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[H.R. 2584 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2584

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 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.

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

          TITLE I--UTROK ATOLL RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING SUPPORT

SEC. 101. UTROK ATOLL RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING SUPPORT.

    (a) In support of radiological monitoring, rehabilitation, and 
resettlement of Utrok Atoll, whose residents were affected by United 
States nuclear testing, the Secretary of Commerce may convey to the 
Utrok Atoll local government without consideration, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a decommissioned National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship in operable condition.
    (b) The Government of the United States shall not be responsible or 
liable for any maintenance or operation of a vessel conveyed under this 
section after the date of the delivery of the vessel to Utrok.
    (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.

 TITLE II--RATIFICATION OF CERTAIN NOAA APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, AND 
                                ACTIONS

SEC. 201. RATIFICATION OF CERTAIN NOAA APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, AND 
              ACTIONS.

    All action in the line of duty by, and all Federal agency actions 
in relation to (including with respect to pay, benefits, and 
retirement) a de facto officer of the commissioned corps of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who was appointed or 
promoted to that office without Presidential action, and without the 
advice and consent of the Senate, during such time as the officer was 
not properly appointed in or promoted to that office, are hereby 
ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the law, and the 
President alone may, without regard to any other law relating to 
appointments or promotions in such corps, appoint or promote such a de 
facto officer temporarily, without change in the grade currently 
occupied in a de facto capacity, as an officer in such corps for a 
period ending not later than 180 days from the date of enactment of 
this Act.

           TITLE III--INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REAUTHORIZATION

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``International Fisheries 
Reauthorization Act of 2004''.

SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER FISHERMEN'S 
              PROTECTIVE ACT OF 1967.

    Section 7(e) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 
1977(e)) is amended by striking ``2003'' and inserting ``2008''.

SEC. 303. REAUTHORIZATION OF YUKON RIVER SALMON ACT OF 2000.

    Section 208 of the Yukon River Salmon Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 5727) 
is amended by striking ``2000'' and all that follows through ``2003'' 
and inserting ``2004 through 2008''.

SEC. 304. REBUILDING FISH STOCKS.

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

                 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.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.