117 HR 4690 IH: Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021 U.S. House of Representatives 2021-07-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 117th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 4690 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2021 Mr. Huffman (for himself and Mr. Case) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021.
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Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is the following: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. Sec. 4. Definitions. Sec. 5. Conforming amendments to the table of contents of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Title I—Climate-Ready Fisheries Sec. 101. Findings, purpose, and policy. Sec. 102. Promoting climate resilience in fisheries management. Sec. 103. Incorporating climate science. Sec. 104. Climate-ready fisheries innovation program. Sec. 105. Managing shifting stocks. Sec. 106. Emerging fisheries. Title II—Supporting fishing communities Sec. 201. Fishery resource disaster relief. Sec. 202. Subsistence fishing. Sec. 203. Working Waterfronts Grant Program. Sec. 204. Seafood marketing. Sec. 205. Community participation in limited access privilege programs. Sec. 206. Findings. Title III—Strengthening public process and transparency Sec. 301. Tribal representation at the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Sec. 302. Tribal representation at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Sec. 303. Atlantic Councils. Sec. 304. Council procedures and participation. Sec. 305. Council accountability and membership. Sec. 306. Amendments to Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund. Sec. 307. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sexual harassment and assault prevention. Sec. 308. Saltonstall-Kennedy Act reform. Title IV—Modernizing fisheries science and data Sec. 401. Data modernization. Sec. 402. Expanding and improving electronic technologies. Sec. 403. Stock Assessments. Sec. 404. Cooperative research and management. Sec. 405. Northeast Regional pilot research trawl survey and study. Sec. 406. Recreational data consistency. Sec. 407. Emergency operating plans. Sec. 408. Zeke Grader Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund. Sec. 409. Offshore wind collaboration. Title V—Sustaining fisheries through healthy ecosystems and improved management Sec. 501. Sense of Congress. Sec. 502. Essential fish habitat consultation. Sec. 503. Reducing bycatch. Sec. 504. Improving rebuilding outcomes. Sec. 505. Depleted fisheries and preventing overfishing. Sec. 506. Preparation and review of secretarial plans. Sec. 507. Councils. Sec. 508. Forage fish conservation. Sec. 509. Funding for monitoring implementation of Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. Sec. 510. Authorization of appropriations.
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References
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that section or other provision of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
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Definitions
In this Act: (1)
Administrator
The term Administrator means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2)
Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Commerce.
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Conforming amendments to the table of contents of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
The table of contents is amended to read as follows: Sec. 2. Findings, purposes, and policy. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE I—UNITED STATES RIGHTS AND AUTHORITY REGARDING FISH AND FISHERY RESOURCES Sec. 101. United States sovereign rights to fish and fishery management authority. Sec. 102. Highly migratory species. TITLE II—FOREIGN FISHING AND INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENTS Sec. 201. Foreign fishing. Sec. 202. International fishery agreements. Sec. 203. Congressional oversight of international fishery agreements. Sec. 204. Permits for foreign fishing. Sec. 205. Import prohibitions. Sec. 206. Large-scale driftnet fishing. Sec. 207. International monitoring and compliance. TITLE III—NATIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Sec. 301. National standards for fishery conservation and management. Sec. 302. Regional fishery management councils. Sec. 303. Contents of fishery management plans. Sec. 304. Action by the Secretary. Sec. 305. Other requirements and authority. Sec. 306. State jurisdiction. Sec. 307. Prohibited Acts. Sec. 308. Civil penalties and permit sanctions. Sec. 309. Criminal offenses. Sec. 310. Civil forfeitures. Sec. 311. Enforcement. Sec. 312. Transition to sustainable fisheries. Sec. 313. North Pacific fisheries conservation. Sec. 314. Northwest Atlantic Ocean fisheries reinvestment program. Sec. 315. Regional Coastal Disaster Assistance, Transition, and Recovery Program. Sec. 316. Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program. Sec. 317. Shark Feeding. Sec. 318. Cooperative Research and Management Program. Sec. 319. Herring Study. Sec. 320. Restoration Study. Sec. 321. Required possession of descending devices. Sec. 322.Increasing resilience of fish stocks to climate change. TITLE IV—FISHERY MONITORING AND RESEARCH Sec. 401. Registration and information management. Sec. 402. Information collection. Sec. 403. Observers. Sec. 404. Fisheries research. Sec. 405. Incidental harvest research. Sec. 406. Fisheries systems research. Sec. 407. Gulf of Mexico red snapper research. Sec. 408. Deep sea coral research and technology program. Sec. 409. Recreational data improvement program..
<enum>I</enum><header>Climate-Ready Fisheries</header> <section id="H261119B5DEF241079DD8C15D075FC3A0"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings, purpose, and policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD2FE1EF73178493A8B59503B820E4042"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H92BE4D0329344E79B414FE071AA78EE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0856A58FB7A748B5BF68130D9F233B51" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H7CAB419C998E4A04BF4CA4D497BD041B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain stocks of fish have declined to the point where their survival is threatened, and other stocks of fish have been so substantially reduced in number that they could become similarly threatened as a consequence of—</text> <subparagraph id="H1250574E28904CC29964E0C2B3D510CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increased fishing pressure;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC0D49B6AA1534D829D4BA8C591A4C578"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the inadequacy of fishery resource conservation and management practices and controls; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H388B892EB8E74D859A750F46D0A5FC4E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>direct and indirect habitat losses which have resulted in a diminished capacity to support existing fishing levels; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8B03281402EB44589FF2B2DB802CE48F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>changing environmental conditions, including those associated with climate change.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4001E875478644718538EFBFCAC36AD3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by inserting <quote>to account for the impacts of environmental changes on stocks of fish,</quote> after <quote>insure conservation,</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA875F76DEDF94BA58DE2112C83C46C66"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (9) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H45219D8D8BDA4314A0497A349EA78411" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H0C34756BB7B84A3DB55C657C82E63BA4"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">One of the greatest long term threats to the viability of commercial and recreational fisheries is the continuing degradation of marine ecosystems, including the loss of marine, estuarine, and other aquatic habitats, including as a result of changing environmental conditions associated with climate change. Habitat and ecosystem considerations should receive increased attention for the conservation and management of fishery resources of the United States. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB5CF887148C44242B3419BEBB9866244"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H421B6E10B0BE408784B58066AF2C8186" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H77A7D5958B0A406B8E09AC0E0C815BF1"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Environmental changes associated with climate change, including changes in water temperature, ocean acidification, and deoxygenation, are rapidly altering the abundance, productivity, and distribution of fish and are affecting commercial, recreational, and subsistence fisheries.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1468121D1B24E08916A3FDF7995E203"><enum>(15)</enum><text>The impacts of climate change on fish and their habitats are resulting in management and sustainability challenges that threaten to negatively impact marine ecosystems, fishery resources, and coastal communities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F8C8D8EB1AD407A9B8D5029749D4D82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b)(5) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE5182221E0DA4B818C28A03291CA1180" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H8339E69855674180BDF941C8E0954245"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish Regional Fishery Management Councils to exercise sound judgement in the stewardship of fishery resources through the preparation, monitoring, and revision of such plans under circumstances—</text> <subparagraph id="HA80EDFE1B7F44C4C8DDFE96DC74D120E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which will enable the States, the fishing industry, consumer and environmental organizations, and other interested persons to participate in, and advise on, the establishment and administration of such plans;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H29FEE4AB035E4705A37598AC85AA595E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which take into account the social and economic needs of the States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6CD46D15AE041569901627AA20E0CD3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>which address the impacts of environmental conditions associated with climate change on stocks of fish, marine ecosystems, fisheries management, and coastal communities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31FD47680ED14143BFEB7456D1EA010C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H144D77A07CE246FBA06796620949691F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB47D4D166E8D491AAA4D7B5306749100"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8FAFE7B1C364BE798ECF04C125F72A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H514DC74ADD13428AA4A54D0E8A0C66FB" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H40572CDF872A4B3EB8D5E2BA2B5421F4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to promote management that accounts for changes in stocks of fish and the marine environment that result from climate change; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB71F399DF60A4A2EBB29D3EDD8124642"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to ensure that the research, resource management, and expenditures to prepare fisheries and fishing communities for climate change promote racial and socioeconomic equity with respect to environmental, economic, and social outcomes across fisheries and regions.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H4EA9EB06A5E244BBB5C4B0B8A117F415"><enum>102.</enum><header>Promoting climate resilience in fisheries management</header> <subsection id="H135D4449CBD44CD29FC052EABA00D207"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1853">16 U.S.C. 1853(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H367797F0852D4B88AA92B81BF091771D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting <quote>and to promote the resilience of fish stocks to cumulative stressors, including cumulative stressors associated with climate change</quote> before the semicolon at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1979722A699740B98A22D2077847E87F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H6150915E5D8740E89F913C79FB6AD526" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H3A0A879E782C44659132AF135CE3260D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess and specify the present and probable future condition of, and the maximum sustainable yield and optimum yield from, the fishery under prevailing and anticipated future environmental conditions, and include a summary of the information used in making such specification;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0EBA2D004C641A4A38C07A5EA07CC17"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>1991</quote> and inserting <quote>2021</quote>, and by inserting <quote>, including data needed to implement the plan effectively under prevailing and anticipated environmental or ecological conditions, including climate change</quote> before the semicolon at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CDD8483DC7D47B0ACCC37D4D16F353A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by inserting <quote>as well as examine the vulnerability of the fishery and fishery participants to the impacts of prevailing and anticipated environmental or ecological conditions, including climate change</quote> before the semicolon at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB03F196654E44918A96C79A45B14BFA7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (14), by striking <quote>and;</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA49D308FB5B648ECA46575E6B04BA16D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6F827019307415F89CDABEDDC99BAB9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF934DD4311B14161AC28C4516BA6E3F6" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H3A06B42745074EA98F0C117B0A5B5014"><enum>(16)</enum><text>assess and describe the anticipated impacts of climate change and other environmental and ecological changes on the fishery, including an assessment of whether and how the management measures contained in the plan or plan amendment have accounted for these changes, and a summary of the information used in these assessments; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF4117B201BFD48F983131498DFE3F51B"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe and identify the current range and distribution of, and fishing patterns on, fish stocks managed under the plan, including areas outside the jurisdiction of the Council having authority to issue the plan, and for fish stocks whose distribution crosses management boundaries, describe the measures used for coordination with other relevant management bodies for the conservation and management of the fish stock; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE66DA8EF4CC44515A377FE7F139BB219"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 4 years after the date of enactment of this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HF821D21F02C441479766EAA8598473A8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Increasing resilience of fish stocks to climate change</header><text>Title III is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HABBCACAC36704AFAA92DAFA699269E63" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HFCCAF09DD8E14EC88D99C8407D484D25"><enum>322.</enum><header>Increasing resilience of fish stocks to climate change</header> <subsection id="H36689DD7A71E459B84960569EB85EBFF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vulnerability assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title> and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H94C5739EEA9842E3A7EBD76E439E11FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess the vulnerability of fish stocks within each Council’s geographical area of authority to climate change;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E7DA55005E04C9183E21EA12B7E650C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>notify each Council of the vulnerability of fish stocks within such Council’s geographical area of authority; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB8319A034711488DB5961B5235DA0556"><enum>(3)</enum><text>make recommendations to each Council for measures to conserve and protect such fish stocks.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1177C5BEFF3B42E0BF7417ABE67765D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Council prioritization plans</header> <paragraph id="H9C546F7F3CDB446489ABFD11FA6F8FD2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No later than 1 year after receiving a notification from the Secretary under subsection (a), each Council shall publish a plan to prioritize management actions to increase resilience of the fish stocks identified as vulnerable to climate change and begin implementing such plan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H52AF8FD216164C79B29AAE929123A15C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Highly migratory species</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to stocks managed under section 302(a)(3), not later than 1 year after issuing a notification under subsection (a), the Secretary shall publish a plan to prioritize management actions to increase resilience of such fish stocks.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2A8ADECBE0454631A0C52697E6061991"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after publishing a plan under paragraph (1), each Council shall report to the Secretary on the actions the Council has taken to implement such plan or provide an explanation for not taking such action.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H04F2E573F02A4D1C9756E7A57DA41EF2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title> and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress—</text> <paragraph id="H25C9E6C6E8AD447ABA4A3D73EB80318B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describing the vulnerability of fish stocks to climate change;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H98449246B3BF42F5A1F5AD9F31131DFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifying the risks posed by climate change to the conservation and management of fish stocks; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5648929F2B824DD9B42F69B54D69515C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>summarizing the steps taken by the Secretary and the Councils to mitigate and address the impacts on and risks of climate change to fish stocks.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H641268AC242F417CB7B9E64FD96A2A98"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Guidance for Councils</header><text>Section 305 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H1E0FCE2589AF434591B669B71A7CFD88" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H0CC0E7D9C46945CCBBEB13E5ECC0F794"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue regulations guidelines to assist the Councils in preparing and adapting fishery management for the impacts of climate change, including for consideration of climate change in the conservation and management of fish stocks under each Council's geographical area of authority.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HB07A909C420B496B8727880E60A06941"><enum>103.</enum><header>Incorporating climate science</header> <subsection id="H271D462E0A7640F18E37A8770B746AD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Council training program</header><text>Section 302(k)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(k)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD2FF25C861CC430F883AA132E0F0357F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (H) as subparagraphs (D) through (I), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H024D4F4DD3474B89B632394F3E437475"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (K);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H025164D1EEB0466E8BD0D8E071FEE090"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H00674CF9F0624A7DADA816AC174CACDD" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HF7E3D7934D714D529928FB6D29A5B9EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>climate change and its relevant impacts on fisheries health, range, and other factors that would affect the conservation and management of a stock;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9E409E7C34E4BCF9EEB62BD7EB67DE7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (I), as so redesignated; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0AEFA20FC1F848E69C6582F2D5010519"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H8A231CABFBFA4B2BBDF6A4A169ED51BD" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H29B1215A80EB43DBA892AB97A2337D10"><enum>(J)</enum><text>ecosystem-based fishery management; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB3C27EECC7D246B890E40121D3A134CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fisheries research</header><text>Section 404 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1881c">16 U.S.C. 1881c</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6BA3EA876C934D898480F0EAFD56E2DF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>; on changes in geographic range, spatial distribution, and productivity of a fishery or interrelated fisheries;</quote> after <quote>management</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02FB58A9027F4F4288B9BDAC579BE18F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by inserting <quote>changes in geographic range, spatial distribution, and productivity of a fishery or interrelated fisheries,</quote>after <quote>degradation,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H2BC77B2750C6476581E44F2370B74264"><enum>104.