113 HR 4742 IH: Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2014-05-23
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1.This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act
.
2.The table of contents for this Act is the following:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. References.
Sec. 103. Flexibility in rebuilding fish stocks.
Sec. 104. Modifications to the annual catch limit requirement.
Sec. 105. Distinguishing between overfished and depleted.
Sec. 106. Transparency and public process.
Sec. 107. Limitation on future catch share programs.
Sec. 108. Report on fee.
Sec. 109. Data collection and data confidentiality.
Sec. 110. Cooperative research and management program.
Sec. 111. Council jurisdiction for overlapping fisheries.
Sec. 112. Gulf of Mexico fisheries cooperative research and red snapper management.
Sec. 113. North Pacific fishery management clarification.
Sec. 114. Ensuring consistent management for fisheries throughout their range.
Sec. 115. Limitation on harvest in North Pacific directed pollock fishery.
Sec. 116. Authorization of appropriations.
Title II—Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Findings; purpose.
Sec. 203. Refinancing of Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction loan.
<enum>I</enum><header>Amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act</header>
<section id="HCBD3ADF0D0444377990CA1BE5BEB2DAF"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any term used in this title that is defined in section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1802">16 U.S.C. 1802</external-xref>) shall have the same
meaning such term has under that section.</text>
</section><section id="HF1526811D003426C89470FF79F8D227E"><enum>102.</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is
expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the
reference shall be considered to be made to a provision of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.).</text>
</section><section id="H442B269C7B094B33A5BA893A921ED32D"><enum>103.</enum><header>Flexibility in rebuilding fish stocks</header>
<subsection id="H87CA8B9864B440FAAEFBBA96DE3CA00A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General requirements</header><text>Section 304(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1854">16 U.S.C. 1854(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7FF3BFDBAB284D0386E94E61D5A91EBF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H484A5889471140E8A5220607FBAEF7AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking <quote>possible</quote> and inserting <quote>practicable</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57667753979A476E84BC3FDDAA4108DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A)(ii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA81B732DBA314367B1A8B758A093820E" style="OLC">
<clause id="H505BA0BF27304C3DA5E1EC81F7CA2FA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may not exceed the time the stock would be rebuilt without fishing occurring plus one mean
generation, except in a case in which—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HC2279845E71B4DA8A3587E05EDE41375"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the biology of the stock of fish, other environmental conditions, or management measures under an
international agreement in which the United States participates dictate
otherwise;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF1A8C872AF1F4C999250BD50A64BD1B7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the cause of the stock being depleted is outside the jurisdiction of
the Council or the rebuilding program cannot be effective only by limiting
fishing activities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9CA215BB544248E082E8BBE9C7B281A2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that one or more components of a mixed-stock fishery is depleted but
cannot be rebuilt within that time- frame without significant economic
harm to the fishery, or cannot be rebuilt without causing another
component of the mixed-stock fishery to approach a depleted status;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBFF3FF7EE797488C8AF30A4CA078987B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that recruitment, distribution, or life history of, or fishing activities
for, the stock are affected by informal transboundary agreements under
which management activities outside the exclusive economic zone by another
country may hinder conservation and management efforts by United States
fishermen; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3EDB0E7DAED6409DBA7BAC5D8A545052"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the stock has been affected by unusual events that make rebuilding
within the specified time period improbable without significant economic
harm to fishing communities;</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H089AFED4AC5D47D0AC7504F2427A51AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (B), by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as
subparagraphs (C) and (D), and by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H99E8D38AC27548C19E51BE8A93F117DA" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H0EA99EA077E741CCA6579E8A0CCD4D4F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>take into account environmental condition including predator/prey relationships;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73AF84B4098546D089866EBD8C64FDC1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF70E747FF82749D88B285BC4F5157B06" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HFDB51212F3D6403EB25CE11CB56F5C90"><enum>(E)</enum><text>specify a schedule for reviewing the rebuilding targets, evaluating environmental impacts on
rebuilding progress, and evaluating progress being made toward reaching
rebuilding targets.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1B1739B845CD46A19BC17804C0C9E910"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0B294CB18B2147C89D07A0F684EEA358" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBCA871D54E4242C8AED7C5AEC8403551"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A fishery management plan, plan amendment, or proposed regulations may use alternative rebuilding
strategies, including harvest control rules and fishing mortality-rate
targets to the extent they are in compliance with the requirements of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68A18A529AA247F886D4F365F56DA7BA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A Council may terminate the application of paragraph (3) to a fishery if the Council’s scientific
and statistical committee determines and the Secretary concurs that the
original determination that the fishery was depleted was erroneous,
either—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3FDB6CD718424BCFBC1AAA6E51F26C50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within the 2-year period beginning on the effective date a fishery management plan, plan amendment,
or proposed regulation for a fishery under this subsection takes effect;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39D4E949F2E441DCAE1116D8829907CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>within 90 days after the completion of the next stock assessment after such determination.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9419F26BFBD94E0D8A4F55A6236F0C4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergency regulations and interim measures</header><text>Section 305(c)(3)(B) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1855">16 U.S.C. 1855(c)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>180 days after</quote> and all that follows through <quote>provided</quote> and inserting <quote>1 year after the date of publication, and may be extended by publication in the Federal Register
for one additional period of not more than 1 year, if</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA9FE6533B20D4577B49553AAF4E964FB"><enum>104.</enum><header>Modifications to the annual catch limit requirement</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE7D340CCDE5947799DCEA0DCB9083D13" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE9DBA2ABAA1646419812DEC31C513647"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Considerations for modifications to annual catch limit requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H28ED4D99D4A7494AA517F855B8EF46EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consideration of ecosystem and economic impacts</header><text>In establishing annual catch limits a Council may, consistent with section 302(h)(6), consider
changes in an ecosystem and the economic needs of the fishing communities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40EE0198527F4BFE90E89BBF4C988C1C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations to annual catch limit requirement for special fisheries</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (h)(6), a Council is not required to develop an annual catch limit for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA9F89931D49A4376AA6D41E598CAA3ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an ecosystem component species;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B631AEC46824C14B78C027A58178A84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a fishery for a species that has a life cycle of approximately 1 year, unless the Secretary has
