72FE9838C14F57B1D0420BCBF6C4DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 306 (16
U.S.C. 2435)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7D9A1AA5CF74B67B525F144B5645814"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>which he knows, or reasonably should have known,
was</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB74DF3D09F754B38BC27DFAE0286FF13"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by inserting <quote>, investigation,</quote> after <quote>search</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4E70AE165324C729EE6BFB17DC44E36"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by inserting <quote>, investigation,</quote> after
<quote>search</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H692E05207B93407AB101727AD39FB3A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 307 (16
U.S.C. 2436)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA2EADD72136D42DF9C4EDD92C4821A89"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
general.—</header-in-text></quote> before the first sentence; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59E77A5AFA0C44DDA3C6BA68A262A292"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H83DACF9A31F541028350B039DFD7E795" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE0A4BD66B0AE415A89EE80A900B40F25"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations To
implement conservation measures</header>
<paragraph id="H44451C2D61604840838F81F524F212CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section
553 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary of Commerce may publish in
the Federal Register a final regulation to implement any conservation measure
for which the Secretary of State notifies the Commission under section
305(a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H43D516C60FD34D4694B692320D1307E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that has been in
effect for 12 months or less;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7850C2F0263F4DA6B0BB4704EABB8549"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is adopted by
the Commission; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF380A779115943A39FAEC415FE937FFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to
which the Secretary of State does not notify Commission in accordance with
section 305(a)(1) within the time period allotted for objections under Article
IX of the Convention.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34E4CA97FE514BFCB44898BED3442D64"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Entering into
force</header><text>Upon publication of such regulation in the Federal
Register, such conservation measure shall enter into force with respect to the
United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H02B3FEDE81E04E23BFF45824CA089045"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
sections 308 and 309 (16 U.S.C. 2437 and 2438) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H16839078627944949C097368EC5FE0CA" style="OLC">
<section id="HE88DCAD1489E4BB38C042E05EE3A6D84"><enum>308.</enum><header>Additional
prohibitions and enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For additional prohibitions relating to this
Act and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826g).</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H72C83F533E0C41539E3FF321A34C9253"><enum>108.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H75B286CF48DE494D9F178F534BFF6D5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 6(c)(2)
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/971d">16 U.S.C. 971d(c)(2)(2)</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D147E7C741941CB8E70B5895D15B326"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>(i)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6F02E20FCAD46A3B057FE3FB39B464D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>(ii)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F478E402C684834A7707AE427912432"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E53972658044480BE68156BA0F231A9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5FC473832E3F4504AF6D26565CF46E58" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H36C48EC3141D495BA5D932087C97CA7A" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Notwithstanding the requirements of
subparagraph (A) and subsections (b) and (c) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, the Secretary may issue final regulations to implement Commission
recommendations referred to in paragraph (1) concerning trade restrictive
measures against nations or fishing
entities.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6508D18A879E4C14A25C2549494D9F69"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 7 (16
U.S.C. 971e) by striking subsections (e) and (f) and redesignating subsection
(g) as subsection (e);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C9FE94859244E68807307A65E28E978"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 8 (16
U.S.C. 971f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD538E84D5833420C8E5F107D562CEF18"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (a) and (c); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF536F2458AA400D80FBCC72DB56D155"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
before subsection (b) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H89A9508109D444DBB53DA46FF1541923" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2E8448F5929F438585E9A82598EE6A6F"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For additional prohibitions relating to
this Act and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826g).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H65C975E463424EB281CE473949B58028"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 8(b) by
striking <quote>the enforcement activities specified in section 8(a) of this
Act</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>enforcement activities
with respect to this Act that are otherwise authorized by law</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D4FC26E3CC44E6382683266E9E63740"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
section 11 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/971j">16 U.S.C. 971j</external-xref>) and redesignating sections 12 and 13 as sections 11
and 12, respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H421FA18245BA4F84B11C792F8A8650F5"><enum>109.</enum><header>Amendments to
the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1965</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(f) of the High Seas Fishing