</enum><header>Climate-ready fisheries innovation program</header> <subsection id="H5FABB3BF4EED4E1396CB6C260BB4397C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Climate-Ready fisheries innovation program</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a program, including grants, to develop innovative tools and approaches and improve existing tools designed to increase the adaptive capacity of fishery management to the impacts of climate change. In administering such program, the Administrator shall—</text> <paragraph id="HC9F2D0BDFD0E42A985C2A0CBE227532E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop science and management approaches that address regional and national priorities to improve the conservation and management of fishery resources under current and anticipated climate impacts;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2EEA6ED7E9F74F10B403C25E7DD858EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for routine input from fishery managers, scientists, fishery participants, Tribes, and stakeholders in order to maximize opportunities to incorporate results of the program in fishery management actions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E259219054A411A94A440EFCB654F1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>promote adoption of methods developed under the program in fishery management plans developed by the Regional Fishery Management Councils;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF5D5BD12461449395AC9C37B73EEA7B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide information and outreach to the private sector and academic sector to encourage development of tools and approaches to manage the effects of climate change on fisheries; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H80CE8D76468348C49F57B0BE43809CD9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide information and outreach to fishery participants to increase understanding of and encourage adoption and use of tools and approaches developed under the program.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H17AEAD4732B74114AC4D9B929A91A6F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination of the program</header> <paragraph id="HBDEF2D3E9A7A4ADDB5108656C7245332"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Administrator shall establish a process to ensure coordination with and outreach to—</text> <subparagraph id="H687FAE387C4F47F9889388CE43326864"><enum>(A)</enum><text>regional offices and science centers of the National Marine Fisheries Service.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7175EDD7B9B24B24B6408869DBF3E4F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Regional Fishery Management Councils;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H45342A91C2924E3D835B163B888749F4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the scientific and statistical committees of such Fishery Management Councils; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAD5FF4BEB4F145158A437B8F8C360939"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other relevant programs, including the cooperative research and management program under Section 318 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1867">16 U.S.C. 1867</external-xref>), the Integrated Ocean Observing System, and programs within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designed to address ocean acidification.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H705B6DC8DD374A2E951B729D92E75DA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such coordination should include identification of multi-year research priorities to study and understand the current and anticipated impacts of climate change on fisheries, fishing communities, fisheries interactions, habitats, fishery participants, fisheries science and monitoring, management and the impacts of changing management due to climate change, or other relevant priorities. Such priorities should be routinely reviewed in a timeframe not to exceed 5 years and updated as necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H103829A1F21D4EBEB70821ED3A61EBA3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Every 2 years, beginning 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources that—</text> <paragraph id="HDF32941B469241548D3709D03A7EC5CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes funding provided to implement this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB00E956F432F42E98814A8BDD23AA4A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes descriptions of and developments in tools and approaches achieved under this section;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33FDCEA0FDFF4EC6A0B64C020B0139DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describes how and in which fisheries these tools and approaches have been implemented; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H02EE2C721ECC4133917307ADE9C3DF5F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describes improvements in fishery climate-readiness associated with implementing this section, as well as proposals to address remaining problems.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H6036562776F3473D9BFD2C7B27491173"><enum>105.</enum><header>Managing shifting stocks</header> <subsection id="HEC382A3A00DA4EDEAEE889AEC514078F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cross-Jurisdictional management</header><text>Section 304(f) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1855">16 U.S.C. 1855(f)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H4FA8A7C13322437DB7A251079C978BBC" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9A205E9B974F41AA93B1E5DDF95D29C7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Fisheries under authority of more than one council</header> <paragraph id="H9C7CD7A5B5A24421948ABF6C6B7ADBBC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secretarial review of areas of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review the geographical area of authority of each Council in order to determine if a substantial portion of any fishery within such area is within the area of authority of another council—</text> <subparagraph id="H37270898195E4CEBB726C253A95A8402"><enum>(A)</enum><text>upon request of such Council; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E7BF3CFF0E24C0C9944D25B5D0A7DBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less frequently than every 5 years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCDDB87F36C984FFAAF2811AEDDB430B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation of Council to prepare plan</header><text>If the Secretary determines under paragraph (1) that a substantial portion of a fishery is located in the geographical area of authority of more than one Council, the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H88DE2327DD0844E28130DDC3455F8747"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 6 months after the date of the determination under paragraph (1), notify the Councils concerned; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEF3D9A4A88664D6B8854B36692CF31D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require, not later than 1 year after the date on which the notification is made under subparagraph (A), that each of the Councils concerned, by a majority of the voting members present and voting—</text> <clause id="H9855FB1198A34A2F97E198C18BD82378"><enum>(i)</enum><text>designate one of the Councils concerned to prepare the fishery management plan for such fishery and any amendment to such plan, if required under this Act; or</text></clause> <clause id="HFA00AD3217D4437E89277BB540857DEA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agree to jointly prepare the fishery management plan for such fishery and any amendment to such plan, if required under this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H864A3F8CEB914BF9B35A524DE643AEFE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretarial designation</header><text>If the Councils concerned are unable to meet the requirements of paragraph (2)(B) within the relevant time period, the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H6FF59F32FF224A7794E7EAF9E9DF22CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designate one of the Councils concerned to prepare the fishery management plan and any amendment to such plan, if required under this Act; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCED3F3C9057B4E279158A57077EA3427"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require that such plan and any such amendment, if required under this Act, be prepared jointly by the Councils concerned.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H368D7B7B92714336ABC5F82F520177ED" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deadline for submission of plan</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Councils concerned make a decision pursuant to paragraph (2)(B)(ii), or the date on which the Secretary makes a decision pursuant to paragraph (3), and at such other times as required under this Act, the Council required under paragraph (2)(B) or (3) (as applicable) to prepare the fishery management plan or any such plan amendment, if required under this Act, shall prepare and submit such plan or amendment (with implementing regulations as needed) in accordance with this Act.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8187D37529784A729848A46CFBD8D126"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Termination of cross-jurisdictional authority</header> <subparagraph id="H7BEA91121D954296ABE4D4DF56694AB5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Request of Council</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of a Council or as a result of the review pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine whether a fishery described in paragraph (2) no longer has a substantial portion located in the geographical area of authority of more than one Council.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEE641C291A2F449995321700904FF661"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>If the Secretary determines under subparagraph (A) that a fishery no longer has a substantial portion located in the geographical area of authority of more than one Council—</text> <clause id="H1CCA50EDBDE940DDA05716DF4D586B40"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary shall determine which Council has predominant geographic authority over the fishery; and</text></clause> <clause id="H429F9AA1BEC3458F8B29A779E77A6E85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not later than 2 years after the date on which the determination under clause (i) is made, and at such other times as required under this Act, the Council determined under such clause shall directly and individually adopt any previously existing joint fishery management plan for the fishery, and shall prepare and submit any plan amendments necessary for tran­si­tion­ing to single-Council management as well as for any other purposes, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1EF7CE0FFF14577BB6674D6FA0A2FB0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Establishment of criteria</header><text>The Secretary shall, by regulation, identify criteria for determining under paragraphs (1) and (5) whether a substantial portion of a fishery is located in the geographical area of authority of more than one Council.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FB233E06F5E4D348F0E8FF85F4325CD"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Establishment of boundaries</header><text>The Secretary shall establish the boundaries between the geographic areas of authority of adjacent Councils.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BEC6C21452642439E8191E6ED6D3909"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Requirement for majority of voting members</header><text>No jointly prepared plan or amendment required to be prepared under this subsection may be submitted to the Secretary unless such plan or amendment is approved by a majority of the voting members, present and voting, of each Council concerned.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCB8B1C8BA324F06BB09941F9E5E8C24"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Highly migratory species in certain fisheries</header><text>This subsection shall not apply with respect to any fishery to which section 302(a)(3) applies.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H30D39831E735487FA6440AA52ECDFF3B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>International cooperation in the research and management of cross-Jurisdictional fisheries</header> <paragraph id="H1711393DF81845E1A8E6F22AF5EBDE92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of State and Administrator of the Agency for International Development where necessary, shall develop a strategy for coordinated research and management with other relevant nations with which the United States shares a fishery or stock of a fishery that currently or is expected to see shifts in geographic range or spatial distribution that does or will span international boundaries, including within the same life stage or across life stages.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2CAA61403EB74648A867DC80D344411E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H003DB9C8F0AB4B668EFC820429BD443D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of fisheries that are currently or expected to see shifts in geographic range or spatial distribution that spans or will span international boundaries and the relevant countries for each fishery or stock of a fishery’s current or expected range;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB7718BCEB5C64BE9943CE4B6AAC8B5E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of priority research needs for each of these fisheries or stocks of fisheries that should be coordinated with other affected nations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB60A1038455341BBBB617291B59A7A88"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a 5-year strategy to undertake and complete such research, including a proposed budget and timeline for that work; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H18C5CD227879494C8295120A5F4F32C4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a 10-year strategy to implement coordinated management measures that reflect the needs for each fishery or stock of a fishery as determined by the research conducted under subparagraph (C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H398D685BE8A84B4CBE997D6991ADACE3"><enum>106.</enum><header>Emerging fisheries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1855">16 U.S.C. 1855(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD8BE4FE39E514816B7AD44A26BECF603"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">notification of entry</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">development of new fisheries</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC0A4FF1B8C4242D8B01950B1DC6DD5C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD524EF559CCE481B9F312DD5CE7C22F8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H086E3464E3BF40E5A0F1A2859E3EE218"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, subject to paragraph (3), and after notice and an opportunity for public comment—</text> <subparagraph id="H928E5C5AB49D426B9DF11D1118C691F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of all fisheries, identified by corresponding Council or Secretarial management under section 302(a)(3)—</text> <clause id="HA978254711444F79ACA7ED03F6C6E9BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>located entirely or in part in the exclusive economic zone; or</text></clause> <clause id="H252428782417445896FE190222CA64C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>located outside of the exclusive economic zone but managed by the United States;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H78B8917D6DFF4BD58D9612D76C2EE6C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text> with respect to each such fishery—</text> <clause id="H15973B0ADE294F34931096F3CCA51655"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the types of fishing gear authorized for use in such fishery;</text></clause> <clause id="H2A975AC615D840BB980ECF86053A2D68"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the jurisdiction (whether State, Federal, interstate, or otherwise) exercising management authority over such fishery;</text></clause> <clause id="H98A966C716A64C6B8023AA15B6A8F1D4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>whether a Fishery Management Plan or analogous management structure exists for the fishery; and</text></clause> <clause id="H2725B51D7E9A40AE808D1672AAB36EB3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the species authorized to be caught and retained in such fishery. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60200F9F3ABB4460959FEAB56CAD9ED5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>those</quote> and all that follows through the end of the paragraph and inserting <quote>those already listed as to constitute a new fishery or gear type</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFD9CF1C54F24803BB2BB75876F33605"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (9); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H266EFD9A911D4AC4B9C87FB9AE631EB6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0C7B393E08C94D1D90C4374A957E3836" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5845E91B4E7E43D78CF47C9C19B09D3C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the ____ Act, and at least once every 5 years thereafter, each Council (or the Secretary for fisheries to which section 302(a)(3) applies) shall review the fisheries and gear on the list that are under its authority and submit to the Secretary proposed changes to such list in specific and narrow terms, including geographic range, to ensure that only active fisheries and gear are included on the list. The Secretary shall review proposed changes pursuant to the guidelines established under paragraph (2) and publish a revised list, after notice and an opportunity for public comment, upon receiving proposed changes from a Council (or from the Secretary for fisheries to which section 302(a)(3) applies). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H49BAE8411448401F8EE646E6E0463153"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary may permit, pursuant to section 318(d), on a limited interim basis, fishing activity that is not included on the list, if—</text> <subparagraph id="H5155F0B7D7D2490D92344F07ADE8A7EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the experimental fishing permit is designed and implemented so as to yield information necessary and currently lacking for the analysis required under paragraph (6);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB6A9FD51E05240EDA21E1DB76F02E6A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Council collects, evaluates, and makes public the data generated by the experimental fishing activity at the end of each permit year, and based on such evaluation, renders a determination of whether the fishery or fishing gear should be continued, either in the form of a subsequent year of experimental fishing under this paragraph, or in the form of a proposal under paragraph (5) for a new fishery or fishing gear to be added to the list; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H13142188A31946908109D7546AB05867"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the data collected from, and the Council’s evaluation of, the experimental fishing activity are included in any proposal under paragraph (5) for a new fishery or fishing gear that may result from the experimental fishing permit.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8DF47A2C2246415FAE325DD5601D6E72"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Secretary may authorize a new fishery or fishing gear that is not included on the list, upon receiving a proposal for a new fishery or fishing gear from a Council, if—</text> <subparagraph id="H3A390E3F441644ADB007E60029295DE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that a sufficient analysis supporting the proposal, as specified in paragraph (7), has been conducted by the Council;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H867228885B244FEC9E1E852649D37188"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the new fishery or fishing gear, as specified in the proposal and the accompanying fishery management plan or amendment and regulations under subparagraph (C), is consistent with conservation and management requirements in this Act and other applicable laws; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HED8119AE23A14939B5D8B39AE5E99F86"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Council has prepared and submitted for Secretarial approval pursuant to section 304, concurrently with the proposal for a new fishery or fishing gear, a fishery management plan for the new fishery or fishing gear or an amendment to an existing fishery management plan, including proposed regulations to implement the plan or amendment, in accordance with section 303. If the new fishery or fishing gear will include one or more stocks of fish that also substantially exist in the geographical area of authority of another Council, the fishery management plan or amendment, and implementing regulations, shall be prepared pursuant to section 304(f).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3877E05C4DB8415694F0E5D07B6298DE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register, after notice and an opportunity for public comment, all authorizations for new fisheries or fishing gear, including revisions to the list of fisheries and gear as appropriate, and shall make public all supporting documentation and analysis. The Secretary also shall publish in the Federal Register, after notice and an opportunity for public comment, all decisions to not authorize the development of a new fishery or fishing gear under this paragraph, including the reasons for the decision.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3113C4DBBA9048169E1A0C3DF4A88A35"><enum>(7)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8D6B253D95AA4EA090B3CE57C7DFC3F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A Council shall analyze, for purposes of paragraph (4)(A)—</text> <clause id="H20BDE578C64C4024BB8CACF62FAD2CA9" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the potential impacts of a new fishery or fishing gear on the proposed target stock, stocks of fish, or stock complexes as well as on other stocks of fish and species, and the marine ecosystem;</text></clause> <clause id="HEB2370A423F7498EABF78FEBF74FBC5A" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the potential impacts of a new fishery or fishing gear on existing fisheries and fishing communities, both within the Council’s jurisdiction and, if relevant, in neighboring jurisdictions; </text></clause> <clause id="H4F59CB47650F4999AED57E8C41BFD3A2" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>different potential management strategies for the new fishery or fishing gear, including identifying any significant differences across management strategies with respect to the potential impacts described in clauses (i) and (ii);</text></clause> <clause id="H72A64CADAD7D4FFCA8429FDF322AAA2A" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>whether the proposed target stock, stocks of fish, or stock complexes occur in any neighboring jurisdictions, and if so, whether it or they are managed by those jurisdictions; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC2CE08EE9F974B68B4F05A7BA4FD3BD7" indent="up1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>whether the proposed fishing activity should be managed under an existing fishery management plan, or a new plan.