determined the fishery is subject to overfishing; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06ADBD1440D04ED2A868A07CD312FCE9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a stock for which—</text>
<clause id="H20524311237D4E41B9C899082392E9CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>more than half of a single-year class will complete their life cycle in less than 18 months; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H56F33828BE454A3A82639E6FABE4750B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>fishing mortality will have little impact on the stock.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA64C9B6677ED48E5A1D94DAC57D7BAAD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relationship to international fishery efforts</header><text>Each annual catch limit may, consistent with section 302(h)(6), take into account—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE5106182EAA643A58BA0F17C47735096"><enum>(A)</enum><text>management measures under international agreements in which the United States participates; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DF0A6988A284CD091B08821EF138A2F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>informal transboundary agreements under which fishery management activities by another country
outside the exclusive economic zone may hinder conservation efforts by
United States fishermen for a fish species for which any of the
recruitment, distribution, life history, or fishing activities are
transboundary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA096CC45DA1F4559965B8BD045F387F6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization for multispecies complexes and multiyear annual catch limits</header><text>For purposes of subsection (h)(6), a Council may establish—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0A3AB38C3047455CB2AA7FDB00CB773B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an annual catch limit for a stock complex; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H91F25EDB92544ED3BBE270048A3B734D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>annual catch limits for each year in any continuous period that is not more than three years in
duration.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4649BD69D154BBBAD13BE528D3EA6FA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Ecosystem component species defined</header><text>In this subsection the term <quote>ecosystem component species</quote> means a stock of fish that is a nontarget, incidentally harvested stock of fish in a fishery, or a
nontarget, incidentally harvested stock of fish that a Council or the
Secretary has determined—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF09AE148DC07400BAD61E74E2DF014E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not subject to overfishing, approaching a depleted condition or depleted; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDE3E249388F4F9ABBD659AB168F25ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not likely to become subject to overfishing or depleted in the absence of conservation and
management measures.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HCFC7E3E2703744A2A1B7C22F7DF9CD13"><enum>105.</enum><header>Distinguishing between overfished and depleted</header>
<subsection id="HC932BBACFC014E57B5D22ECBAE111864"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 3 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1802">16 U.S.C. 1802</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA52F053DE4894B04B0A06E5123EAF21D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (34), by striking <quote>and <quote>overfished</quote> mean</quote> and inserting <quote>means</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9164A1376684A5F9C950F58BAB81091"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1115C88E40D7452599880470FE25EF4C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC9983142433E4DC396F98131C28B437A"><enum>(8a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘depleted' means, with respect to a stock of fish or stock complex, that the stock or
stock complex has a biomass that has declined below a level that
jeopardizes the capacity of the stock or stock complex to produce maximum
sustainable yield on a continuing basis.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9984A7AF685C42C3A58EBA603F402FAE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Substitution of term</header><text>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>) is amended by
striking <quote>overfished</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>depleted</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFF35C528E97C4C08B7D707122B823F51"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarity in annual report</header><text>Section 304(e)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1854">16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>The report shall distinguish between fisheries that are depleted (or approaching that condition) as
a result of fishing and fisheries that are depleted (or approaching that
condition) as a result of factors other than fishing. The report shall
state, for each fishery identified as depleted or approaching that
condition, whether the fishery is the target of directed fishing.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H992508A5138C40B38D93D09691FF606E"><enum>106.</enum><header>Transparency and public process</header>
<subsection id="H6BAE527294CC45979CA5050DC19CF06D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Advice</header><text>Section 302(g)(1)(B) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(g)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Each scientific and statistical committee shall develop such advice in a transparent manner and
allow for public involvement in the process.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3244F4CC19C24510BB13BDD208C0EFBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>Section 302(i)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(i)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1FB035C647EA42799E24E477AD7B8669" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H153B7BC4F0854ECB8802A1920802C9F1" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Each Council shall make available on the Internet Web site of the Council—</text>
<clause id="HA37926CE8A72487B91AFE67E353D7162"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, a Webcast, an audio recording, or a live broadcast of each meeting of
the Council, and of the Council Coordination Committee established under
subsection (l), that is not closed in accordance with paragraph (3); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD0BB3B3C360F47E8854EB1A3370BB7EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>audio, video (if the meeting was in person or by video conference), or a searchable audio or
written transcript of each meeting of the Council and of the meetings of
committees referred to in section 302(g)(1)(B) of the Council by not later
than 30 days after the conclusion of the meeting.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49CC5F40715245A4A748D1E9352B6451" indent="up1"><enum>(H)</enum><text>The Secretary shall maintain and make available to the public an archive of Council and scientific
and statistical committee meeting audios, videos, and transcripts made
available under clauses (i) and (ii) subparagraph (G).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H54D3736E51BA4E91BE7E9CDF3CB67146"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fishery impact statements</header>
<paragraph id="H322E19B987B348CE815D587B7F67A6AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Section 303 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1853">16 U.S.C. 1853</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD54B32E042434486B88E3A7812F163F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (9) and redesignating paragraphs (10) through (15) as
paragraphs (9) through (14), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3670502E89B54812A698421086AB95A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H136776466FF647BE92CD17677A61EB4C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2ADD5C52C71B44A4B953F822DBED30B5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fishery impact statement</header>
<paragraph id="H084A9256B6914F5FA7EEE5C750D3E8D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any fishery management plan (or fishery management plan amendment) prepared by any Council or by
the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), or proposed regulations
deemed necessary pursuant to subsection (c), shall include a fishery
impact statement which shall assess, specify and analyze the likely
effects and impact of the proposed action on the quality of the human