Compliance Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/5503">16 U.S.C. 5503(f)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H84A078EF18494790B0A3F9978657A911" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAF1A594FB31B45A8BFF864AF9871F280"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Validity</header><text>A
permit issued under this section for a vessel is void if—</text>
<paragraph id="H0933B9F1872840C6A752DFB71F3F5384"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any other permit
or authorization required for the vessel to fish is expired, revoked, or
suspended; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H710663488DC148FE9DB80A6B1507DDD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the vessel is no
longer documented under the laws of the United States or eligible for such
documentation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF50311FC84334F5BB1BCDDFBD22C9137"><enum>110.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Dolphin Protection Consumer Information
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1385">16 U.S.C. 1385</external-xref>) is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A63C1A16EC6493ABE67361278ABA629" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7C3D88FDDA8D4D7C83563754CB813DB6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
prohibitions and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For additional prohibitions relating to
this Act and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826g).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2D5C38FC7AE040F3B949FB5A7E2578D4"><enum>111.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982</header>
<subsection id="H6AB21F3FBDF54219AF19B64D8E6AB4E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibited
acts</header><text>Section 7 of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16
U.S.C. 773e) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C5C0316DF1743DBB4E27B48DD4A4CCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (a)
by redesignating subparagraphs (1) through (6) as subparagraphs (A) through
(F);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8FACE49F22945E2825CCAD94A2255AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (a) and (b) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CB0D609C6554D77ABAAA8A5CA652F91"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by in paragraph
(1)(B), as so redesignated, by inserting <quote>, investigation,</quote> before
<quote>or inspection</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB88F3587CC0D4D8686E80BD80899A3CE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by in paragraph
(1)(C), as so redesignated, by inserting <quote>, investigation,</quote> before
<quote>or inspection</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4DDC7F2F87E44718832E0EAA9B435BA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(E), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDCA82DABE449435DAB46A09CC96D5567"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(F), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>section.</quote> and inserting
<quote>section; or</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H338254ED99FA4445B5C9C51B28185120"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement
powers</header><text>Section 11 of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16
U.S.C. 773i) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF53785DABA7A4B9FB86B3348D901BDE2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAE8502A088CB44848E173A46BF0620D9"><enum>(g)</enum><text>In addition to the
powers of officers authorized pursuant to subsection (b), any officer who is
authorized by the Secretary, or by the head of any Federal or State agency that
has entered into an agreement with the Secretary under subsection (a), to
enforce the Convention, this Act, or any regulation adopted under this Act,
may—</text>
<paragraph id="H3D290D57C47A4FA6AB1A36B64CAC9157"><enum>(1)</enum><text>search or inspect
any facility or conveyance used or employed in, or which reasonably appears to
be used or employed in, the storage, processing, transport, or trade of fish or
fish products;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA49272F2D3BE4DBB9832867917C2BDFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>inspect records
pertaining to the storage, processing, transport, or trade of fish or fish
products; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H014CC1AD55DF4905BF57ADAE6A5FA658"><enum>(3)</enum><text>detain, for a
period of up to 5 days, any shipment of fish or fish product imported into,
landed on, introduced into, exported from, or transported within the
jurisdiction of the United States, or, if such fish or fish product is deemed
to be perishable, sell and retain the proceeds therefrom for a period of up to
5
days.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H30C6BFAEA2A84CF7974E2CDDB04A0588"><enum>112.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 207 of the Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/5606">16 U.S.C. 5606</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAD6B9EA45B57436DB2826F27F5B90F08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and
penalties</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and enforcement</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE61B1681671F4B6B8BD772986BE9D1BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by inserting <quote>, investigation,</quote> before <quote>or
inspection</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3A5972425384B6E88D17A5DE07023E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3), by inserting <quote>, investigation,</quote> before <quote>or
inspection</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40F365D8B2BA42CE85E46A140BB7F0B3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (b) through (f) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H875FF0109F6043A186193CBA033EC905" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4D554CD86C7947458F3B8E5E1FBD5B1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
prohibitions and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For additional prohibitions relating to
this Act and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826g).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2AC1B8043ED1430FAA521F384EB5EF1B"><enum>113.</enum><header>Amendment to
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 307(1)(Q) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1857">16 U.S.C. 1857(1)(Q)</external-xref>) is amended by
inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>or any treaty or in
contravention of any binding conservation measure adopted by an international
agreement or organization to which the United States is a party</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H1D325C51E2B143269A4DDC9B18180CFA"><enum>114.</enum><header>International