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H37C12184383944C8A85573ADF649E8BE" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue guidance for sufficient analysis of these topics, to be used in making determinations under paragraph (5)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H66DA642F1CEF491496A9C7B4D717F6B8"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person or vessel may employ fishing gear or engage in a fishery not included on the list, except as provided in paragraph (4). A Council may request the Secretary to promulgate emergency regulations under subsection (c) to prohibit any persons or vessels from using an unlisted fishing gear or engaging in an unlisted fishery.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Supporting fishing communities</header> <section id="H07168F322D5141BDA08E84F9FFF0915A"><enum>201.</enum><header>Fishery resource disaster relief</header> <subsection id="HE0441CF64140420BAD6C6AAFB99F2F8C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 312(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1861a">16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24402A07AA064A399B650FECADC7876A"> <subsection id="H459B5C7B647A4851A1AE09E2B4632698"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fishery resource disaster relief</header> <paragraph id="H34A16C2530C74BF4992BE4501A5F0A22"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H42AA5C7363FA47F8ACE5ACEC1B24C65B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Allowable cause</header><text>The term <term>allowable cause</term> means a natural cause, discrete anthropogenic cause, or undetermined cause.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE4DD2ED53B3B457DA87132A63E8EE122"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Anthropogenic cause</header><text>The term <term>anthropogenic cause</term> means an anthropogenic event, such as an oil spill or spillway opening—</text> <clause id="H77257CB6C54447999F897F9F4C3DFC77"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that could not have been addressed or prevented by fishery management measures; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA3AE001A26024686BCC43BD58B787762"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is otherwise beyond the control of fishery managers to mitigate through conservation and management measures, including regulatory restrictions imposed as a result of judicial action or to protect human health or marine animals, plants, or habitats. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9FE9F89456644CC6B1C211CA6807E4F6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Fishery resource disaster</header><text>The term <term>fishery resource disaster</term> means a disaster that is determined by the Secretary in accordance with this subsection and—</text> <clause id="H440882E8B3404812B1BA54CB21CF3CF4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is an unexpected large decrease in fish stock biomass or other change that results in significant loss of access to the fishery resource, which may include loss of fishing vessels and gear for a substantial period of time and results in significant revenue or subsistence loss due to an allowable cause; and</text></clause> <clause id="H701A02D875AF438490E4EC0D5CC41A8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not include—</text> <subclause id="H608C12632DB743FFB0C3E5A4E251CB3E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>reasonably predictable, foreseeable, and recurrent fishery cyclical variations in species distribution or stock abundance; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6EF292A9609A4DF6A46AA916142CD181"><enum>(II)</enum><text>reductions in fishing opportunities resulting from conservation and management measures taken pursuant to this Act. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HACAE9F0B7C664F41A9EF1DC5D5614952"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5130">25 U.S.C. 5130</external-xref>), and the term <term>Tribal</term> means of or pertaining to such an Indian Tribe.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HEDE2DD79C2A24237812EFEF615848C55"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Natural cause</header><text>The term <term>natural cause</term>—</text> <clause id="HAE10517ADE2D4014B9939468C45C7F73"><enum>(i)</enum><text>means a weather, climatic, hazard, or biology-related event, such as—</text> <subclause id="HD94D1B1484D24044A0CE5A70BC27352E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a hurricane;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H4568DBAA3B7D4E859BAA76CF1D1B36C2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a flood;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8C029D6528154DF0B67E0460E32B72A7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a harmful algal bloom;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HAD2B67D052584F60BA43E7A6BA63AD7E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a tsunami;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5E734E40DAEA4860BB1447D6C0149AA2"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a hypoxic zone;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H6A736501780D4C6D85A2DC896BEB1A39"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>ocean acidification;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HD598EAECCE0F48FEBD99F75899C6FEF3"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>a drought;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H10672F94E51446BBA4FDF25F5AC93BA4"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>El Niño effects on water temperature; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H21437D4990AA4C49892014CD86F0147C"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>a marine heat wave; or </text></subclause> <subclause id="H0C089543CC4D4356AB6DF4422945EAF5"><enum>(X)</enum><text>disease; and </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H958847C2637848F8A3154FBA4E95A737"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not mean a normal or cyclical variation in a species distribution or stock abundance.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF256296F80941E99E77B313BB20C526"><enum>(F)</enum><header>12-month revenue loss</header><text>The term <term>12-month revenue loss</term> means the percentage reduction, as applicable, in commercial, charter, headboat, or processor revenue for the 12 months during which the fishery resource disaster occurred, if compared to average annual revenue in the most recent 5-years during which no fishery resource disaster occurred or equivalent for stocks with cyclical life histories.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF4D8A98C5BAE4C7CA7B14EE09DA248AB"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Undetermined cause</header><text>The term <term>undetermined cause</term> means a cause in which the current state of knowledge does not allow the Secretary to identify the exact cause, and there is no current conclusive evidence supporting a possible cause of the fishery resource disaster.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1058FB17231F45448C1C1F14791266FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General authority</header> <subparagraph id="HCCCFB041B4DA46E59BD50EB769D6EBF4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall have the authority to determine the existence, extent, and beginning and end dates of a fishery resource disaster under this subsection in accordance with this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H28BC0771346A46E49121428656848F28"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text>After the Secretary determines that a fishery resource disaster has occurred, the Secretary is authorized to make sums available, from funds appropriated for such purposes, to be used by the affected State, Tribal government, or interstate marine fisheries commission, or by the Secretary in cooperation with the affected State, Tribal government, or interstate marine fisheries commission.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE02F3FF9DABC41BBA4278DBEADC54684"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>The requirements under this subsection shall take effect only with respect to requests for a fishery resource disaster determination submitted after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2E9D9178ED64F4CAFFCFD52D5355AB2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Initiation of a fishery resource disaster review</header> <subparagraph id="H04BEB6A4E50246D58DA1B5A462D441BA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible requesters</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the conclusion of the fishing season, a request for a fishery resource disaster determination may be submitted to the Secretary, if the Secretary has not independently determined that a fishery resource disaster has occurred, by—</text> <clause id="HC16EED85C71D4A0C9EA91FA8DAC9EE2D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Governor of an affected State;</text></clause> <clause id="HD1EC460C289741FFAAB03B4E607AA960"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an official Tribal resolution; or</text></clause> <clause id="H528D29F7A24440119D18BA1079ABF1C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any other comparable elected or politically appointed representative as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFDB23FB39BF3488CB1FAE12A05179F3D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Required information</header><text>A complete request for a fishery resource disaster determination under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text> <clause id="HB3C40162769B4E428B541CCDDA7CBACB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identification of all presumed affected fish stocks;</text></clause> <clause id="H8FEF4E5F7B3D48E195180A5BA24A7492"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identification of the fishery as Federal, non-Federal, or both;</text></clause> <clause id="HB0DB608F472843E898DFDE30ED89BCFE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the geographic boundaries of the fishery;</text></clause> <clause id="H22B3C3212DBE4EF08E4517A17F39B543"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>preliminary information on causes of the fishery resource disaster, if known; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0D2F472ED4D3458CBA3F1FC08AC2D730"><enum>(v)</enum><text>information needed to support a finding of a fishery resource disaster, including—</text> <subclause id="H7BEA6A1B5D26411B8F869F8DE8889981"><enum>(I)</enum><text>information demonstrating the occurrence of an unexpected large decrease in fish stock biomass or other change that results in significant loss of access to the fishery resource, which could include the loss of fishing vessels and gear, for a substantial period of time; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H9DDAD0C1A25B461ABA7DB37F53B30877"><enum>(II)</enum><text>12-month revenue loss or subsistence loss for the affected fishery, or if a fishery resource disaster has occurred at any time in the previous 5-year period, the most recent 5-year period during which no fishery resource disaster occurred;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9268BA7F3BE24570A861D320B57B1153"><enum>(III)</enum><text>if applicable, information on lost resource tax revenues assessed by local communities, such as a raw fish tax or a local sourcing requirement; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H9A83E11896204CA4BCB527FA6374A452" commented="no"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>if applicable and available, information on 12-month revenue loss for charter, headboat, or processors related to the information provided under subclause (I), subject to section 402(b). </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H93F6921F3C9B46F59E7ACE9784A2C289"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>The Secretary may provide data and analysis assistance to an eligible requester described in paragraph (1), if—</text> <clause id="HA0026DC7EE274656999B1F9B555F9294"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the assistance is so requested; </text></clause> <clause id="HD3E94EF68DC14A019B032AB0ECC9619A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary is in possession of the required information described in subparagraph (B); and </text></clause> <clause id="H347E645AF1D746F3AAF18EFC3E51197E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the data is not available to the requester, in carrying out the complete request under subparagraph (B). </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H37DD4360B0764DA59C6A610785033172"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Initiation of review</header><text>The Secretary shall have the discretion to initiate a fishery resource disaster review without a request.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAED601A4C4B44E0A889A5850D376A97F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Review process</header> <subparagraph id="HAF62A78F5DCD417DA02C006509280814"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Interim response</header><text>Not later than 20 days after receipt of a request under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall provide an interim response to the individual that—</text> <clause id="H20B8802D22DF44F98B294DED1F5D7AD3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>acknowledges receipt of the request;</text></clause> <clause id="H747BD1F6B7304521ADA3C85D864C6744"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provides a regional contact within the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration;</text></clause> <clause id="H4C01C071AE524A73BCFA117FF5A6B43F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>outlines the process and timeline by which a request shall be considered; and</text></clause> <clause id="H80108BF480024EC09375F3295E709603"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>requests additional information concerning the fishery resource disaster, if the original request is considered incomplete.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H54600990C76B451CBD7513421471E2BB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Evaluation of requests</header> <clause id="H0F83CE63F65E4CA68145A2FEC3AA9F25"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Based on the information provided or analyzed under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall complete a review, within the time frame described in clause (ii), using the best scientific information available, in consultation with the affected fishing communities, States, or Tribes, of—</text> <subclause id="HE4302F3B08114F6CA67B2966B7A7EFA5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the information provided by the requester and any additional information relevant to the fishery, which may include—</text> <item id="H646C436EAADD4883A703C2C6E8BC83EE"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>fishery characteristics;</text></item> <item id="HED394818710F43C3A397E86486D295A5"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>stock assessments;</text></item> <item id="H9FBAF2D11A15482FA154B97CE8E807C7"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the most recent fishery independent surveys and other fishery resource assessments and surveys conducted by Federal, State, or Tribal officials;</text></item> <item id="H107BE3FB085046AAB35E36C86E2F56C3"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>estimates of mortality; and</text></item> <item id="H6551C37082B141E6B07ECAD5FED3745C"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>overall effects; and</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H81651352DDF54D689386059460D41A33"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the available economic information, which may include an analysis of—</text> <item id="HAD1B4BD5785A4FFF80D8CC83105753F8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>landings data;</text></item> <item id="HEF1DED1298384835AF6D0C3CCE418470"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>revenue;</text></item> <item id="HADFA51BB22F84A3EADA6A6E2CF84C353"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the number of participants involved;</text></item> <item id="H3CABB012D18E4C9886B1051B20BA4F42"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>the number and type of jobs and persons impacted, which may include—</text> <subitem id="HDF96D1A51CDD414087EC34145F936AAE"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>fishers;</text></subitem> <subitem id="H967E81E32AC44775B9170A39964E5992"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>charter fishing operators; </text></subitem> <subitem id="H1F991B6995264E59A2B0F326981BEDB4"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>subsistence users;</text></subitem> <subitem id="HA7A3E3B46BAD4C71B2395233324DBF0F"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>United States fish processors; and</text></subitem> <subitem id="H25287CA997924086AFD4715014EB62ED"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>an owner of a related fishery infrastructure or business affected by the disaster, such as a marina operator, recreational fishing equipment retailer, or charter, headboat, or tender vessel owner, operator, or crew; </text></subitem></item> <item id="HE78B06D8455E4CF7AC291A89AA3226F5"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>an impacted Indian Tribe;</text></item> <item id="H83C7511D2C7345CA8390F34AEE6D5817"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>other forms of disaster assistance made available to the fishery, including prior awards of disaster assistance for the same event;</text></item> <item id="H1130FE8F27E440D7825A234436902354"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>the length of time the resource, or access to the resource, has been restricted;</text></item> <item id="H6FE9AB0FC4FF417D807C62C02100CD22"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>status of recovery from previous fishery resource disasters; </text></item> <item id="H52E67463232D4876B4F219A804459CAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>lost resource tax revenues assessed by local communities, such as a raw fish tax; and</text></item> <item id="H9D366DD87C9249B58A4C54F6D2F53855"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>other appropriate indicators to an affected fishery, as determined by the National Marine Fisheries Service.</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H582EF1758A494E04BF7DBAFB4523BF4A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Time frame</header><text>The Secretary shall complete the review described in clause (i), if the fishing season, applicable to the fishery—</text> <subclause id="HE5F8145C727C47B0858128A0BDE04FBD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has concluded or there is no defined fishing season applicable to the fishery, not later than 120 days after the Secretary receives a complete request for a fishery resource disaster determination; </text></subclause> <subclause id="HEC42334BC34D4ADB91D99AA69F8AD556"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has not concluded, not later than 120 days after the conclusion of the fishing season; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="H483DE552777A4BA784F9827FB7AA438C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is expected to be closed for the entire fishing season, not later than 120 days after the Secretary receives a complete request for a fishery resource disaster determination.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFD0E6D914F448F2A9A24880F9D9FB6A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Fishery resource disaster determination</header><text>The Secretary shall make the determination of a fishery resource disaster based on the criteria for determinations listed in paragraph (5).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H56DF6EFCF1884DB89874457A40EA3E12"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 14 days after the conclusion of the review under this paragraph, the Secretary shall notify the requester and the Governor of the affected State or Tribal representative of the determination of the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H237A98CB5F044E36B6BE75D1F12A844E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Criteria for determinations</header> <subparagraph id="HF8398E331BB24B38AE0C4FE5C51C7E21"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make a determination about whether a fishery resource disaster has occurred, based on the revenue loss thresholds under subparagraph (B), and, if a fishery resource disaster has occurred, whether the fishery resource disaster was due to—</text> <clause id="H43AE4529F5B6424D8A61210CF53E8267"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a natural cause;</text></clause> <clause id="H92FDD1BD0420447F9972A55C68E0379F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an anthropogenic cause; </text></clause> <clause id="H709068EBCDCF445DA5C953434DB52D00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a combination of a natural cause and an anthropogenic cause; or</text></clause> <clause id="HD8181567E0AD406E9AC0EC75EF3B1F79"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an undetermined cause. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H89FBBBF322EC4CDEB51C26D79D4D0F52"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Revenue loss thresholds</header> <clause id="HB89955C2B85E478F99106B92CB5292BC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Based on the information provided or analyzed under paragraph (4)(B), the Secretary shall apply the following 12-month revenue loss thresholds in determining whether a fishery resource disaster has occurred:</text> <subclause id="H6220C7AA5D904FBCBBE3A5A421A7C676"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Losses greater than 80 percent shall result in a positive determination that a fishery resource disaster has occurred.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2788ECB13A9447AB836E6218028EA751"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Losses between 35 percent and 80 percent shall be evaluated to determine whether economic impacts are severe enough to declare that a fishery resource disaster has occurred, based on the information provided or analyzed under paragraph (4)(B).