environment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB099BF4053543C3819F1D397A376504"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The fishery impact statement shall describe—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0131682D07504028B93A2992FB60FD5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a purpose of the proposed action;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E81A9E855FA4DD6A891BAC04007213F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the environmental impact of the proposed action;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H581C426720054CA29E001031D1E5969B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided should the proposed action be
implemented;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF2726E39F424127BACA11B15000D86A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a reasonable range of alternatives to the proposed action;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFC9EB187D97424B91FA7BB3DB96F60A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the relationship between short-term use of fishery resources and the enhancement of long-term
productivity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95E8173FD006472B93156FC7BF1203AC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the cumulative conservation and management effects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF021C449B4E4C69B8499E70ADD4993B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>economic, and social impacts of the proposed action on—</text>
<clause id="H1681EE05F92448E884470AD31BC81402"><enum>(i)</enum><text>participants in the fisheries and fishing communities affected by the proposed action;</text>
</clause><clause id="H603BA90CE80448EEAF4D0CC5B4BC4566"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>participants in the fisheries conducted in adjacent areas under the authority of another Council,
after consultation with such Council and representatives of those
participants; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2B8E9B3C2374D80816809D8695215AB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the safety of human life at sea, including whether and to what extent such measures may affect the
safety of participants in the fishery.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1CB1CFCF41164906BD1D5152AD476413"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A substantially complete fishery impact statement, which may be in draft form, shall be available
not less than 14 days before the beginning of the meeting at which a
Council makes its final decision on the proposal (for plans, plan
amendments, or proposed regulations prepared by a Council pursuant to
subsection (a) or (c)). Availability of this fishery impact statement will
be announced by the methods used by the council to disseminate public
information and the public and relevant government agencies will be
invited to comment on the fishery impact statement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D00DF73E07D41F5A40447F11FE66F72"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The completed fishery impact statement shall accompany the transmittal of a fishery management plan
or plan amendment as specified in section 304(a), as well as the
transmittal of proposed regulations as specified in section 304(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12B4BC206D4D4E65A056F9B97B348C40"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Councils shall, subject to approval by the Secretary, establish criteria to determine actions
or classes of action of minor significance regarding subparagraphs (A),
(B), (D), (E), and (F) of paragraph (2), for which preparation of a
fishery impact statement is unnecessary and categorically excluded from
the requirements of this section, and the documentation required to
establish the exclusion.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B4E69D4B11E49B5AE55D98E30B23366"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Councils shall, subject to approval by the Secretary, prepare procedures for compliance with
this section that provide for timely, clear, and concise analysis that is
useful to decisionmakers and the public, reduce extraneous paperwork and
effectively involve the public, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H557390EC1AAA45A191EAC89A21FEB033"><enum>(A)</enum><text>using Council meetings to determine the scope of issues to be addressed and identifying significant
issues related to the proposed action;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47EEBE43C4544B97970E4D5F1C6B4B67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>integration of the fishery impact statement development process with preliminary and final Council
decisionmaking in a manner that provides opportunity for comment from the
public and relevant government agencies prior to these decision points;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DA0D8BEE2F047F5904193CB7654DC88"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing scientific, technical, and legal advice at an early stage of the development of the
fishery impact statement to ensure timely transmittal and Secretarial
review of the proposed fishery management plan, plan amendment, or
regulations to the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1CECB9215B0747D2B8F569565E39F0D1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Actions taken in accordance with the procedures of this section shall constitute fulfillment of the
requirements the National Environmental Policy Improvement Act of 1970 (42
U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and all related implementing regulations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5DBC928DF3CB4184B7C9182F2DE44955"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation of adequacy</header><text>Section 304(a)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1854">16 U.S.C. 1854(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (B), striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(C) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7707E1375240438DAB5EBD6708A38431" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H63E9317E34364B0D860890D99AB7AF5E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>evaluate the adequacy of the accompanying fishery impact statement as basis for fully considering
the environmental impacts of implementing the fishery management plan or
plan amendment.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H706F509486B84DDE8819662167F22DDA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of regulations</header><text>Section 304(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1854">16 U.S.C. 1854(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking so much as precedes subparagraph (A) of
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0F6622CEABCF4D33A0B41F9B9C0A2692" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1A598200FEB84D2CAC91081ABBB0BD58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review of regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HA8A28DE5AC554FE5803D4D17A52D2C4A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Upon transmittal by the Council to the Secretary of proposed regulations prepared under section
303(c), the Secretary shall immediately initiate an evaluation of the
proposed regulations to determine whether they are consistent with the
fishery management plan, plan amendment, this Act and other applicable
law. The Secretary shall also immediately initiate an evaluation of the
accompanying fishery impact statement as a basis for fully considering the
environmental impacts of implementing the proposed regulations. Within 15
days of initiating such evaluation the Secretary shall make a
determination and—</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H63BFC9F7A90D415E9B264D20FABA2C1E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect on time requirements</header><text>Section 305(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1855">16 U.S.C. 1855(e)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>),</quote> after <quote>the Regulatory Flexibility Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/601">5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.</external-xref>)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H638A1B9E31504AD9B7694E0EDA911846"><enum>107.</enum><header>Limitation on future catch share programs</header>
<subsection id="H6B91675BF95B4DD5ADA3B9893B56AB22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Catch share defined</header><text>Section 3 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1802">16 U.S.C. 1802</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0D1CC60302C746C5B2C86EA52D3C04A9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H269B82F4AF8744EA902F6022937FDEA5"><enum>(2a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>catch share</quote> means any fishery management program that allocates a specific percentage of the total allowable
catch for a fishery, or a specific fishing area, to an individual,
cooperative, community, processor, representative of a commercial sector,
or regional fishery association established in accordance with section
303A(c)(4), or other entity.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5838F1D722BD41109EBA4D0838E13551"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Catch share referendum pilot program</header>
