[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 715 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 715


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 1995

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Central Bering Sea Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1992 to 
prohibit fishing in the Central Sea of Okhotsk by vessels and nationals 
                         of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sea of Okhotsk Fisheries Enforcement 
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. FISHING PROHIBITION.

    The Central Bering Sea Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 
1823 note) is amended--
            (1) in section 302, by inserting ``and the Central Sea of 
        Okhotsk'' after ``Central Bering Sea''; and
            (2) in section 306--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), 
                and (6) in order as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), and 
                (7); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Central sea of okhotsk.--The term `Central Sea of 
        Okhotsk' means the central Sea of Okhotsk area which is more 
        than two hundred nautical miles seaward of the baseline from 
        which the breadth of the territorial sea of the Russian 
        Federation is measured.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 14, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.