</text></subclause> <subclause id="H7CD43B1678E7415597A5CCC4F13D1B2A"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Losses less than 35 percent shall not be eligible for a determination that a fishery resource disaster has occurred, except in a case in which the Secretary determines there are extenuating circumstances that justify using a lower threshold in making the determination.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HCBCF1C607EB44B61A7A7F8D04B5127B3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Charter fishing</header><text>In making a determination of whether a fishery resource disaster has occurred, the Secretary shall consider the economic impacts to the charter fishing industry to ensure financial coverage for charter fishing businesses. </text></clause> <clause id="HB45781D62D9248F69270D439D86E2326"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Subsistence loss</header><text>In considering subsistence loss, the Secretary shall evaluate the severity of loss to the fishing community instead of applying the revenue loss thresholds described in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H70FCF8CE29174D50856D3D2BCEB12A62"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Ineligible fisheries</header><text>A fishery subject to overfishing in any of the 3 years preceding the date of a determination under this subsection is not eligible for a determination of whether a fishery resource disaster has occurred unless the Secretary determines that overfishing was not a contributing factor to the fishery resource disaster.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5B35E7170B1A4254A49C9B13932E5C8C"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Exceptional circumstances</header><text>In an exceptional circumstance in which substantial economic impacts to the affected fishery and fishing community have been subject to a disaster declaration under another statutory authority, such as in the case of a natural disaster or from the direct consequences of a Federal action taken to prevent, or in response to, a natural disaster for purposes of protecting life and safety, the Secretary may determine a fishery resource disaster has occurred without a request.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8E3ABDFC87224EDE99382CD7D9B36351"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Disbursal of appropriated funds</header> <subparagraph id="HD74CB5FA591E4C24A253957116076E1F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Secretary shall allocate funds available under paragraph (9) for fishery resource disasters.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D9EFC04A3D345588D19439940366948"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation of appropriated fishery resource disaster assistance</header> <clause id="HDE7249B6D8104B44832CDCBB9B2E9651" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Notification of funding availability</header><text>If there are appropriated funds for 1 or more fishery resource disasters, the Secretary shall notify—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H314B2911502D4B3ABF45E60E3C38DED4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the public; and </text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" id="HD806C66E26B944989F3A50E6BE22A60C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>representatives of affected fishing communities with a positive disaster determination that is unfunded,</text></subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">of the availability of funds, not more than 14 days after the date of the appropriation or the determination of a fishery resource disaster, whichever occurs later. </continuation-text></clause> <clause id="HF3CA9B4D991A4398ACF3627BF691F687"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Extension of deadline</header><text>The Secretary may extend the deadline under clause (i) by 90 days to evaluate and make determinations on eligible requests.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H559B8D28A2704DDEAB95BB4F9A82894D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In determining the allocation of appropriations for a fishery resource disaster, the Secretary shall consider commercial, charter, headboat, or seafood processing revenue losses and may consider the following factors:</text> <clause id="HF640A549E03645D085954DC36FE6AED4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Direct economic impacts.</text></clause> <clause id="H35FF6CA66DA14A8EA2EBB088645771B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Uninsured losses.</text></clause> <clause id="H92677C968D3C425E9F59416CB522CF97"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Losses of subsistence and Tribal ceremonial fishing opportunity.</text></clause> <clause id="H465A45CBC8AB47139BD26D1E392F172F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Losses of recreational fishing opportunity.</text></clause> <clause id="HFF40122F87974BAA93C373E658ED64C1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Aquaculture operations revenue loss.</text></clause> <clause id="H311669B4B65D4244BA42680197F43A35"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Direct revenue losses to a fishing community.</text></clause> <clause id="H162F7919E6C74ADEBAAFE102FC65E322"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Treaty obligations.</text></clause> <clause id="H96EB7E8ACAA1435E94C9D028CE41592E"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Other economic impacts. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3049679971314AFCA15B6D2D893E989E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Spend plans</header><text>To receive an allocation from funds available under paragraph (9), a requester with an affirmative fishery resource disaster determination shall submit a spend plan to the Secretary, not more than 120 days after receiving notification that funds are available, that shall include the following information, if applicable:</text> <clause id="H89D92DF6F6F045128E5BC896D25AB3F5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Objectives and outcomes, with an emphasis on addressing the factors contributing to the fishery resource disaster and minimizing future uninsured losses, if applicable.</text></clause> <clause id="H4CE485685E9645EE945941DE9CA7226D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Statement of work.</text></clause> <clause id="HD9A624C78FC343698FBDF725B63F93B1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Budget details.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD9D2983624264CBB85D74CD22BB3F09C"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Regional contact</header><text>If so requested, the Secretary shall provide a regional contact within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to facilitate review of spend plans and disbursal of funds. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAA9777FF566D4C9AB94B55BC07429D2E"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Disbursal of funds</header> <clause id="H80EF5936684A4E49ADE4A25A2AEF1BEC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Funds shall be made available to grantees not later than 90 days after the date the Secretary receives a complete spend plan.</text></clause> <clause id="H5ED0DB153F4847B6BCA730192AF4DC0A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Method</header><text>The Secretary may provide an allocation of funds under this subsection in the form of a grant, direct payment, cooperative agreement, loan, or contract.</text></clause> <clause id="H798C1B7B40A04CF6B3875483EA5B88AD"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Eligible uses</header> <subclause id="HADC565D1C89944EC860B2479C1538663"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds allocated for fishery resources disasters under this subsection shall restore the fishery affected by such a disaster, prevent a similar disaster in the future, or assist the affected fishing community, and shall prioritize the following uses, which are not in order of priority:</text> <item id="HDDEC6446082445FFB6C438898E1A0BB0"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>Habitat conservation and restoration and other activities, including scientific research, that reduce adverse effects on the fishery or improve understanding of the affected species or its ecosystem.</text></item> <item id="H652DC503D916467C9A31CBF0EFBD9B9C"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>The collection of fishery information and other activities that improve management of the affected fishery.</text></item> <item id="HBB15C5F0B0AA4278BFDA6B8237156386"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>In a commercial fishery, capacity reduction and other activities that improve management of fishing effort, including funds to offset budgetary costs to refinance a Federal fishing capacity reduction loan or to repay the principal of a Federal fishing capacity reduction loan. </text></item> <item id="H2A145C8104214AC9A6F75A3AFB939BCC"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>Developing, repairing, or improving fishery-related public infrastructure.</text></item> <item id="H1E17E7955C704F819E5AAAB733BD2D13"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>Direct assistance to a person, fishing community (including assistance for lost fisheries resource levies), or a business to alleviate economic loss incurred as a direct result of a fishery resource disaster, particularly if affected by a circumstance described in paragraph (5)(D).</text></item> <item id="H4741B22B06B54F10AB87264F26073AF2"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>Hatcheries and stock enhancement to help rebuild the affected stock or offset fishing pressure on the affected stock.</text></item></subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47C73D9C661041E29333738F85B864CC"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Displaced fishery employees</header><text>If appropriate, individuals carrying out the activities described in items (aa) through (ff) of subclause (I) shall be individuals who are, or were, employed in a commercial, charter, or Tribal fishery for which the Secretary has determined that a fishery resource disaster has occurred.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H727CE96D1F1841008D84F71DA1C9AFA1"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <subparagraph id="H6F43CEA736674051B06BD234DD1F0297"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal share</header> <clause id="H7EF6C6BF46A1495FBBF2D9550719C564"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), the Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out under the authority of this subsection shall not exceed 75 percent of the cost of that activity.</text></clause> <clause id="HF307FB00E0B0406D9C2EAAF7312928A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive the non-Federal share requirements of this subsection, if the Secretary determines that—</text> <subclause id="HAAAF9B5988C845B0BEC0DC3839F0B99A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>no reasonable means are available through which the recipient of the Federal share can meet the non-Federal share requirement; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H742F48A0CD844190B9BE4A6A28270B1D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the probable benefit of 100 percent Federal financing outweighs the public interest in imposition of the non-Federal share requirement.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H39C0DB16891244A99845D222CFBDF665"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The Federal share shall be equal to 100 percent in the case of—</text> <subclause id="H5834038EA7AD45918A9EB303105FE5D1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>direct assistance as described in paragraph (6)(F)(iii)(I)(hh); or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF1D8B8547D154793B7ECE445E7DDD48F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>assistance to subsistence or Tribal fisheries. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2AF7F952CD1C4EFDB97F321543F38EE1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations on administrative expenses</header> <clause id="H0378080BADBF4E0CA7D808425184F4FA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Federal</header><text>Not more than 3 percent of the funds available under this subsection may be used for administrative expenses by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></clause> <clause id="HABFF8A043E974740A2E81245F994FEBB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>State or tribal governments</header><text>Of the funds remaining after the use described in clause (i), not more than 5 percent may be used by States, Tribal governments, or interstate marine fisheries commissions for administrative expenses. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE5F6E6EAB7F44352AFD86D67863BF231"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Fishing capacity reduction program</header> <clause id="HFEE19F63FBF54614BE2B492BE5ACDED9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No funds available under this subsection may be used as part of a fishing capacity reduction program in a fishery unless the Secretary determines that adequate conservation and management measures are in place in such fishery.</text></clause> <clause id="H73556290EAA94E4BB776EC3D0B2D3288"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Assistance conditions</header><text>As a condition of providing assistance under this subsection with respect to a vessel under a fishing capacity reduction program, the Secretary shall—</text> <subclause id="H60CC3CB8DC0E415082EC049C580E4AA1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>prohibit the vessel from being used for fishing in Federal, State, or international waters; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H71476D72CA3846C68767CB48344676B8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>require that the vessel be—</text> <item id="HDB632C5F4E314DE7BC5F15F043FF1B7D"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>scrapped or otherwise disposed of in a manner approved by the Secretary;</text></item> <item id="H2EEC1C317AC9492089680D062C12411B"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>donated to a nonprofit organization and thereafter used only for purposes of research, education, or training; or</text></item> <item id="H2920CA6A355A49C697A55F556492EFDC"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>used for another non-fishing purpose provided the Secretary determines that adequate measures are in place to ensure that the vessel cannot reenter any fishery anywhere in the world.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2AE77386D45D4955AF2311EE16187539"><enum>(D)</enum><header>No fishery endorsement</header> <clause id="H89EC7765BAEF44A48DAB1439FA75EB41"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A vessel that is prohibited from fishing under subparagraph (C)(ii)(I) shall not be eligible for a fishery endorsement under section 12113(a) of title 46, United States Code.</text></clause> <clause id="H37F98CF9D802457FB29307C1F4744D03"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Nonreflective</header><text>A fishery endorsement for a vessel described in clause (i) shall not be effective.</text></clause> <clause id="H9947488F9CC940C995E161B720347E41"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>No sale</header><text>A vessel described in clause (i) shall not be sold to a foreign owner or reflagged.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB41D661852FE4A9896EFD5FE3933368E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Public information on data collection</header><text>The Secretary shall make available and update as appropriate, information on data collection and submission best practices for the information described in paragraph (4)(B).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA91D7D0D3E1541D99DD404DA8E3AD44F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act</header> <paragraph id="H5771FD7A09EF42F6B1100452BC07DA47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 315 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1864">16 U.S.C. 1864</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46D9B21EE59644CA9F6567A8A5C09817"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Section 113(b)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/460ss">16 U.S.C. 460ss</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HAF4BE1F0574E4D80A1A738EE691598BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Annual report</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Report</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4E45284F169F42368467CBABA7D8A3B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>, and biennially thereafter</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C8040A0539E4B5FAE94ADDCF5E61549"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>the calendar year 2003</quote> and inserting <quote>the most recent</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDB724F3245A74A5981593DBB69631A87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986</header> <paragraph id="H71FE7126645B4C0D84A1BA63C36712E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 308 of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16. U.S.C. 4107) is repealed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3C8D402478C4C488D9922C3BF5686DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical edit</header><text>Section 3(k)(1) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/632">15 U.S.C. 632(k)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(as determined by the Secretary of Commerce under section 308(b) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986)</quote> and inserting <quote>(as determined by the Secretary of Commerce under the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA6895D99D304435BA51F5F4215349538"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Budget requests; reports</header> <paragraph id="H2CE4EEA96BAA4E7D8BCBD9C7DCD18522"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Budget request</header><text>In the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the Department of Commerce for each fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), the Secretary of Commerce shall include a separate statement of the amount requested to be appropriated for that fiscal year for outstanding unfunded fishery resource disasters. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14A40895059547218B39B3537681D74E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Driftnet Act Amendments of 1990 report and bycatch reduction agreements</header> <subparagraph id="H21EA1027D86441488CFC8C6DF113417C"><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—</text> <clause id="HA0E60867C928483693A06A95782707C1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 202(h), by striking paragraph (3); and</text></clause> <clause id="HEBDE7D66D5CD48DEA81F8C5F3D05938A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in section 206—</text> <subclause id="HF1A22AC89A8743219FC4BB5D7EA4810D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking subsections (e) and (f); and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1A856DA2C7C7448D8365F5B3BB02C3A9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H33E802B1F31D4447956B866358343AF3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Biennial report on international compliance</header><text>Section 607 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826h">16 U.S.C. 1826h</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <clause id="HDCECCBD5FB054954830F78F9B0A3D198"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">In general</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>The Secretary</quote> and indenting appropriately; and</text></clause> <clause id="H7E89BAF5A1814CEE8AA7B90AB534543B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29CC011972904B468653F9C1EA0A25E2"> <subsection id="H2ADD77F6F42743CB86FA4EB122FC2844"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional information</header><text>In addition to the information described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a), the report shall include—</text> <paragraph id="H3CD9F6B22EC746C4A3D3372C387CD9D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the actions taken to carry out the provisions of section 206 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1826">16 U.S.C. 1826</external-xref>), including—</text> <subparagraph id="HB2AAB2AF583B47B98C3B24A090791A0D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an evaluation of the progress of those efforts, the impacts on living marine resources, including available observer data, and specific plans for further action;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE9B8482F2576446282232A183881E69F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a list and description of any new fisheries developed by nations that conduct, or authorize their nationals to conduct, large-scale driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAF3247460B5D40BF913C04F660CB01FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a list of the nations that conduct, or authorize their nationals to conduct, large-scale driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation in a manner that diminishes the effectiveness of or is inconsistent with any international agreement governing large-scale driftnet fishing to which the United States is a party or otherwise subscribes; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2CE39A16FAA490C8A78FC7E85A09606"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the actions taken to carry out the provisions of section 202(h) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1822">16 U.S.C. 1822(h)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF475025C305D49E3A88A5BC9F6F1B33C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>If, at any time, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, identifies any nation that warrants inclusion in the list described under subsection (b)(1)(C), due to large scale drift net fishing, the Secretary shall certify that fact to the President. Such certification shall be deemed to be a certification for the purposes of section 8(a) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/1978">22 U.S.C. 1978(a)</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H8D838C4107DD4F35BCC040411C95A26F"><enum>202.