<paragraph id="H4517E5F37E024054BD1DAFCC4C3D0DC7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 303A(c)(6)(D) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1853a">16 U.S.C. 1853a(c)(6)(D)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9DE02B98613142EC881DC09B09D61EE6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HAF6BD892FB344D3C89A8BA1EBCEE0DEC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Catch share referendum pilot program</header>
<clause id="H8D3E23C3DECD475C9A21F7A8CE68E67F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico Councils may not submit a fishery
management plan or amendment that creates a catch share program for a
fishery, and the Secretary may not approve or implement such a plan or
amendment submitted by such a Council or a secretarial plan or amendment
under section 304(c) that creates such a program, unless the final program
has been approved, in a referendum in accordance with this subparagraph,
by a majority of the permit holders eligible to participate in the
fishery. For multispecies permits in the Gulf of Mexico, any permit holder
with landings from within the sector of the fishery being considered for
the catch share program within the 5-year period preceding the date of the
referendum and still active in fishing in the fishery shall be eligible to
participate in such a referendum. If a catch share program is not approved
by the requisite number of permit holders, it may be revised and submitted
for approval in a subsequent referendum.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE4DE84CAD51E405A8E1D20754CEA7435"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The Secretary may, at the request of the New England Fishery Management Council, allow
participation in such a referendum for a fishery under the Council’s
authority, by fishing vessel crewmembers who derive a significant portion
of their livelihood from such fishing.</text>
</clause><clause id="H4358E82740464952AB1EB4FEEDAC9983"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The Secretary shall conduct a referendum under this subparagraph, including notifying all permit
holders eligible to participate in the referendum and making available to
them—</text>
<subclause id="H329FC881433B4F78B25DC1A6403F8E2E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a copy of the proposed program;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8985B27FA828428CA216C73245BC18E8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an estimate of the costs of the program, including costs to participants;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB1C00A116D3746338FA6B3F02DB4CC3C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an estimate of the amount of fish or percentage of quota each permit holder would be allocated; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEF4E34E725C743338DCAEA587D915645"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>information concerning the schedule, procedures, and eligibility requirements for the referendum
process.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H3D7ABF4DDDD34CBFA589085010C86494"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term <quote>permit holder eligible to participate</quote> only includes the holder of a permit for a fishery under which fishing has occurred in 3 of the 5
years preceding a referendum for the fishery, unless sickness, injury, or
other unavoidable hardship prevented the permit holder from engaging in
such fishing.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDE85C349CC1346CFBDC0AB0A79CC43BB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The Secretary may not implement any catch share program for any fishery managed exclusively by the
Secretary unless first petitioned by a majority of those permit holders
eligible to participate in the fishery.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45CCAF6977694B3C9DAB9975952DFD8A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on application</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall not apply to a catch share program that is submitted to,
or proposed by, the Secretary of Commerce before the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87C7352D04E64A99BEF4940AC4377B93"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before conducting a referendum under the amendment made by paragraph (1), the Secretary of Commerce
shall issue regulations implementing such amendment after providing an
opportunity for submission by the public of comments on the regulations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8FCB73A0C5D1454E8B23B2EAD1F702F8"><enum>108.</enum><header>Report on fee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 304(d)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1854">16 U.S.C. 1854(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H0A25AD4A2F6C469286DDB4AAB53F2AC1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF1289CCA53574961AE0DD34667E025D3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Secretary shall report annually on the amount collected under this paragraph from each fishery
and detail how the funds were spent in the prior year on a
fishery-by-fishery basis, to—</text>
<clause id="H19630913F3134844890A79A60F07FC4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Congress; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB2EF2BDA8FB54550AA5F74A850F1936A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each Council from whose fisheries the fee under this paragraph were collected.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2658B11C620149888CA2FB451D28DE93"><enum>109.</enum><header>Data collection and data confidentiality</header>
<subsection id="H034C3D1797544BB6B563C27C8FED6700"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Electronic monitoring</header>
<paragraph id="H30F0BD97941F4361A00F75EC9916AA15"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance of regulations</header>
<subparagraph id="H4C30E4B6AB2040AFBAA535FEA921D605"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall issue regulations governing the use of electronic monitoring for the purposes
of monitoring fisheries that are subject to 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>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H526C4672367D4FDBAE56A177FD2AB62D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The regulations shall—</text>
<clause id="HE5EF984EFF4540EEB3C4790CF05F044B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>distinguish between monitoring for data collection and research purposes and monitoring for
compliance and enforcement purposes; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H44059D30A4D94AE58EDE558FDF203DA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include minimum criteria, objectives, or performance standards for electronic monitoring.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D43F10B6CAA4923809EAB1DABC7F3F2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Process</header><text>In issuing the regulations the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H40A10E27E3B64CC6AF964F8F22C49D58"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consult with the Councils and fishery management commissions;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2BE18B6611264699A8EBD8DDFE9CF360"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>publish the proposed regulations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB9F0E6E357854B40B1E0859340065F12"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide an opportunity for the submission by the public of comments on the proposed regulations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H412D15723AC94D528B203753C09BF9F7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation of monitoring</header>
<subparagraph id="H6787CE633FB4473ABADF9C1ECD1670E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), and after the issuance of the final regulations, a Council, or the
Secretary for fisheries referred to in section 302(a)(3) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1852(a)(3)), may, in accordance with the regulations, on a
fishery-by-fishery basis and consistent with the existing objectives and
management goals of a fishery management plan and the Act for a fishery
issued by the Council or the Secretary, respectively, amend such plan—</text>
<clause id="HCFA28CB39714468F9AE4E2BE9649F5DD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to incorporate electronic monitoring as an alternative tool for data collection and monitoring
purposes or for compliance and enforcement purposes (or both); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1EFFD4030E8B4D95B4AC6CB89CF73765"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to allow for the replacement of a percentage of on-board observers with electronic monitoring.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4711CFB39B6B452087FEC27E5F5B9AD5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Comparability</header><text>Subparagraph (A) shall apply to a fishery only if the Council or Secretary, respectively,
determines that such monitoring will yield comparable data collection and
compliance results.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H65FCA3C880644C10A60655AE66D441C5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pilot projects</header><text>Before the issuance of final regulations, a Council, or the Secretary for fisheries referred to in