cooperation and assistance</header>
<subsection id="H2E8FC60FBA4A4833B636950DA6A16A63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>International
cooperation and assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce, acting through
the National Marine Fisheries Service, may engage in international cooperation
and provide assistance, including grants, to help other nations achieve
sustainable fisheries.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC02FA925D4904510B37A6E7B82D8D514"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing
assistance to other nations, the Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="HCD5793EDC7F7496DA543D653EBA98692"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide funding
and technical expertise to other nations to assist them in addressing illegal,
unreported, or unregulated fishing activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD17AAC47DBC4E13A5CEBA97E3F023A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide funding
and technical expertise to other nations to assist them in reducing the loss
and environmental impacts of derelict fishing gear, reducing the bycatch of
living marine resources, and promoting international marine resource
conservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0B647FD0B404D3FAE57A1DF1F9148EC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide funding,
technical expertise, and training to other nations to aid them in building
capacity for enhanced fisheries management, fisheries monitoring, catch and
trade tracking activities, enforcement, and international marine resource
conservation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE351C05B9C04DFABBD5B0413E6BB8EA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish partnerships with other Federal
agencies or non-governmental organizations, as appropriate, to ensure that
fisheries development assistance to other nations is directed toward projects
that promote sustainable fisheries; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6FD361928EA6419D96C9130B0D569A41"><enum>(5)</enum><text>conduct outreach
and education efforts in order to promote public and private sector awareness
of international fisheries sustainability issues, including the need to combat
illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing activity and to promote
international marine resource conservation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H596FC274C4CC44DC980699C70010CCEA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>The
Secretary may establish guidelines necessary to implement this section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Implementation of
the Antigua Convention</header>
<section id="H1F74E3BD2BD9468095BF795FFD3499C8"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Antigua Convention Implementing Act of 2011</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HBE10274C30E74EA18DED1AA8E2C40A51"><enum>202.</enum><header>Amendment of
the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Tuna
Conventions Act of 1950 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/951">16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</section><section id="H6973F61BB92043AEAE0F3579F0089248"><enum>203.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/951">16 U.S.C. 951</external-xref>) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA7BA07B56C8E4BEDA4D04C28697BCF0E" style="OLC">
<section id="H2F7A03C3CDF646F8A709BE97C1CB8557"><enum>2.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act:</text>
<paragraph id="H720BCCF0E8D34893BA1AA8769270BC1A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Antigua
convention</header><text>The term <term>Antigua Convention</term> means the
Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
Established by the 1949 Convention Between the United States of America and the
Republic of Costa Rica, signed at Washington, November 14, 2003.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD908F5DB8D2B4D82B92797EAB24B0169"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The
term <term>Commission</term> means the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
provided for by the Convention.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5C62BADA3C14FE8A158DAB144122051"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Convention</header><text>The
term <term>Convention</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB9BDAD8CF4D94A0E8AD4015C9C01AB4E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Convention for
the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, signed at
Washington, May 31, 1949, by the United States of America and the Republic of
Costa Rica;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9D7FBD3E0A14F46B1BFFD774A00037F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Antigua
Convention, upon its entry into force for the United States, and any amendments
thereto that are in force for the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H99050546479D47569A436C2C608BB725"><enum>(C)</enum><text>both such
Conventions, as the context requires.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9DB1758505ED48948AA94BC2515D46E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The
term <term>person</term> means an individual, partnership, corporation, or
association subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA436D967BD9743BBA90E091952F5294B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>United
states</header><text>The term <term>United States</term> includes all areas
under the sovereignty of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D2E0838F45F45E0B10376E72B7F6361"><enum>(6)</enum><header>United States
commissioners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>United States commissioners</term> means the individuals appointed in
accordance with section
3(a).</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HE08DD687AEE843C19C8404CF51D2EF83"><enum>204.</enum><header>Commissioners;
number, appointment, and qualifications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/952">16 U.S.C. 952</external-xref>) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H88B1EEA869534CA689A298B6F8544D7E" style="OLC">
<section id="HA8A6C87D99C948A6B0621C51DAEC3DD9"><enum>3.</enum><header>Commissioners</header>
<subsection id="HBD5E8C61B7344E6195FFB64DC0D2230A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commissioners</header><text>The
United States shall be represented on the Commission by 4 United States
Commissioners. The President shall appoint individuals to serve on the
Commission at the pleasure of the President. In making the appointments, the