</enum><header>Subsistence fishing</header> <subsection id="H23A424D5185B43E8B5A3B24FF87CD77A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(b)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, subsistence,</quote> after <quote>commercial</quote>. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H9CED2F358DFB48B4AA35EEDD8046472F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of subsistence fishing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA0CFAEF8AFBC44DFB370331020AEDE59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating the second paragraph (33) (appearing after paragraph (50) as paragraph (51); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H880E2B84D6AB45E08B5D5F797047F353"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (42) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD6EA36AAAA5E4FC68011E195245F233D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H57F9DC632EE8420CA01556AF7ED72C81"><enum>(42A)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5B6F462D68EA435CB30BB388C92BFC73"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Subsistence fishing</header><text>The term <quote>subsistence fishing</quote> means fishing in which the fish harvested are intended for customary and traditional uses, including—</text> <clause id="HF8EB2C0928694464919ED634C79AF1CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for direct personal or family consumption as food or clothing;</text></clause> <clause id="H5B1C8852F29F44E7B69686C75756DEB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for the making or selling of handicraft articles out of nonedible byproducts taken for personal or family consumption, for barter, or sharing for personal or family consumption; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC9687D2446EE4B93A0BA89F479AB7402"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for customary trade.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H51B6490040414E1E89F7EF5533A407CE" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In this paragraph—</text> <clause id="H4C31D658D82C4644979026C33BA24CFC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>family</quote> means all persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or any person living within the household on a permanent basis; and</text></clause> <clause id="HEA848F4799E4464586E1D08C9C276AF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the term <quote>barter</quote> means the exchange of a fish or fish part—</text> <subclause id="H12A54FC17F5845889DEB1905B6FFD0A2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for another fish or fish part; or </text></subclause> <subclause id="H31F3FC38C3FD4219B62E915DC3060703"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for other food or for nonedible items other than money if the exchange is of a limited and noncommercial nature.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB8E89C50CA514CA298ECCB170A270A4B"><enum>203.</enum><header>Working Waterfronts Grant Program</header> <subsection id="HC2ACCF9CFDD04F718B6BDC86C5EAF4F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1451">16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE51D30AEEDD8451DBF8C0D64434DD7E7" style="OLC"> <section id="H4529F446EFAB429695A87F9AFB700C5C"><enum>320.</enum><header>Working Waterfronts Grant Program</header> <subsection id="H2D88A6FBCA2246258B4AEC9386FF7EE6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Working waterfront task force</header> <paragraph id="H24B7A6802BD14BB489CF52CFCB9A6F33"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment and functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a task force to work directly with coastal States, user groups, and coastal stakeholders to identify and address critical needs with respect to working waterfronts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A519054B64E45D2927DEF180D9DF439"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The members of the task force shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, and shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H667574E980074A0784B0DCBC099A158F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>experts in the unique economic, social, cultural, ecological, geographic, and resource concerns of working waterfronts; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H59D1B29C335D4776A19B7C78066672C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Coastal Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Geological Survey, the Navy, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Economic Development Agency, and such other Federal agencies as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H96C0E2378A614DB5B5C4DAD013FBC4B6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The task force shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HFB5BC695910246C0B4E714DC6E017D87"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and prioritize critical needs with respect to working waterfronts in States that have a management program approved by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 306, in the areas of—</text> <clause id="H6E97A8405FFB44F384F1BAE0F63EF34A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>economic and cultural importance of working waterfronts to communities;</text></clause> <clause id="H56DE2D0112F9473DA9CABF2888ADBD13"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>changing environments and threats working waterfronts face from environment changes, trade barriers, sea level rise, extreme weather events, ocean acidification, and harmful algal blooms; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1009C30BFF904DE1B8275B9D1773D687"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identifying working waterfronts and highlighting them within communities;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96C0C9DA88D4435BABCDA7E9A9ACD811"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outline options, in coordination with coastal States and local stakeholders, to address such critical needs, including adaptation and mitigation where applicable;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H835725B59A5E4C099EF94F08A05BA7B1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify Federal agencies that are responsible under existing law for addressing such critical needs; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H41580832FEBB449FB71F8B99B8062ED4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommend Federal agencies best suited to address any critical needs for which no agency is responsible under existing law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00E0AD3C499E4653B3156F9A60BE6270"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Information to be considered</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In identifying and prioritizing policy gaps pursuant to paragraph (3), the task force shall consider the findings and recommendations contained in section VI of the report entitled <quote>The Sustainable Working Waterfronts Toolkit: Final Report</quote>, dated March 2013.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE38C8F92F2664BD4BEA88D3ED6AA36FE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the task force shall submit a report to Congress on its findings.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD55732DB5CA64445BDFCDA51378A86E8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The head of each Federal agency identified in the report pursuant to paragraph (3)(C) shall take such action as is necessary to implement the recommendations contained in the report by not later than 1 year after the date of the issuance of the report.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE8715C9FDAA845E3A4AB758164A28865"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Working Waterfront Grant Program</header> <paragraph id="H68CC251D7E174C04B3462233AE2DE04B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program, in cooperation with appropriate State, regional, and other units of government, under which the Secretary may make a grant to any coastal State for the purpose of implementing a working waterfront plan approved by the Secretary under subsection (c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF21AF6005464B1E8C33E43E18789DB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall award matching grants under the Working Waterfronts Grant Program to coastal States with approved working waterfront plans through a regionally equitable, competitive funding process in accordance with the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H2B554010C3744604BC84823813B674F7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Governor, or the lead agency designated by the Governor for coordinating the implementation of this section, where appropriate in consultation with the appropriate local government, shall determine that the application is consistent with the State’s or territory’s approved coastal zone plan, program, and policies prior to submission to the Secretary.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBB7A3A7AFA24435DBA8C673E148BBD14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In developing guidelines under this section, the Secretary shall consult with coastal States, other Federal agencies, and other interested stakeholders with expertise in working waterfront planning.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A4A48017C6F471C8B6583EAB8804B91"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Coastal States may allocate grants to local governments, Indian Tribes, agencies, or nongovernmental organizations eligible for assistance under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBD4D4265E2204864ABF6E8B6EC1C783A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In awarding a grant to a coastal State, the Secretary shall consider—</text> <subparagraph id="H19B91C7187654618A359A0C8B18ECAC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the economic, cultural, and historical significance of working waterfront to the coastal State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H47E27C8450074A1BB956CF7CDBBFAB9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the demonstrated working waterfront needs of the coastal State as outlined by a working waterfront plan approved for the coastal State under subsection (c), and the value of the proposed project for the implementation of such plan;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E9A60382127409ABA4F51FAF5735BB1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the ability to successfully leverage funds among participating entities, including Federal programs, regional organizations, State and other government units, landowners, corporations, or private organizations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H80CEEFF1A7D04731B18D7D041149A1AD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the potential for rapid turnover in the ownership of working waterfront in the coastal State, and where applicable the need for coastal States to respond quickly when properties in existing or potential working waterfront areas or public access areas as identified in the working waterfront plan submitted by the coastal State come under threat or become available; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAA14AB34304944618615AAF38275548C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the working waterfront plan approved for the coastal State under subsection (c) on the coastal ecosystem and the users of the coastal ecosystem.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H96C307C985804523BA173F6814639156"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary shall approve or reject an application for such a grant within 60 days after receiving an application for the grant.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCFEAB28AB5C04EC7A66E0CD4C4447629"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Working waterfront plans</header> <paragraph id="HE14AD611943D4236B2868D2A74B03013"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for a grant under subsection (b), a coastal State must submit and have approved by the Secretary a comprehensive working waterfront plan in accordance with this subsection, or be in the process of developing such a plan and have an established working waterfront program at the State or local level, or the Secretary determines that an existing coastal land use plan for that State is in accordance with this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9B1F1497F34B49DD89DEA14D2EC6340D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Such plan—</text> <subparagraph id="HE641A9F765604753B68E373A33C4189C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">must provide for preservation and expansion of access to coastal waters to persons engaged in commercial fishing, recreational fishing and boating businesses, aquaculture, boatbuilding, or other water-dependent, coastal-related business;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8A8D4048D6B04B119A7237A8098652EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall include one or more of—</text> <clause id="HA870D5B5EBCF45D0924958A4E32A11E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an assessment of the economic, social, cultural, and historic value of working waterfront to the coastal State;</text></clause> <clause id="HEAA229F6F33742A486094C19C2B23537"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of relevant State and local laws and regulations affecting working waterfront in the geographic areas identified in the working waterfront plan;</text></clause> <clause id="H91417E3E6BE041339B760754D62AF9A3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>identification of geographic areas where working waterfronts are currently under threat of conversion to uses incompatible with commercial and recreational fishing, recreational fishing and boating businesses, aquaculture, boat­build­ing, or other water-dependent, coastal-related business, and the level of that threat;</text></clause> <clause id="H128C8E9F9BF245AFBC1CA7967D744E56"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identification of geographic areas with a historic connection to working waterfronts where working waterfronts are not currently available, and, where appropriate, an assessment of the environmental impacts of any expansion or new development of working waterfronts on the coastal ecosystem;</text></clause> <clause id="HB692A9714D6044FE8CAE2BB2926D2E2E"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identification of other working waterfront needs including improvements to existing working waterfronts and working waterfront areas;</text></clause> <clause id="H990970406AD8416DAC9A86AD6DC1CA82"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a strategic and prioritized plan for the preservation, expansion, and improvement of working waterfronts in the coastal State;</text></clause> <clause id="H49E2CB3AE009407B8E54CF5D8000D589"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>for areas identified under clauses (iii), (iv), (v), and (vi), identification of current availability and potential for expansion of public access to coastal waters;</text></clause> <clause id="HA50A93CCAFAA4F6EBD5F0FBC82112A96"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>a description of the degree of community support for such strategic plan; and</text></clause> <clause id="H52AD03F31A9F46848B7B6D7D7F97B172"><enum>(ix)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a contingency plan for properties that revert to the coastal State pursuant to determinations made by the coastal State under subsection (g)(4)(C);</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB0DB77DFAF4548F3AA5E06BDE6339051"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include detailed environmental impacts on working waterfronts, including hazards, sea level rise, inundation exposure, and other resiliency issues;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE1A21E9EB84A4143ABB1009AE4563903"><enum>(D)</enum><text>may be part of the management program approved under section 306;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H85FA4414ECD54299A09C7241FCA37438"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall utilize to the maximum extent practicable existing information contained in relevant surveys, plans, or other strategies to fulfill the information requirements under this paragraph; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDFBA5D09F1304DBCAC6003BAC3E4EAB1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall incorporate the policies and regulations adopted by communities under local working waterfront plans or strategies in existence before the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5174CB3051A64C8C8E44CA107801FEF6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A working waterfront plan—</text> <subparagraph id="H1FB0EC7AAA244184B46ADCE9593A174E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be effective for purposes of this section for the 5-year period beginning on the date it is approved by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9318B1926401421492547475799E3FB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>must be updated and re-approved by the Secretary before the end of such period; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1661B4309CBE447A9E78CC7FEC0FA1E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be complimentary to and incorporate the policies and objectives of regional or local working waterfront plans as in effect before the date of enactment of this section or as subsequently revised.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H74BB329A2D794A119ACD7BBC8FFA35CF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary may—</text> <subparagraph id="H3E485D2C025C421BA5B15089BC59FCEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>award planning grants to coastal States for the purpose of developing or revising comprehensive working waterfront plans; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H30807ED140B54A9A8126A24C8043DE45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>award grants consistent with the purposes of this section to States undertaking the working waterfront planning process under this section, for the purpose of preserving and protecting working waterfronts during such process.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A18899EE4814E338F8CB00575F1DABF"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any coastal State applying for a working waterfront grant under this title shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H958DB70C77F34DE9AE218B570ED8C248"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop a working waterfront plan, using a process that involves the public and those with an interest in the coastal zone;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB035D54F7F004FF2B23C5A2FE6307622"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate development and implementation of such a plan with other coastal management programs, regulations, and activities of the coastal State; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9783BE92F00F445F9242B855F8290617"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the coastal State allows qualified holders (other than the coastal State) to enter into working waterfront covenants, provide as part of the working waterfront plan under this subsection a mechanism or procedure to ensure that the qualified holders are complying their duties to enforce the working waterfront covenant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6230760AAD004E27950832F7AC720530"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Uses, terms, and conditions</header> <paragraph id="H814EE69DD68C455485F9157EC8E7D535"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each grant made by the Secretary under this section shall be subject to such terms and conditions as may be appropriate to ensure that the grant is used for purposes consistent with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA120A9DD58454E37B68942129F657033"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A grant under this section may be used—</text> <subparagraph id="H66F2258D76B845ABB205EC1D291054AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to acquire a working waterfront, or an interest in a working waterfront;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC11D81AED6F64CD1BE117FDBB62A72EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to make improvements to a working waterfront, including the construction or repair of wharfs, boat ramps, or related facilities; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E069D37879F45B795804C18C127BD61"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for necessary climate adaptation mitigation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB4891AC67F594EDE9A0B520B9301ED8D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Public access requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A working waterfront project funded by grants made under this section must provide for expansion, improvement, or preservation of reasonable and appropriate public access to coastal waters at or in the vicinity of a working waterfront, except for commercial fishing or other industrial access points where the coastal State determines that public access would be unsafe.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H37B1F19AD54B40DB934B108B08F6E7AD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <paragraph id="HF343982C66AD44A49E328AADE028D940"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), a grant awarded under this section may be used to purchase working waterfront or an interest in working waterfront, including an easement, only from a willing seller and at fair market value.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0013454053504728801401C51EF1308A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant awarded under this section may be used to acquire working waterfront or an interest in working waterfront at less than fair market value only if the owner certifies to the Secretary that the sale is being entered into willingly and without coercion.