section 302(a)(3), may, subject to the requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, on a
fishery-by-fishery basis, and consistent with the existing objectives and
management goals of a fishery management plan for a fishery issued by the
Council or the Secretary, respectively, conduct a pilot project for the
use of electronic monitoring for the fishery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DFEAA6C8C9E436FBEEBFC6D1A289458"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The Secretary shall issue final regulations under this subsection by not later than 12 months after
the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H95D98E6E2D5A4581BE2885804AE07C7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Video and acoustic survey technologies</header><text>The Secretary shall work with the Regional Fishery Management Councils and nongovernmental entities
to develop and implement the use pursuant to 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>) of video survey
technologies and expanded use of acoustic survey technologies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEC25FADFB2C34B578944AB42013CE917"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Confidentiality of information</header>
<paragraph id="HF4B96DC501934D8984FCC7D5D3DF1E3D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 402(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1881a">16 U.S.C. 1881a(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB8AB3A66A34146269D224E4A4AFCB08E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H73D6BFE0684349DDBB919CB0D2AA5006"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8510D58A81AF493B85CF8C10B0464420" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA0709C2CEE104EE99CE4FBD447997A19"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to State or Marine Fisheries Commission employees as necessary for achievement of the purposes of
this Act, subject to a confidentiality agreement between the State or
Commission, respectively, and the Secretary that prohibits public
disclosure of the identity of any person and of confidential information;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H768C4717AD424486B40EB4B376384384"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>limited access</quote> and inserting <quote>catch share</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB8FDB196C065461C85D10322B7CAD56E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by striking <quote>limited access</quote> and inserting <quote>catch share</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H703B52EE8021412AAD793F5BB785222C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H309C7A8D93F948CD935061CBF21CD7DE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, and information obtained through a vessel monitoring system or other technology used onboard a
fishing vessel for enforcement or data collection purposes,</quote> after <quote>information;</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCA7646C6BD2A4DBA93CECA9C0E3DA568"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF0EB72DE38EA4EFC9D40802BD46038B7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H561EE886267A442AB04020C9077988D3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8FF328A49CAD4806BE3E18D1FBB1E53F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as authorized by any regulations issued under paragraph (6) allowing the collection of observer
information, pursuant to a confidentiality agreement between the
observers, observer employers, and the Secretary prohibiting disclosure of
the information by the observers or observer employers, in order—</text>
<clause id="H1E4B46A21F254900BECABEF44F401009"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to allow the sharing of observer information among observers and between observers and observer
employers as necessary to train and prepare observers for deployments on
specific vessels; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HDBCEB9EE4F52448FA0AA7C7F45D01E0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to validate the accuracy of the observer information collected; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59EC589688DD4B02943F42E8D2A3B19F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to other persons if the Secretary has obtained written authorization from the person who submitted
such information or from the person on whose vessel the information was
collected, to release such information for reasons not otherwise provided
for in this subsection.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFC82797E7994819BE41EC434922AD93"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating and moving paragraph (3) to be paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC51E194A61FC437EABC39726E97B6F2E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (4) and (5) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2632C8330B624596B6678CDDA14ED2BE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4E137446DC0449729CD4DE1F7F6592D9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any information submitted to the Secretary, a State fisheries management agency, or a Marine
Fisheries Commission by any person in compliance with the requirements of
this Act, including confidential information, may only be used for
purposes of fisheries management and monitoring and enforcement under this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H737CF65D63CD43B7B5384E23DE8DAF2E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the heads of other Federal agencies
for the sharing of confidential information to ensure safety of life at
sea or for fisheries enforcement purposes, including information obtained
through a vessel monitoring system or other electronic enforcement and
monitoring systems, if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H836E0DE366A148E09EA43C3B84C84C60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary determines there is a compelling need to do so; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H760FE2C69AA648558CA6D951051718D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the heads of the other Federal agencies agree—</text>
<clause id="HE75DCBAD85E442E197836DEF3C5CAB5C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to maintain the confidentiality of the information in accordance with the requirements that apply
to the Secretary under this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H63A95D3F4C954C848F8628122C68AF83"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to use the information only for the purposes for which it was shared with the agencies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8428AABC135498795AC426EB74E07A0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not provide any vessel-specific or aggregate vessel information from a fishery
that is collected for monitoring and enforcement purposes to any person
for the purposes of coastal and marine spatial planning under Executive
Order 13547, unless the Secretary has obtained written authorization to
release such information from the person on whose vessel the information
was collected.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B215AEA65524BD2BEE2B3117EC6E815"><enum>(2)</enum><header>confidential information defined</header><text>Section 3 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1802">16 U.S.C. 1802</external-xref>) is further amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD8CAD7FC8CE43A383A0CEA870E4A284" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA48E2371FE4743B081949351373539C2"><enum>(4a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>confidential information</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03802701A20B4EB9844A0B8C813AEE04"><enum>(A)</enum><text>trade secrets;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68D7116D9F22492D8C60CB4031E26E46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>proprietary information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0ABE2413D0D54EE2948413D124CA3491"><enum>(C)</enum><text>observer information; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC046D304164459690B035B27AF0B7B2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>commercial or financial information the disclosure of which is likely to result in harm to the
competitive position of the person that submitted the information to the
Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2EB7E85E973A4E24A0A6DAB07D796ED4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Increased data collection and actions To address data-Poor fisheries</header><text>Section 404 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1881c">16 U.S.C. 1881c</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE575FE0A370F4E33B253616E2E02E815" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2464F942C69B4CD189F3DBCD5FB0B3D2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of the asset forfeiture fund for fishery independent data collection</header>
<paragraph id="H7F17D72078184F749975DA263A0CEE93"><enum>(1) </enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17804408165641C9BFAC92769A7F05DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Secretary, subject to appropriations, may obligate for data collection purposes in accordance