President shall select United States Commissioners from among individuals who
are knowledgeable or experienced concerning highly migratory fish stocks in the
eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, one of whom shall be an officer or employee of
the Department of Commerce. Not more than 2 United States Commissioners may be
appointed who reside in a State other than a State whose vessels maintain a
substantial fishery in the area of the Convention.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H743E9A0EE69E42CDB85BE9825115E97D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Alternate
Commissioners</header><text>The Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary, may designate from time to time and for periods of time deemed
appropriate Alternate United States Commissioners to the Commission. Any
Alternate United States Commissioner may exercise, at any meeting of the
Commission or of the General Advisory Committee or Scientific Advisory
Subcommittee established pursuant to section 4(b), all powers and duties of a
United States Commissioner in the absence of any United States Commissioner
appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for whatever reason. The
number of such Alternate United States Commissioners that may be designated for
any such meeting shall be limited to the number of United States Commissioners
appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section who will not be present at
such meeting.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H771EAEE93A7C4D2EAD89A51D61A2C450"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative
Matters</header>
<paragraph id="H839731CD36F543A6A7A4B59C22DEC4BC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Employment
status</header><text>Individuals serving as United States Commissioners, other
than officers or employees of the United States Government, shall not be
considered Federal employees except for the purposes of injury compensation or
tort claims liability as provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/81">chapter 81</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,
and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3236D7B049D44DC49449A5015CD9A04F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The
United States Commissioners or Alternate Commissioners, although officers of
the United States while so serving, shall receive no compensation for their
services as United States Commissioners or Alternate Commissioners.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6F813F66868441D88B33538D70E3128"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Travel
expenses</header>
<subparagraph id="H5ADAFAC9106042A08604D674C63DABEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall pay the
necessary travel expenses of United States Commissioners and Alternate United
States Commissioners to meetings of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
and other meetings the Secretary of State deems necessary to fulfill their
duties, in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations and sections 5701,
5702, 5704 through 5708, and 5731 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1A47D3167B2451D8C81FD3D6154C3DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary may
reimburse the Secretary of State for amounts expended by the Secretary of State
under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H875B15216AE54051BD318633B5756324"><enum>205.</enum><header>General
Advisory Committee and Scientific Advisory Subcommittee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/953">16 U.S.C. 953</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB982B8F7C1824A2AACA838A65A294B86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H06F99CC04B8F42BFB2BDA5A6B21693D7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6C9D0FFD5B1445248492AF57C209FC4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General Advisory
Committee</header>
<paragraph id="H2838E2F79CE34CD78382F7C2319C261D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointments;
public participation; compensation</header>
<subparagraph id="HC3A39016FA484C799AF98AC8E9351527"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall appoint a General Advisory
Committee which shall consist of not more than 25 individuals who shall be
representative of the various groups concerned with the fisheries covered by
the Convention, including nongovernmental conservation organizations, providing
to the maximum extent practicable an equitable balance among such groups.
Members of the General Advisory Committee will be eligible to participate as
members of the United States delegation to the Commission and its working
groups to the extent the Commission rules and space for delegations
allow.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59EF2BD9B22740BA86C157F6E0A58CF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The chair of the
Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Advisory Subpanel for Highly Migratory
Fisheries and the chair of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council’s
Advisory Committee shall be ex-officio members of the General Advisory
Committee by virtue of their positions in those Councils.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3142AA4F5F645698926D9055F3A21A6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Each member of the
General Advisory Committee appointed under subparagraph (A) shall serve for a
term of 3 years and is eligible for reappointment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC72B30F13ED4F4CA9ABDE5EB651426A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The General
Advisory Committee shall be invited to attend all non-executive meetings of the
United States delegation and at such meetings shall be given opportunity to
examine and to be heard on all proposed programs of investigation, reports,
recommendations, and regulations of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H731334BF0B4745AFA0F276EE09E7901F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The General
Advisory Committee shall determine its organization, and prescribe its
practices and procedures for carrying out its functions under this title, the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.), and the Convention. The General Advisory Committee shall publish and
make available to the public a statement of its organization, practices and
procedures. Meetings of the General Advisory Committee, except when in
executive session, shall be open to the public, and prior notice of meetings
shall be made public in timely fashion. The General Advisory Committee shall
not be subject to the <act-name parsable-cite="FACA">Federal Advisory Committee