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47E797DE4FCC486CB8B4855869B7C4FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>No Federal, State, or local entity may exercise the power of eminent domain to secure title to any property or facilities in connection with a project carried out under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE17CFF98926B440F8BE8ECAD338F1102"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Allocation of grants to local governments and other entities</header> <paragraph id="HC367B20A36514E0B9F6F3802F5DEEDB7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall encourage coastal States to broadly allocate amounts received as grants under this section among working waterfronts identified in working waterfront plans approved under subsection (c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F706D4325344CCD9C663029F530FF42"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the approval of the Secretary, a coastal State may, as part of an approved working waterfront plan, designate as a qualified holder any unit of State or local government or nongovernmental organization, if the coastal State is ultimately responsible for ensuring that the property will be managed in a manner that is consistent with the purposes for which the land entered into the program.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0035E9A4B62B498BABEB63370F1D9311"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A coastal State or a qualified holder designated by a coastal State may allocate to a unit of local government, nongovernmental organization, fishing cooperative, or other entity, a portion of any grant made under this section for the purpose of carrying out this section, except that such an allocation shall not relieve the coastal State of the responsibility for ensuring that any funds so allocated are applied in furtherance of the coastal State's approved working waterfront plan.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7BC166503F5442FEAE235A66E4F81D62"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A qualified holder may hold title to or interest in property acquired under this section, except that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4D762713DCDE40B1A68B141950B2820C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all persons holding title to or interest in working waterfront affected by a grant under this section, including a qualified holder, private citizen, private business, nonprofit organization, fishing cooperative, or other entity, shall enter into a working waterfront covenant;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7EE9E8504E67404FAF7DA6F21B8A6B22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such covenant shall be held by the coastal State or a qualified holder designated under paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H41D6B81628F843949BC12999BF07A127"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the coastal State determines, on the record after an opportunity for a hearing, that the working waterfront covenant has been violated—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HC19F18D20EB04479A2809FF5A2686EED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all right, title, and interest in and to the working waterfront covered by such covenant shall, except as provided in subparagraph (D), revert to the coastal State; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HE517C53CFD114FFDB1223D5F1CFFAF18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the coastal State shall have the right of immediate entry onto the working waterfront;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H96B78A1B870642ECB0C2FA70664F316C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if a coastal State makes a determination under subparagraph (C), the coastal State may convey or authorize the qualified holder to convey the working waterfront or interest in working waterfront to another qualified holder; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HDED35C1040784F15B150A05B8F112EEB"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nothing in this subsection waives any legal requirement under any Federal or State law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5343EEEEA861457F9A8CB6C05AA5108E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Matching contributions</header> <paragraph id="H9AB9EE39120349EE96441AFD2E40C50C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall require that each coastal State that receives a grant under this section, or a qualified holder designated by that coastal State under subsection (g), shall provide matching funds in an amount equal to at least 25 percent of the total cost of the project carried out with the grant.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H450F13E9CF5841288737E2BA30CAB08F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary may waive the application of paragraph (1) for any qualified holder that is an underserved community, a community that has an inability to draw on other sources of funding because of the small population or low income of the community, or for other reasons the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE9B17774D5FF486FBD1345F81E221223"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A local community designated as a qualified holder under subsection (g) may utilize funds or other in-kind contributions donated by a nongovernmental partner to satisfy the matching funds requirement under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1FB6AE01F9D54EA79D6F1DC74979BE57"><enum>(4)</enum><text>As a condition of receipt of a grant under this section, the Secretary shall require that a coastal State provide to the Secretary such assurances as the Secretary determines are sufficient to demonstrate that the share of the cost of each eligible project that is not funded by the grant awarded under this section has been secured.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B42C023B5794DA69C3F80C666C767CB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>If financial assistance under this section represents only a portion of the total cost of a project, funding from other Federal sources may be applied to the cost of the project. Each portion shall be subject to match requirements under the applicable provision of law.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H796E5B2537F84E9BAABAC8AC35AC771B"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall treat as non-Federal match the value of a working waterfront or interest in a working waterfront, including conservation and other easements, that is held in perpetuity by a qualified holder, if the working waterfront or interest is identified in the application for the grant and acquired by the qualified holder within 3 years of the grant award date, or within 3 years after the submission of the application and before the end of the grant award period. Such value shall be determined by an appraisal performed at such time before the award of the grant as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC345F33CDD6B4B41818EFC9F6A58DF49"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Secretary shall treat as non-Federal match the costs associated with acquisition of a working waterfront or an interest in a working waterfront, and the costs of restoration, enhancement, or other improvement to a working waterfront, if the activities are identified in the project application and the costs are incurred within the period of the grant award, or, for working waterfront described in paragraph (6), within the same time limits described in that paragraph. These costs may include either cash or in-kind contributions.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4CD3E1FF91384BC39FB0BB0F9D09FD82"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Limit on administrative costs</header><text>No more than 5 percent of the funds made available to the Secretary under this section may be used by the Secretary for planning or administration of the program under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2D27483F2FCF42E5B4098F56FAB6529D"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Other technical and financial assistance</header> <paragraph id="HCDAADAE1ADD74A1587FBACCDF926F2C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Up to 5 percent of the funds appropriated under this section may be used by the Secretary for purposes of providing technical assistance as described in this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60D7E924968F419889149F397DEF7F96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HD0A7517B2AE84E7E9FD56E34D8E9461E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance to coastal States and local governments in identifying and obtaining other sources of available Federal technical and financial assistance for the development and revision of a working waterfront plan and the implementation of an approved working waterfront plan;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCFFEE3A1FFFF49DB932011AB37878455"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide technical assistance to States and local governments for the development, implementation, and revision of comprehensive working waterfront plans, which may include, subject to the availability of appropriations, planning grants and assistance, pilot projects, feasibility studies, research, and other projects necessary to further the purposes of this section;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H86B7054223D04A2491A9BF80EB0F8D05"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist States in developing other tools to protect working waterfronts;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDFF8B3F74E7C4316A4685CD7A80791BD"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collect and disseminate to States guidance for best storm water management practices in regards to working waterfronts;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8CC6FDB554FA41DBB1FC02660FC1948F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide technical assistance to States and local governments on integrating resilience planning into working waterfront preservation efforts; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1C964EB71F645DC8644DD44381B3806"><enum>(F)</enum><text>collect and disseminate best practices on working waterfronts and resilience planning.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H86F4E4BE5EAC4CA4B21FE11C2E2BADA9"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Reports</header> <paragraph id="H6D0D4FBE746F4B78BCD889F6266330DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C85A3B3BAF64CB38DEA1A68F978A03B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop performance measures to evaluate and report on the effectiveness of the program under this section in accomplishing the purpose of this section; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H247CE4B567AC437A941BF06107517FE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit to Congress a biennial report that includes such evaluations, an account of all expenditures, and descriptions of all projects carried out using grants awarded under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB757BB37A8204F9EBFC03BE7D6A8E045"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may submit the biennial report under paragraph (1)(B) by including it in the biennial report required under section 316.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1C3D65415A164E32B639DBB5804DBEFB"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H99B90A8A35254429876E93DF6113C71A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>qualified holder</term> means a coastal State or a unit of local or coastal State government or a non-State organization designated by a coastal State under subsection (g).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE4F7F345503B4D1F82CA88521180401B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H939796A37C2E402DA0F9DE8254EF7983"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>working waterfront</term> means real property (including support structures over water and other facilities) that provides access to coastal waters to persons engaged in commercial and recreational fishing, recreational fishing and boating businesses, boatbuilding, aquaculture, or other water-dependent, coastal-related business and is used for, or that supports, commercial and recreational fishing, recreational fishing and boating businesses, boatbuilding, aquaculture, or other water-dependent, coastal-related business.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED3950D0E6D64231AE565561492A04FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <term>working waterfront covenant</term> means an agreement in recordable form between the owner of working waterfront and one or more qualified holders, that provides such assurances as the Secretary may require that—</text> <subparagraph id="H518C287CE3BE4613ACABC63AEC01A8AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the title to or interest in the working waterfront will be held by a grant recipient or qualified holder in perpetuity, except as provided in subparagraph (C);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H450EF57A126640CD8028B9301937B8E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the working waterfront will be managed in a manner that is consistent with the purposes for which the property is acquired pursuant to this section, and the property will not be converted to any use that is inconsistent with the purpose of this section;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H53F7D2E150E743E481D220FDE05B12DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the title to or interest in the working waterfront is sold or otherwise exchanged—</text> <clause id="H4647433074C140CE9ACF4E5FEB8549D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all working waterfront owners and qualified holders involved in such sale or exchange shall accede to such agreement; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3270C39E2CBD48A49B8CD6FDB165FD33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funds equal to the fair market value of the working waterfront or interest in working waterfront shall be paid to the Secretary by parties to the sale or exchange, and such funds shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, be paid to the coastal State in which the working waterfront is located for use in the implementation of the working waterfront plan of the State approved by the Secretary under this section; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H00DFFDD9EE3240B686CFCDF8756D6409"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such covenant is subject to enforcement and oversight by the coastal State or by another person as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H2DAF15530E81464E88D461DFEDF76863"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Grant Program $15,000,000.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HD547942B96C0493FB47FCBD379F93C8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Working Waterfronts Preservation Loan Fund</header><text>The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1451">16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB983AB103C824261A592745BCFFB214E" style="OLC"> <section id="H7D9221135DDA47F7BA77B9F033547CB8"><enum>321.</enum><header>Working Waterfronts Preservation Loan Fund</header> <subsection id="H9C846FE6281C40988F887D846F57AFD4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury a separate account that shall be known as the <quote>Working Waterfronts Preservation Loan Fund</quote> (in this section referred to as the <quote>Fund</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HDE796657B36E44C5954B2792AA8067E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use</header> <paragraph id="H691B580E6E4541939DF2FC147FDE0601"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, amounts in the Fund may be used by the Secretary to make loans to coastal States for the purpose of implementing a working waterfront plan approved by the Secretary under section 320(c) through preservation, improvement, restoration, rehabilitation, acquisition of working waterfront properties under criteria established by the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3A0DECBC2DF49D7B1FCAB0CF0565680"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon enactment of this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a feasibility study on the administration of the development and management of a Working Waterfronts Preservation Loan Fund.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9977851CDC944841B6758A17933EC84F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Upon the completion of the study under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall establish a fund in accordance with the results of that study, and establish such criteria as referenced in subsection (c) in consultation with States that have a management program approved by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to section 306 and local government coastal management programs.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H74963BDC2AE240FAB156950BA171CD6A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Award criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award loans under this section through a regionally equitable, competitive funding process, and in accordance with the following:</text> <paragraph id="HB144AFF574824E0E846FC86C3D4C63F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Governor, or the lead agency designated by the Governor for coordinating the implementation of this section, where appropriate in consultation with the appropriate local government, shall determine that an application for a loan is consistent with the State’s approved coastal zone plan, program, and policies prior to submission to the Secretary.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H53D3602A5E8D43749BD0A27FA684165B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In developing guidelines under this section, the Secretary shall consult with coastal States, other Federal agencies, and other interested stakeholders with expertise in working waterfront planning.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB02E2C6F78A24B2A9E97B0EC2E6A2C5E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Coastal States may allocate amounts loaned under this section to local governments, Indian Tribes, agencies, or nongovernmental organizations eligible for loans under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15F9DF5FFFA743B684B452B9D4BF8341"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In awarding a loan for activities in a coastal State, the Secretary shall consider—</text> <subparagraph id="HB668AC1AAB3947708A264E267B33C622"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the economic and cultural significance of working waterfront to the coastal State;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAA38E16F7575426EBC08B7E9C18957AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the demonstrated working waterfront needs of the coastal State as outlined by a working waterfront plan approved for the coastal State under section 320(c), and the value of the proposed loan for the implementation of such plan;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H06257D19BECF4942A50E7EF2A91F4AA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the ability to successfully leverage loan funds among participating entities, including Federal programs, regional organizations, State and other government units, landowners, corporations, or private organizations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6A929F3D0A7F4390BC24404000C86DB4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the potential for rapid turnover in the ownership of working waterfront in the coastal State, and where applicable the need for coastal States to respond quickly when properties in existing or potential working waterfront areas or public access areas as identified in the working waterfront plan submitted by the coastal State come under threat or become available;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H63D87A6218B348488AD886BE646B40BB"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of the loan on the coastal ecosystem and the users of the coastal ecosystem; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD6CF8C8537F64B538E88083C9FFA1572"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent of the historic connection between working waterfronts for which the loan will be used and the local communities within the coastal State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6B08CD6DA21A4892B5EC11633F8A9A91"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Loan amount and terms</header> <paragraph id="H03A2E744AF9745CDA4D93AA7EEF3EA22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The amount of a loan under this section—</text> <subparagraph id="H9760BE3DC4CB43FFB64B3FC0FD53CB48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be not less than $100,000; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF99387A1488B4FE491473FA17FE40AE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not exceed 15 percent of the amount in the Fund as of July 1 of the fiscal year in which the loan is made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDAA5A8B2224E4A4FAF362F3245C68335"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The interest rate for a loan under this section shall not exceed 4 percent.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23270BAB853049DE889D5F2C2B6B8957"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The repayment term for a loan under this section shall not exceed 20 years.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5E10E41E14F84E42BDB1C63980F44F4E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Deadline for approval</header><text>The Secretary shall approve or reject an application for a loan under this section within 60 days after receiving an application for the loan.</text></subsection> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E7AD05E576847F89A09087B129A1715"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limit on administrative costs</header><text>No more than 5 percent of the funds made available to the Secretary under this section may be used by the Secretary for planning or administration of the program under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0CBD2DD02F8E4FC9907FA93FF9F83E19"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>The definitions in section 320(l) shall apply to this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7B1040E6811F42C0AF5D659D7F0990BD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $15,000,000.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H20DE16CADFCF40ACABF0703F2ACB0D3F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Seafood marketing</header> <subsection id="HCFC22BF1C6C14CB0A2A6EA85DAC1E87E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Outreach plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Administrator, shall develop an outreach plan to expand Department of Agriculture outreach to fishing industry stakeholders to increase awareness of and assist with the use of programs in the Agricultural Marketing Service.