[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2584 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                        March 24, 2004.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
2584) entitled ``An Act to provide for the conveyance to the Utrok 
Atoll local government of a decommissioned National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration ship, and for other purposes.'', do pass 
with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

 (1)Page 2, after line 17, insert:
    (c) Within 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Utrok Atoll local government, in consultation with the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, shall submit a plan for the use 
of the vessel to be conveyed under subsection (a) to the House of 
Representatives Committee on Resources, the House of Representatives 
Committee on Science, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation.

 (2)Page 4, after line 6, insert:

SEC. 305. REBUILDING FISH STOCKS.

    Section 105 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2004, is repealed.

 (3)Page 4, after line 6, insert:

                 TITLE IV--PACIFIC ALBACORE TUNA TREATY

SEC. 401. IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in 
section 201, 204, or 307(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1821, 1824, and 1857(2)), 
foreign fishing may be conducted pursuant to the Treaty between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada 
on Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port Privileges, signed at 
Washington May 26, 1981, including its Annexes and any amendments 
thereto.
    (b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Commerce, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, may--
            (1) promulgate regulations necessary to discharge the 
        obligations of the United States under the Treaty and its 
        Annexes; and
            (2) provide for the application of any such regulation to 
        any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
        States, wherever that person or vessel may be located.
    (c) Enforcement.--
            (1) In general.--The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
        and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) shall be enforced 
        as if subsection (a) were a provision of that Act. Any 
        reference in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
        Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) to ``this Act'' or to 
        any provision of that Act, shall be considered to be a 
        reference to that Act as it would be in effect if subsection 
        (a) were a provision of that Act.
            (2) Regulations.--The regulations promulgated under 
        subsection (b), shall be enforced as if--
                    (A) subsection (a) were a provision of the 
                Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
                Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); and
                    (B) the regulations were promulgated under that 
                Act.

SEC. 402. SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA TREATY ACT AMENDMENT.

    Section 6 of the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 973d(a)) 
is amended by striking ``outside of the 200 nautical mile fisheries 
zones of the Pacific Island Parties.'' and inserting ``or to fishing by 
vessels using the longline method in the high seas areas of the Treaty 
area.''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2584

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