[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3460 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3460

  To approve a governing international fishery agreement between the 
   United States and the Republic of Latvia, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 1998

   Mr. Saxton (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
                 referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To approve a governing international fishery agreement between the 
   United States and the Republic of Latvia, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENT WITH LATVIA.

    Notwithstanding section 203 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1823), the governing 
international fishery agreement between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the Republic of Latvia, as 
contained in the message to Congress from the President of the United 
States dated February 3, 1998, is approved as a governing international 
fishery agreement for the purposes of such Act and shall enter into 
force and effect with respect to the United States on the date of 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CONVENTION 
              ACT OF 1995.

    (a) Reauthorization.--Section 211 of the Northwest Atlantic 
Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 (16 U.S.C. 5610) is amended by 
striking ``for each of'' and all that follows through the end of the 
sentence and inserting ``for each fiscal year through fiscal year 
2001.''.
    (b) Miscellaneous Technical Amendments.--The Northwest Atlantic 
Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 is further amended--
            (1) in section 207(c) (16 U.S.C. 5606(c)), by striking 
        ``sections'' and inserting ``section'';
            (2) in section 209(c) (16 U.S.C. 5608(c)), by striking 
        ``chapter 17'' and inserting ``chapter 171''; and
            (3) in section 210(6) (16 U.S.C. 5609(6)), by striking 
        ``the Magnuson Fishery'' and inserting ``the Magnuson-Stevens 
        Fishery''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE ATLANTIC TUNAS CONVENTION ACT OF 1975.

    (a) Reauthorization.--Section 10 of the Atlantic Tunas Convention 
Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971h(4)) is amended by striking ``For fiscal 
year 1998,'' and inserting ``For each of fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 
and 2001,''.
    (b) Miscellaneous Technical Amendments.--The Atlantic Tunas 
Convention Act of 1975 is further amended--
            (1) in section 2 (16 U.S.C. 971), by redesignating the 
        second paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);
            (2) in section 3(b)(3)(B) (16 U.S.C. 971i(b)(3)(B)), by 
        inserting ``of 1975'' after ``Act'';
            (3) in section 5(b) (16 U.S.C. 971c(b)), by striking 
        ``fisheries zone'' and inserting ``exclusive economic zone'';
            (4) in section 6(c)(6) (16 U.S.C. 971d(c)(6))--
                    (A) by designating the last sentence as 
                subparagraph (B), and by indenting the first line 
                thereof; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking 
                ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting ``clause (i)'';
            (5) by redesignating the first section 11 (16 U.S.C. 971 
        note) as section 13, and moving that section so as to appear 
        after section 12 of that Act;
            (6) by amending the style of the heading and designation 
        for each of sections 11 and 12 so as to conform to the style of 
        the headings and designations of the other sections of that 
        Act; and
            (7) by striking ``Magnuson Fishery'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``Magnuson-Stevens''.
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