Act</act-name> (5 U.S.C. App.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H15B101640C4848B7BCEC62E1D6A84F40"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information
sharing</header><text>The Secretary and the Secretary of State shall furnish
the General Advisory Committee with relevant information concerning fisheries
and international fishery agreements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26BA45135614445AAD306C7506A86E9D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administrative
matters</header>
<subparagraph id="H93ACDC63965247AB8A59F4A2E69C46B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary
shall provide to the General Advisory Committee in a timely manner such
administrative and technical support services as are necessary for its
effective functioning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F3081CC249540EABD84EE69484DB5B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Individuals
appointed to serve as a member of the General Advisory Committee—</text>
<clause id="H9539507C02A7466680897154FED68744"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall serve
without pay, but while away from their homes or regular places of business to
attend meetings of the General Advisory Committee shall be allowed travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as
persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5703">section 5703</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE9E5161F80A14A649B33309DC2490974"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not be
considered Federal employees except for the purposes of injury compensation or
tort claims liability as provided in <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/81">chapter 81</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code,
and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28, United States
Code.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2DB7D37770754DAFA5760777FBD28075"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking so
much of subsection (b) as precedes paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE28D32B50DC54995ABCEF2108CA36468" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H3C8A02674C834B8BA216BD01DFD36976"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scientific
Advisory Subcommittee</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H80616EAECC7947DDAA1AFF08FC688A4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall appoint a Scientific Advisory
Subcommittee of not less than 5 nor more than 15 qualified scientists with
balanced representation from the public and private sectors, including
nongovernmental conservation
organizations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA64246CDA858493BBC374439E5624A3C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(3), by striking
<quote>General Advisory Subcommittee</quote> and inserting <quote>General
Advisory Committee</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA610839DC3394F698A7D6162D9A78893"><enum>206.</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/955">16 U.S.C. 955</external-xref>) is amended to read
as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04E5E9CF08DA40DE91853CF010F06F78" style="OLC">
<section id="HEB361771944047119BACA8FD4B0A300B"><enum>6.</enum><header>Rulemaking</header>
<subsection id="HD7A7F9A5BD4A4F67B1DA03A2F5FE9E85"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and, with respect to
enforcement measures, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard
is operating, may promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out
the United States international obligations under the Convention and this Act,
including recommendations and decisions adopted by the Commission. In cases
where the Secretary has discretion in the implementation of one or more
measures adopted by the Commission that would govern fisheries under the
authority of a Regional Fishery Management Council, the Secretary may, to the
extent practicable within the implementation schedule of the Convention and any
recommendations and decisions adopted by the Commission, promulgate such
regulations in accordance with the procedures established by the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H306F4E6A709A426E8B48D8116CD9E6C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Jurisdiction</header><text>The
Secretary may promulgate regulations applicable to all vessels and persons
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, including United States flag
vessels wherever they may be operating, on such date as the Secretary shall
prescribe.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H55BA94F8FBFB4E4D8B5BFFB6DEEAB925"><enum>207.</enum><header>Prohibited
acts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/957">16 U.S.C. 957</external-xref>)
is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1627B964B7CC4D599EE4996F0C369A51"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>section 6(c) of this
Act</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 6</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF64A697B30242848ED6D7260DAA3F2F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE233AF8A0D534B6E887AD42E6BE92E16" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H546DC572BD984A04978C661529BDB85E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Additional
prohibitions and enforcement</header><text>For prohibitions relating to this
Act and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826g).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H851D3DC2101B4825A4592628676D3FF9"><enum>208.</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/959">16 U.S.C. 959</external-xref>) is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB6063A8FDFA84B959654EC97F8C60B8F" style="OLC">
<section id="H1C0C8276E0564F50A640C2F4688C05F3"><enum>10.</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For enforcement of this Act, see section 606
of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C.
1826g).</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HE8699C035A7D4642AFA080F538825E38"><enum>209.</enum><header>Reduction of
bycatch</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15 (16 U.S.C.
962) is amended by striking <quote>vessel</quote> and inserting
<quote>vessels</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H968F2EDA35CB462B85DCA2644B4A648B"><enum>210.</enum><header>Repeal of
Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of 1984</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of
1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/972">16 U.S.C. 972 et seq.</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</section>