with prioritizations under paragraph (3) a portion of amounts received by
the United States as fisheries enforcement penalties.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54D411482A7E4419905D2804C6AFEC63"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts may be obligated under this paragraph only in the fishery management region with respect to
which they are collected.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF1FE80F74909485192E78FC19EEE490B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Included purposes</header><text>The purposes referred to in paragraph (1) include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA318D9BD96BE4860B4F07DAC0687D441"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of State personnel and resources, including fishery survey vessels owned and maintained by
States to survey or assess data-poor fisheries for which fishery
management plans are in effect under this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF43C099783D4C44B3EA2C36D08DC84A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>cooperative research activities authorized under section 318 to improve or enhance the fishery
independent data used in fishery stock assessments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H541B6593BC2D450DAC06295B4B001BFC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Data-poor fisheries priority lists</header><text>Each Council shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAADAF6385A764A4E8E4B9C66170746B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify those fisheries in its region considered to be data-poor fisheries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA69E8A8E07624A6A98D1AF8BB8859C30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prioritize those fisheries based on the need of each fishery for up-to-date information; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36E27D49FCE54C988B54011A9BD88FF4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide those priorities to the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7AEB92C98CD54429BAEAE81DDDB7043F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H71106E478D4F45C6B4D9FFAABEA5813A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <quote>data-poor fishery</quote> means a fishery—</text>
<clause id="HD5C0FD3995424CD3BD2E900813E41785"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that has not been surveyed in the preceding 5-year period;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD51B373F8A2446D9AB5F4433F0F983A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for which a fishery stock assessment has not been performed within the preceding 5-year period; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE4DA680264EE43B7974625BFB97C1692"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for which limited information on the status of the fishery is available for management purposes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1A0EE3544B34169A3F39084E11261FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <quote>fisheries enforcement penalties</quote> means any fine or penalty imposed, or proceeds of any property seized, for a violation of this Act
or of any other marine resource law enforced by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86D7CC0BF8EA4E5A85497DC8479B0671"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each fiscal year to carry out this
subsection up to 80 percent of the fisheries enforcement penalties
collected during the preceding fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H90EB584BAB994748B864127FF037DC52"><enum>110.</enum><header>Cooperative research and management program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 318 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1867">16 U.S.C. 1867</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB386FAFC73324DC28EBD173AAB1A4777"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before the first sentence, and by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA7A043E94B864A94942A3A8BF26B0A72" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF84824A38391413794C7725F8ACE6BC0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Within one year after the date of enactment of the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing
Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, and after consultation with the
Councils, the Secretary shall publish a plan for implementing and
conducting the program established in paragraph (1). Such plan shall
identify and describe critical regional fishery management and research
needs, possible projects that may address those needs, and estimated costs
for such projects. The plan shall be revised and updated every 5 years,
and updated plans shall include a brief description of projects that were
funded in the prior 5-year period and the research and management needs
that were addressed by those projects.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C3AC2E36F1F44328B3133A73A1AAA9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2088C4C327F240089FBF31B64C37B5A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Funding</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Priorities</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC99C83D973B4DEAAF7A6E9F1F882688"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking all after <quote>including</quote> and inserting an em dash, followed on the next line by the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE711A5FA339F4AD185F6B38C4A11CFBD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H39CCA790130D4876B644962B6350AD78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of fishing vessels or acoustic or other marine technology;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38E7B0BF961E4ACA9E9EC4EA9CFD024C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expanding the use of electronic catch reporting programs and technology; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HED26C5869B1744C184EE5FF5BCBCE9A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improving monitoring and observer coverage through the expanded use of electronic monitoring
devices.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H6872474DDF1A4B44894B668248122782"><enum>111.</enum><header>Council jurisdiction for overlapping fisheries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302(a)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2BDF2A8B43B948AFB141EBD6CD2A29C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), in the second sentence—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8403FF80BD3A477CAA720849049231CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>18</quote> and inserting <quote>19</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H66BEE21DB9CA4CFFB3C508A13AD4B767"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end <quote>and a liaison who is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to represent the
interests of fisheries under the jurisdiction of such Council</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEA5B0AF8AB814A4A83CC690BD0A8F930"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), in the second sentence—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7551652D149C4BA3984BA3BE98AC8240"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>21</quote> and inserting <quote>22</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FF8EFDF09D54699AB97EC2057737D61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end <quote>and a liaison who is a member of the New England Fishery Management Council to represent the
interests of fisheries under the jurisdiction of such Council</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HD16385D1B2184F15A1F9DD5882332D70"><enum>112.</enum><header>Gulf of Mexico fisheries cooperative research and red snapper management</header>
<subsection id="HB87EF2C604BB4C7C9255B9C9FFEF8592"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 407 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1883">16 U.S.C. 1883</external-xref>), and the item relating to such section in the table of contents in the
first section, are repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9E05FBA2F1ED459390D6354A5B82E3F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting and data collection program</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H6F56E7145C2740C4ACB307B753C5B06B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in conjunction with the States, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, and the recreational
fishing sectors, develop and implement a real-time reporting and data
collection program for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery using
available technology; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FD85DF928E5495DB4D018E9EDA7D807"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make implementation of this subsection a priority for funds received by the Secretary and allocated
to this region under section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (commonly
known as the <quote>Saltonstall-Kennedy Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/713c-3">15 U.S.C. 713c–3</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9DEE31AC82734140802103A38AD5C568"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fisheries Cooperative research program</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF7B03513B884CF58FCE758AB160433A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall, in conjunction with the States, the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission, the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
Fishery Management Councils, and the commercial, charter, and recreational
fishing sectors, develop and implement a cooperative research program
authorized under section 318 for the fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and
South Atlantic regions, giving priority to those fisheries that are
considered data-poor; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3EDF44BA2A0C4E77B53B6963D97CECBF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may, subject to the availability of appropriations, use funds received by the Secretary under
section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (commonly known as the <quote>Saltonstall-Kennedy Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/713c-3">15 U.S.C. 713c–3</external-xref>) to implement this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H342BA2C4276644FDBA6F8B622EA504A0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Stock surveys and stock assessments</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Marine Fisheries Service Regional
Administrator of the Southeast Regional Office, shall for purposes of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.)—</text>
<paragraph id="H5F03C5A144B947E684B7061AF58E4FC6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a schedule of stock surveys and stock assessments for the Gulf of Mexico Region and the
South Atlantic Region for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act and for every 5-year period thereafter;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F23F969319B423DA3CBFCDEEF1B9AC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">direct the Southeast Science Center Director to implement such schedule; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA80B573BC486458FA96461BC102B0B58"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in such development and implementation—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB93169FB321D4E74A0EF1CF66B33216E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>give priority to those stocks that are commercially or recreationally important; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19E0B3AEC40E4DF3AED74ACC45E50237"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure that each such important stock is surveyed at least every 5 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3525B1844FEE44FABE7EE4A40741EE2E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of fisheries information in stock assessments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Southeast Science Center Director shall ensure that fisheries information made available
through fisheries programs funded under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/141">Public Law 112–141</external-xref> is incorporated
as soon as possible into any fisheries stock assessments conducted after
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAEAAF79E16FC4E5EBAD4F329F60DB9E4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico with respect to red snapper</header><text>Section 306(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1856">16 U.S.C. 1856(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H57947CDA964448F7B5C708CC110D0095" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 3(11), for the purposes of managing the recreational sector of the Gulf of
Mexico red snapper fishery, the seaward boundary of a coastal State in the
Gulf of Mexico is a line 9 miles seaward from the baseline from which the
territorial sea of the United States is measured.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H60EAC7A9282443A293B5ACB59F9C8632"><enum>113.</enum><header>North Pacific fishery management clarification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(3)(C) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1856">16 U.S.C. 1856(a)(3)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBEDCAC49A1EB41709C8F9CFA85E1E588"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>was no</quote> and inserting <quote>is no</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10861E450937468D956978B0994257ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on August 1, 1996</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCCE8FAC3DA9F43C6B8AB97B08C885E4E"><enum>114.</enum><header>Ensuring consistent management for fisheries throughout their range</header>
<subsection id="H6982AD5CA60E48F58AADF9DCE812C76A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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>) is amended by
inserting after section 4 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H98EC0BEE9F464E1AB530CF152A6AC05A" style="OLC">
<section id="H77B63B745A70434EA37D469A6B17BA85"><enum>5.</enum><header>Ensuring consistent fisheries management under certain other Federal laws</header>
<subsection id="HB62286F1E5EF45B795749E9B2739A441"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National Marine Sanctuaries Act and Antiquities Act of 1906</header><text>In any case of a conflict between this Act and the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431
et seq.) or the Antiquities Act of 1906 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/431">16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.</external-xref>), this Act
shall control.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2608B29A4D374DAAB562613ED774DEA4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fisheries restrictions under Endangered Species Act of 1973</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure transparency and consistent management of fisheries throughout their range, any
restriction on the management of fish in the exclusive economic zone that
is necessary to implement a recovery plan under the Endangered Species Act
of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>) shall be implemented—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE3CE9D1488A4A1E9449AA215B1B4343"><enum>(1)</enum><text>using authority under this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H067BAA52B2F544A19A71FF86A713677C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in accordance with processes and time schedules required under this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4ADC946608924A7382C2D857C6A83AE8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in the first section is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 4 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDE132EDF8FA4F0BB78659AE2EA1BC47" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 5. Ensuring consistent fisheries management under other Federal laws.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H827BB5FBD8F74AAEB7E7EDABF874092C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header>Limitation on harvest in North Pacific directed pollock fishery</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 210(e)(1) of the American Fisheries Act (title II of division C of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>; 16
U.S.C. 1851 note) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6E456E85A34F4BE1B86E8AEDC6CF9542" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEC96C50070384A09AE43E4FF54681285"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Harvesting</header>
<subparagraph id="H1BB10B43113C4ED9A07E57FD548A1446"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>No particular individual, corporation, or other entity may harvest, through a fishery cooperative
or otherwise, a percentage of the pollock available to be harvested in the
directed pollock fishery that exceeds the percentage established for
purposes of this paragraph by the North Pacific Council.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H400BABFD91A84006ABC00A167A6EF512"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Maximum percentage</header><text>The percentage established by the North Pacific Council shall not exceed 24 percent of the pollock
available to be harvested in the directed Pollock fishery.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H08D076161A3248B7930E730A8806D5AB"><enum>116.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1803">16 U.S.C. 1803</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H160DC896D418419A8364D5D697A8C902"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this Act</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(7)</quote> and inserting <quote>this Act</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE15AD2FB4403477097BD3FF1259510A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal year 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific</header>
<section id="H8471F7AB3C4B419182CE84DD8487528B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>REFI Pacific Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HFA76F552A1EF4FC98BFB6EC58DB2AA9F"><enum>202.</enum><header>Findings; purpose</header>
<subsection id="H6A52916EFC63480C8A1BA8AF7EE16BDA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="HFC5DE23112F74F5FA1E7374392276033"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In 2000, the Secretary of Commerce declared the West Coast groundfish fishery a Federal fisheries
economic disaster due to low stock abundance, an overcapitalized fleet,
and historically overfished stocks.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55D89F72D6884515B523B8C190F620AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212 of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (title II
of division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/7">Public Law 108–7</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 80) was enacted to establish
a Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction program, also known
as a buyback program, to remove excess fishing capacity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DFAB5A5404C47F284AE575FCD47EE90"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 2003, Congress authorized the $35,700,000 buyback loan, creating the Pacific Coast groundfish
fishing capacity reduction program through the National Marine Fisheries
Service fisheries finance program with a term of 30 years. The interest
rate of the buyback loan was fixed at 6.97 percent and is paid back based
on an ex-vessel fee landing rate not to exceed 5 percent for the loan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB57FF3C22650483986258006F842852C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The groundfish fishing capacity reduction program resulted in the removal of limited entry trawl
Federal fishing permits from the fishery, representing approximately 46
percent of total landings at the time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BDD966FB5024952BBA46443D9B601BF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Because of an absence of a repayment mechanism, $4,243,730 in interest accrued before fee
collection procedures were established in 2005, over 18 months after the
groundfish fishing capacity reduction program was initiated.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83746D32B34D4499AD699A1AC8AC9EEE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In 2011, the West Coast groundfish fishery transitioned to an individual fishing quota fishery,
which is a type of catch share program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7F1643D35FD47569C8DE3F5D118DE41"><enum>(7)</enum><text>By 2015, West Coast groundfish fishermen’s expenses are expected to include fees of approximately
$450 per day for observers, a 3-percent cost recovery fee as authorized by
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1801) for catch share programs, and a 5-percent ex-vessel landings rate
for the loan repayment, which could reach 18 percent of their total gross
revenue.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22DB5A9EC12149979B3B9D78ED08A5D8"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 2012, the West Coast groundfish limited entry trawl fishery generated $63,000,000, an increase
from an average of $45,000,000 during the years 2006 to 2011. This revenue
is expected to continue to increase post-rationalization.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H07717A7C89714DE7B512A64ADB632063"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to refinance the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery fishing capacity
reduction program to protect and conserve the West Coast groundfish
fishery and the coastal economies in California, Oregon, and Washington
that rely on it.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDDCC68B0862941D385DB8C0605811384" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Refinancing of Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction loan</header>
<subsection id="HBE2C1E7403F04FCC9E8FDCBED43464D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce, upon receipt of such assurances as the Secretary considers appropriate
to protect the interests of the United States, shall issue a loan to
refinance the existing debt obligation funding the fishing capacity
reduction program for the West Coast groundfish fishery implemented under
section 212 of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2003 (title II of division B of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/7">Public Law 108–7</external-xref>; 117
Stat. 80).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H52248AFFEA794B53A5E65EE24F35D375"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary shall issue the loan under this section
in accordance with subsections (b) through (e) of section 312 of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1861a">16 U.S.C. 1861a</external-xref>)
and sections <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/53702">53702</external-xref> and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/53735">53735</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8C928DC891BF413BBD9B3BAB25D9D0E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Loan term</header>
<paragraph id="HFA428062A41145BDA1C4D6FA7133707C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/53735">section 53735(c)(4)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, a loan under this section
shall have a maturity that expires at the end of the 45-year period
beginning on the date of issuance of the loan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1C94FE5213CE41B893A35B9F00AF8BC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) and if there is an outstanding balance on the loan after the period
described in paragraph (1), a loan under this section shall have a
maturity of 45 years or until the loan is repaid in full.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H11954ED17F2548E99D4EE0BC96346145"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on fee amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 312(d)(2)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1861a">16 U.S.C. 1861a(d)(2)(B)</external-xref>), the fee established by the Secretary with
respect to a loan under this section shall not exceed 3 percent of the
ex-vessel value of the harvest from each fishery for where the loan is
issued.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H93AF292CF41C4369B4680FF3C3233165"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Interest rate</header>
<paragraph id="H1C757BC0B20B494395DF1C45FB95B33A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/46/53702">section 53702(b)(2)</external-xref> of title 46, United States Code, the annual rate of interest an
obligor shall pay on a direct loan obligation under this section is the
percent the Secretary must pay as interest to borrow from the Treasury the
funds to make the loan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94CDD85CA0A44BAEADD9C3760F80FA9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subloans</header><text>Each subloan under the loan authorized by this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCB36FB388EA94CFA8DAE9471D8B7D313"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall receive the interest rate described in paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H074FA6E236044D20A9865F2EEA5DAB23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be paid off at any time notwithstanding subsection (c)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3AEA332DAE8546CC811DA9B144A7BF4D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Ex-Vessel landing fee</header>
<paragraph id="H3FEA3B646FFF4FFCB9E63A4B9F03AAEF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Calculations and accuracy</header><text>The Secretary shall set the ex-vessel landing fee to be collected for payment of the loan under
this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1AAF5D578954C25991BCF5A916F83E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>as low as possible, based on recent landings value in the fishery, to meet the requirements of loan
repayment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H698A2915629648B19AFFF147B20DBB5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon issuance of the loan in accordance with paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39AE0436574B4767A3719A3C5BA8295A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>on a regular interval not to exceed every 5 years beginning on the date of issuance of the loan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H350E9FE3675C4292BD4C58BF2235993F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for initial ex-vessel landings fee calculation</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of issuance of the loan under this section, the Secretary
shall recalculate the ex-vessel landing fee based on the most recent value
of the fishery.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E3FE07158974AACA2FF54528AD2BD4C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce to carry out this section an
amount equal to 1 percent of the amount of the loan authorized under this
section for purposes of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C.
661 et seq.).</text>
</subsection></section>