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9B3E72B190E64F9B85CC7511C900C235"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Administrator shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and members of the seafood industry, study the possibility of establishing education and marketing programs within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H88EEB883193E406F963252F7D490FEB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act—</text> <paragraph id="HAED6A9E197554D018EAFB2DB738CBD69"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Administrator, shall submit a report to Congress on the outreach plan developed under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5F184EBFD95249B7A2CF7FC1187A6ACB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Administrator shall submit a report to Congress on the findings of the study conducted under subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H5DB9767E1BE440CC9981BB6D4755A08E"><enum>205.</enum><header>Community participation in limited access privilege programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303A(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1853a">16 U.S.C. 1853a(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF30CE11CD1C94D388F1BC0C5F36DF718"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H21176144FD6D4CE2A013D9B60BB198D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iii), by inserting <quote>, including the participation of fishing communities in the fishery</quote> after <quote>benefits</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD1394AF4EBE64E0FAECBE76CFF5D830C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAAE7B22DDB9941C19C1349F315CE64B0" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H8797CB57E59A4CD2B18D0B10E6736745"><enum>(L)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the needs of fishing communities and provide a process for fishing communities to participate in the limited access privilege program in accordance with subsection (c)(3).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H480E423A688A4E1FBA867C2C5A678AF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H85EF6A0AE55541BCB6B7907B120D01D3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HEEC561B1E48C4AA5B87ACE1B373A4948"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fishing communities</header> <subparagraph id="HB5172C8CC76A4669A3F2B7068489EC64"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to participate in a limited access privilege program to harvest fish, a fishing community shall—</text> <clause id="H64333EAF4A1044359E395D4F174B5D1C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be located within the management area of the relevant Council; </text></clause> <clause id="H161521471148463FA857A66C0519B083"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consist of residents who conduct commercial or recreational fishing, processing, or fishery-dependent support businesses within the Council's management area; and </text></clause> <clause id="HA63C65F13F2D467786F15D659D1017D8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>develop and submit a community sustainability plan to the Council and the Secretary that demonstrates how the plan will address the social and economic development needs of coastal communities, including those that have not historically had the resources to participate in the fishery, for approval.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49035FC5CC6C4F1DAB6B4200C9EA23D2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Community sustainability plan approval</header> <clause id="H17599592DE8A4AE18876786C48AEA5FE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A community sustainability plan submitted by a fishing community to a Council for approval shall include the following components:</text> <subclause id="H288EF473D9B54BFE954AF6CE884FF897"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the Board and governance for the entity that will receive the allocation.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBC110A08E6074DFFA7C2692438EC1117"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A description of the quota allocation process that will be used by the fishing community entity, including an appeals process within the entity.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H3B697E8FB5E542DAA536E7FD2831F4F4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Provisions for monitoring and enforcement of the community sustainability plan. </text></subclause> <subclause id="H9284D289241C408BA66DC4F5247EDCD6"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Goals and objectives for the fishing community and how the entity will use the allocation to meet those goals and objectives. </text></subclause> <subclause id="H9580B001569345EFA3D1D7D36E6B2EBA"><enum>(V)</enum><text>A description of how the entity will sustain the participation of the fishing community in the fisheries, including providing for new entry and intergenerational transfer, encouraging active participation and addressing economic barriers to access to the fisheries.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H2C6E893DB4B44CDFB4AE690A0FB18AB0"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>A description of how the community sustainability plan will address the projected economic and social impacts associated with the implementation of the limited access program, including the potential for strengthening economic conditions in remote fishing communities lacking the resources to participate in harvesting activities in the fishery.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF8BF57E0C950430AA20C91F844D7EA03"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>A description of how the community sustainability plan will ensure the benefits of participating in the limited access privilege program accrue to the fishing community and participants.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H4D94879F23A74F1EA28B12BF950C4784"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Previously adopted plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A community sustainability plan submitted before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title> shall not be invalidated by failure to comply with clause (i) unless such plan is amended after such date.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HC3C283D1C82B42CA99A42721AAF7D273"><enum>206.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(a)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1802">16 U.S.C. 1802(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB15983A877D74B3CA9BB53A0F242E162" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H59D62CE4028C4162AF629A993EF5D9B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commercial and recreational fishing (including charter fishing) constitutes a major source of employment and contributes significantly to the economy of the Nation. Many coastal areas are dependent upon fishing and related activities, and their economies have been badly damaged by the overfishing of fishery resources; ensuring sustainable use of fishery resources is essential to the economic well-being of these areas. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Strengthening public process and transparency</header> <section id="H47083B67A2F0406DB20C9578226CCAA6"><enum>301.</enum><header>Tribal representation at the Pacific Fishery Management Council</header> <subsection id="H32C7DD8F9B6B4D1DBA6DD9048A592573"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(b)(5) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(b)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD27A6273CC82401B9D66CDDFA569DA1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>of not less than 3 individuals</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H92805A25B591481A86B53E96D11090A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4E68A187C9D647729327A143CE3A6F72" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H80996471D999457F910F31EE5DA0ACA4"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Term of tribal representative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual appointed under subparagraph (A) shall serve on the Pacific Council until such time as a new appointment to the tribal seat is made under subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC78260F80A3249B08CDD05F852DF38AB" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 302(b)(3) is amended by striking <quote>paragraphs (2) and (5)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HEC6CA7C609684AFEB65FF7B04BEA9B90"><enum>302.</enum><header>Tribal representation at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council</header> <subsection id="H2AD082D91CC649DBA82DAEC08698B35E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(a)(1)(G) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(1)(G)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7A19DA0D68F747DB984D420125F3FC8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>11</quote> and inserting <quote>13</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87AFE7B47E224D85A19E2C5486EF1BA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and including 2 appointed from Indian tribes in Alaska selected in accordance with subsection (b)(7)</quote> before the period at the end.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBBB2B403B9C9461586BB48EAD351CE76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6740ADAA102243A5896631CCC6C4BBDC" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HEF01F8C6094647B09D20ED0A5362169B"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Tribal representative on North Pacific Council</header> <subparagraph id="H079A40260E2C4FB5AA7211DAF8634F76"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall appoint to the North Pacific Council 2 representatives of Indian tribes in Alaska from a list submitted by Tribal governments. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Interior and Tribal governments shall determine the procedure for submitting a list under this subparagraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8E529286A08B4EBA86FA8CCB6D7A2C5B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Representation</header><text>Representation shall be rotated among affected tribal regions, taking into consideration—</text> <clause id="H2A4B06947A8F46B8888AFE317B066AAB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the qualifications of the individuals on the list described in subparagraph (A);</text></clause> <clause id="H02D312F2718A4D65B781534E892F724C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the degree to which the Indian tribes in the region are dependent on anadromous fish and marine resources in the area managed by the Council and the impact of Council actions on such resources; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA5708E0BA244408D90D3C6354C7C0222"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the geographic area in which the tribe of the representative is located.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5D0D01C56BBE49DEBADF87DE09C138F4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Filling of vacancy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of any term shall be filled in the same manner as set out in subparagraphs (A) and (B), except that the Secretary may use the list from which the vacating representative was chosen. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC33BEB001A9848AF99AFB1DA42B27B12"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Designation of alternate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The tribal representative appointed under subparagraph (A) may designate as an alternate an individual knowledgeable concerning tribal rights and fishing practices, Indigenous traditional knowledge, tribal law, and other marine resources of the geographical area concerned.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H797BB8CE29F7436788591DE45C66E426"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Term of appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual appointed under subparagraph (A) shall serve on the North Pacific Council until such time as new appointment to the tribal seat is made under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HB0AF1E41A9674F2D8680F33F3FC86DE9"><enum>303.</enum><header>Atlantic Councils</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H080621C8AEB24B0D8FF75CA64A05EB3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H1F06802CDD9D41B290E8A96DB2B4BAC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause id="HB21DB8F8DC1242B1A0F84012A598DFF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>18</quote> and inserting <quote>19</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H5B7961C9DA324E2CA12C94FE3F942B5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H95639477FAAD4C0B8383C87C7415996A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="HF18ED3B7CF3748F984ABD2613FA104F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>21</quote> and inserting <quote>22</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HCA71F0BEE7EB438DA6292D2875D1F620"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB2E9257989A4528B56097E36A90B88A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H973366FD31B848D3BBB15B6599FA54FF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE55A131B98C740A8891E9C599E033CC0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Requirements for liaison</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may only appoint an individual to be a liaison between 2 Councils under this subsection if such individual has expertise in a fishery that spans the geographical areas of both such Councils.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HEB5DD8F4D92145839200BE02502B14F7"><enum>304.</enum><header>Council procedures and participation</header> <subsection id="H9B4E782F0A48405780B727F4F9CD4859"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCE3E35001EB04EC1997DC5FDAA35921E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>At the request of any voting member of a Council, the Council shall hold a roll call vote on any matter before the Council.</quote> and inserting <quote>Each Council shall hold a roll call vote on all nonprocedural matters before the Council. At the request of any voting member of a Council, the Council shall hold a roll call vote on any procedural matter before the Council.</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC7B38870305F46E284E09FF9429BC5D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAC6412F56772482BBD6658334CD67A74" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H3577531D1F034479980FC80A723DC38A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent possible, each Council shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HFB2C2C2685CA4FBF829C64815C940E32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seek to hold meetings in person; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB587563BE78240A5B1B9BD3805D60A73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure the availability of remote meeting participation and voting.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0A7C63726D344521999A0EC9508FE51F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Council meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(i)(2) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFFA40BC36AF74E7ABA3B57710FD920EE" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H25273894CA22415CAC73218FB6E09CE0"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Council shall make available on the website of the Council—</text> <clause id="H86BC873A7B2843FAA48E5019CF95B323"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent practicable, a webcast or a live audio or video 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="H5DB38835CB5F4A7F977D111EDB7EFA2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an audio or video recording (if the meeting was in person or by video conference), or a searchable audio recording 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="H70D6B534CD6B46DB8CB1B1C2512D65B9"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall maintain and make available to the public an archive of Council and scientific and statistical committee meeting audio and video recordings and transcripts made available under clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (G).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HDD7C2BCE21224FE5872A1D298A981D2B"><enum>305.</enum><header>Council accountability and membership</header> <subsection id="HB4895909BBC54D0BA01BC054CB3B53D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ethics</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(f) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H146E890066C24941B6221FEBA7FE7D09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>Such employees, including executive directors, shall be deemed Federal employees with respect to any requirement that applies to Federal employees.</quote> after <quote>functions.</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H421AFD5649A543B8BDB39BE6500F9753"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H13194986727342CB8AF69CBFD2DCFF4E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H7C20D2E04793459BBFD1BF04DBEF4731"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Council, committee, and advisory panel members shall be subject to all law, rules, and policies regarding ethics and sexual harassment and assault that apply to Federal employees. Council, committee, and advisory panel members found to have violated such laws, rules, or policies shall be held individually liable for their actions. The Secretary may impose civil penalties for violations including suspension or expulsion from participation or membership in a council, advisory body, or related entity or activity. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE7EACC0AF6A745948996BBF92514A50F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disclosure of financial interest and recusal</header><text>Section 302(j) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H56C3D842ECFF4A3FAF13F19029D2EBBE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1)(B) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF6FBB33F5F144C8186E052D3C6CBE2E3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF3C20461823544FE9639999435241727"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>designated official</quote> means an attorney employed in the Office of the General Counsel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with an expertise in Federal conflict-of-interest requirements who is designated by the Secretary, in consultation with the Council, to attend Council meetings and make determinations under paragraph (7)(B).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C7D76CCC24F4319BD83991FB3142133"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting <quote>contractor,</quote> after <quote>partner,</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C9CDE151663431A97F882BC1FA1FED7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)(B), by striking <quote>on the Internet</quote> and inserting <quote>on the website of the agency, on the website of the applicable Council,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA2BF81086C8A4D01B588F99D995E5F5D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lobbying</header><text>Section 302 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAB4B8151E74D41B8BD940DA7CA880C42" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H850FB02EE7F04CE3B722865FF3E7FD2D"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Lobbying</header> <paragraph id="H5D12389A0E5F4393951FE69C0A8CAB1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition on council lobbying</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regional Fishery Management Council members, members of Council advisory bodies, and Council employees and contractors, are prohibited from using Federal funds to attempt to influence the introduction, advancement, enactment, amendment, or repeal of Federal or State legislation, as well as the issuance, advancement, modification, or overturning of an executive order, Presidential proclamation, or similar Presidential directive or decree. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such individuals may provide a technical and factual presentation directly related to the performance of a Council’s duties, through hearing testimony or written statements, if such presentation is in response to a documented request and is made available under paragraph (4).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BBD93E68E99471E9F2093C012A8699C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjudicating violations</header> <subparagraph id="HFC267E533D87474CBF48AE2CF91BE3DB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initiation by Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may initiate an investigation of a potential violation of this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE86E970FF6394B4E86587F48F40C3987"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Complaint</header><text>The Secretary shall investigate a complaint submitted by any person or government entity regarding a potential violation of this subsection. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE920949EBF5455981DE2C64E5ABD17F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that an individual violated paragraph (1), such individual shall be subject to civil penalties including suspension or expulsion from participation in, membership of, or employment by a council, advisory body, or related entity or activity. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H41B02969F64340E9811C699B081A800E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Content of communications</header><text>Councils shall maintain and make publicly available Council websites—</text> <subparagraph id="HE6CB90F6021D41E5B9DA261BC2C613E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">copies of all documents and communication relevant to paragraph (1), including any relevant Council meeting minutes, briefing book materials, and correspondence, including with a office of general counsel of a regional office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDCF2B95941DE49B3898666897337C9C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">copies of all communication with Federal or State legislators, or any communication with executive branch officials on subjects other than routine fishery management in the region; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC274F8994B88470A8153BB278423EC3A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">documentation of verbal communication with Federal or State legislators or with Federal executive branch officials on subjects other than routine fishery management in the region. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E17A28E3CA44AA785E7A46E44109DF6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The Secretary shall provide training to individuals described in paragraph (1) on compliance with rules issued under this subsection and general limits of Federal grant recipients on contacts with members and staff of the Executive and Legislative branches.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H216DBC47379A4BFCAEB69B1D50ECAA82"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate that describes—</text> <subparagraph id="HCC582760C180453C85C6DC9472C8DAA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the funding provided to implement this subsection;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8F3F7DA3EFBA4769B8A7B9478A2C3BF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>complaints received of and investigations into potential violations of this subsection; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7CC9BF7BF5CE4B10BE9F760F1C6FDBB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>barriers associated with and proposals to improve implementation of this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H959D0FBBCA8346AF92CA5CED242004A8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue implementing regulations for this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H4BCC2BF2CCBB4168A4972449CEEE9CCA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Voting members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(b)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H877A511338AD40F198D9C286CE8C6D52"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C4EEB83C5DD453FBD93F42985BC7CCA"> <subparagraph id="HFED4BE4FEF8D4A47B905D27CA501539C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Required expertise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making appointments to the Council under this section, the Secretary shall appoint an individual who, by reason of occupational or other experience, scientific expertise, or training, is knowledgeable regarding—</text> <clause id="H56BCB359B85C42DF90B336556A4C8660"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the conservation and management, or the commercial, recreational, or subsistence harvest, of the fishery resources of the geographic area concerned; or</text></clause> <clause id="HF4E1B3B69D344CFF911FE97AFB0166CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ecosystem-based fishery management or climate science.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H18B9FC30F5A04D08A18C06AB3A0AB711"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2BF67513F4A44714BC385D8EFE2C5693" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H0A49BD0AB3844FBEA4A3C56F3D7A380D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Apportionment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in making appointments under this section, shall, to the extent practicable, ensure a fair and balanced apportionment, on a rotating or other basis, of active participants or representatives of such participants in the commercial, recreational, and subsistence fisheries under the jurisdiction of the Council and of members of the conservation community, scientists, non-consumptive users, and indigenous and tribal communities as applicable, and of the active participants (or their representatives) in the commercial, recreational, and subsistence fisheries under the jurisdiction of the Council. The Secretary shall, on an annual basis, submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the actions taken by the Secretary to ensure that such fair and balanced apportionment is achieved. The report shall—</text> <clause id="HC33491FA502440898BFECB0648665F02"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">list the fisheries under the jurisdiction of each Council, outlining for each fishery the type and quantity of fish harvested, fishing and processing methods employed, the number of participants, the duration and range of the fishery, and other distinguishing characteristics;</text></clause> <clause id="HC13E600A3BC042448BF819594048A6FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the membership of each Council in terms of the apportionment of the active participants in each such fishery and of members of the conservation community, scientists, non-consumptive users, indigenous and tribal communities; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0A6766A0D8C24B8482DF679B961318E2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>state the Secretary's plans and schedule for actions to achieve a fair and balanced apportionment on the Council for the active participants in any such fishery and for the categories of members listed in clause (ii).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB7F3745CA9D549E4B5E0954845270E0B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0ADD1879C5A3423B8A93BE91C1DB00A4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HAFF8C8B60D2944E9A5892571D2D0D395"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Appointments</header> <clause id="H34255ADE28AF46E6B32396EE7B28090C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>List from Governor</header> <subclause id="H7F304B68B8714D28ACBF1E1D2C1055B4"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Appointment from list</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint the members of each Council from a list of individuals submitted by the Governor of each applicable constituent State.</text></subclause> <subclause id="H26E03C2C37484680A6CD661AE246C47B"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Requirements for list</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in submitting a list for the purposes of subclause (I), a Governor—</text> <item id="H0DC32E72302144E1B3B6FE2F1143F794"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>may only submit the name of an individual if such Governor has determined such individual is qualified under the requirements of subparagraph (A); and</text></item> <item id="H61001892BB7A4109AC01422C99678595"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall include the names and pertinent biographical data of not less than 3 individuals for each applicable vacancy and shall be accompanied by a statement by the Governor explaining how each such individual meets the requirements of subparagraph (A).</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H12DC66FF46E0464D83607759C68C3B47"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary shall review each list submitted under this subparagraph. If the Secretary determines that any individual does not meet the requirements of this paragraph, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate Governor.</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA08F830810784B679E8496E7739E0BE1"><enum>(IV)</enum><header>Response to review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a Governor receives notice under subclause (III), the Governor may submit a revised list or resubmit the original list with an additional explanation of the qualifications of the individual in question. </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HC307ECD182224CCDA9B578D47161ADFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Individuals who do not have a financial interest</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint to each Council at least 1 individual who does not have a financial interest in matters before the Council.</text></clause> <clause id="HEEE8AC82E24D412497455FDCD2C68196"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Financial disclosure requirements</header><text> An individual is not eligible for appointment by the Secretary until that individual complies with the applicable financial disclosure requirements under subsection (j).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4C79CCD3DAAD4DC7BECAADFED0F916D2"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Section 302(b)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H600FC938016947E48EE1966E8B7F4307" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HA269AFC8650B401EB44B1A06F9E08EDB"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In appointing at-large members to the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, the Secretary shall ensure geographic representation across all constituent states of the Council.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H2D462953754F425B8BB72012B3ED7512" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>Section 305(f)(1) is amended by striking <quote>30</quote> and inserting <quote>60</quote>. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H4F9F021327A946958694C518FA5E903D"><enum>306.</enum><header>Amendments to Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204(e) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1668A48A72AF4D48BFEDB4DB0336582E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0AFBE8AA3789441EBDE054F07EE5C3FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H24FB793E34A24E6490DC8DD605436855" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H1CDDA7C6807E446A8FC3D2589E11F511"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header> <clause id="H2C9E28571A574D9C945B070C4713C5F0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prior to entering into a Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement, the Western Pacific Council and the appropriate Governor shall develop a 3-year marine conservation plan including detailing uses for funds to be collected by the Secretary pursuant to such agreement.</text></clause> <clause id="H3235016C3BAB4A909FF0BC2B30411DF0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Process</header><text>Not later than 30 days before submitting a marine conservation plan to the Secretary for approval, the Western Pacific Council shall issue a public notice of intent to submit such plan to the Secretary, including publishing such plan.</text></clause> <clause id="HA26EFA8F9CCA44C5AE99E59E308681C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The marine conservation management plan required by clause (i) shall be consistent with any applicable fishery management plan, identify conservation and management objectives (including criteria for determining when such objectives have been met), and prioritize planned marine conservation projects. Conservation and management objectives shall include—</text> <subclause id="HC8403C69B2F64575B288FC2C4CDE5F0B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pacific Insular Area observer programs, or other monitoring programs, that the Secretary determines are adequate to monitor the harvest, bycatch, and compliance with the laws of the United States by foreign fishing vessels that fish under Pacific Insular Area fishing agreements;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA40D65C4DBC14D0A987F768815064984"><enum>(II)</enum><text>conduct of marine and fisheries research, including development of systems for information collection, analysis, evaluation, and reporting;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HF0558A0D46CB41F7B96C7C7D817465D8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>conservation, education, and enforcement activities related to marine and coastal management, such as living marine resource assessments, habitat monitoring and coastal studies; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H595C1C89FEF84039A31CE201A28CF016"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>grants to the University of Hawaii for technical assistance projects by the Pacific Island Network, such as education and training in the development and implementation of sustainable marine resources development projects, scientific research, and conservation strategies; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="H5027096547CD4FCE9CC53F4926F9E872"><enum>(V)</enum><text>western Pacific community-based demonstration projects under section 112(b) of the Sustainable Fisheries Act and other coastal improvement projects in waters beyond the seaward boundary (as such term is defined in section 4 of the Submerged Lands Act) of any State to foster and promote the management, conservation, and economic enhancement of the Pacific Insular Areas.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HB5AFB003D66445F58512989CA8E1E8E4"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Applicability of recusal requirements</header><text>The development of a marine conservation plan under this subparagraph shall be a Council decision for the purposes of section 302(j).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96D0C8583E9E4ADD93AEE8FE8EE0884F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>Hawaii,</quote> before <quote>American Samoa,</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67F534197BC34BE7B5CDDA3932D8BCA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (7) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H852B07D452A2422FB868BA946E84AA8D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HB31FF1D91B1F407BAC44CA0A57D49301" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the United States Treasury a Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund into which any payments received by the Secretary under a Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement and any funds or contributions received in support of conservation and management objectives under a marine conservation plan for any Pacific Insular Area other than American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands shall be deposited. The Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund shall be made available, without appropriation or fiscal year limitation, to the Secretary, who shall provide such funds only—</text> <subparagraph id="H8150144F38384D1BBC857605BB98AA00"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subsection, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Western Pacific Sustainable Fishery Fund Advisory panel under paragraph (9), including implementation of a marine conservation plan approved under paragraph (4);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82740AF551FF40408C537E99E20E4FDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the Secretary of State for mutually agreed upon travel expenses for no more than 2 Federal representatives incurred as a direct result of complying with paragraph (1)(B); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3D6770A67452428697A4773DB2EAD1C1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to meet conservation and management objectives in the State of Hawaii if funds remain in the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund after the funding requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B) have been satisfied. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCB022A57C6F04D98A4D798335CA4B96F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDE2EF2C5B49E404AABA4264F6C1B9695" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HD4DFBF1153CE441C88E1149988759695"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Western Pacific Sustainable Fishery Fund Advisory panel</header> <subparagraph id="HD8668F94B8CE495697A1876CD21EC68E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish an advisory panel under section 302(g) to evaluate and annually rank applications for grants under paragraph (7).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0CAB20559BDC4A2CB042C8A6B005F25B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint to such advisory panel the following individuals who shall not be members or employees of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council:</text> <clause id="H3A1FF9B49D5043C39371397FB78186F6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>One individual selected by the Governor of Hawaii.</text></clause> <clause id="H364D814DF18F4DE19EB35F3F2652F3AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>One individual selected by the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.</text></clause> <clause id="H0FC2F3B58E9240BA92D58F03B6E90002"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">One individual selected by the Governor of Guam.</text></clause> <clause id="H9E15C8EED26041B0B43FD4BB78D18446"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">One individual selected by the by the Governor of American Samoa.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H19FA9893F8E147D7B2A370367294ADBF"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Written explanation</header><text>In any case in which the Secretary issues a grant that is inconsistent with the ranking given by such advisory panel under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall provide a detailed written explanation of such deviation. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE782ACB4CD7B4580862BF87B57E56648"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The Secretary shall provide timely notice to the public of each meeting of such advisory panel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE40E6453DF9F4F01B8C4117C8E3590AA"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Minutes</header><text>The Secretary shall publish minutes of each meeting of such advisory panel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1ACC0C1B60964313AFAB2885D1BA07C7"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall, in consultation with such advisory panel, submit an annual report to Congress identifying any projects funded in the previous year under this subsection and the status and progress of projects carried out under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H389866DC84DB4C7B80F5146C6994AAFA"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Exemption from Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App) shall not apply to such advisory panel.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H2BE0CCA89AC74F939239113150927A68"><enum>307.</enum><header>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration sexual harassment and assault prevention</header> <subsection id="H7589942340B3428BB866011B0FB6AFCA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy on the prevention of and response to sexual harassment involving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration personnel</header> <paragraph id="H8C1302D7ACFE490CB769D9D33F5B29B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3541(a) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/894">33 U.S.C. 894(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HB86BB66D2D6D447CBCF66186573D950B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not later</quote> and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDC2CAEFE70CE4562BD29CA802F6DF5C8" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H6D493DF8B33A4248847DE31A6DE7F0C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0EB2EE690B42406891E7145AB73B28E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE5518F2871F246B5B9F6B2684F9A2012" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HFECFFCF195804E5FABC9378F9410DFF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Included personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The individuals who work with or conduct business on behalf of the Administration referred to in paragraph (1) include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HF6088DC222EA40879D4A03F6A80BB26E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Observers and at-sea monitors required by the National Marine Fisheries Service to be aboard commercial fishing vessels and other privately owned vessels, barges, or platforms for—</text> <clause id="HCEDBA797B6114C91B1717EF0E64FFE89"><enum>(i)</enum><text>commercial fisheries observation required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act;</text></clause> <clause id="HC9762506D20F477DA69F0C3CEED07C60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">protected species or endangered species observation required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 or the Endangered Species Act of 1973; or </text></clause> <clause id="H1E70440DC6B7489BA72CB910837A2007"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>platform removal observation.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6D44EC4AF4AD4A538C1F2110D5002134"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Voting members and executive and administrative staff of regional fishery management councils established by section 302 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23FB70C39AB64DF0BF1EFE5FC5D19DED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion of equal employment in quarterly reports</header><text>Section 3541(f) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/894">33 U.S.C. 894(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H8F053BE396FA4B5A86E68D6800C350A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and equal employment</quote> after <quote>sexual harassment</quote> each place it appears; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB175CA9BCD7C4A499E0B150E7192111B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HD98BEC74BA58488190F8A0EAD6335AF3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and</text></clause> <clause id="H79C482611EAE43B2A5AE2C96E6031A44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H75C663CDA1114931B88C5203C5E21113" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H3DA0544543A344FB92280DD08E3076C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A synopsis of each case and the disciplinary action taken (if any) in each case.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H340F484856E147819FD9639355769A9D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comprehensive policy on prevention of and response to sexual assaults</header> <paragraph id="HB9EFAF0E17E548388A85C5C0D14A33D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3542(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/894a">33 U.S.C. 894a(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H3750650132AC4E2D90C6624C13E5C3ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not later</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9ACCEA6D331D47E68DCC564B60E63A2E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H220CE345691F4CB5AF94AB81FFD9624F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9579193ACD954AF3822EF8D0C76825ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA5F54924D3DD4AE6B95E59C578E652FD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H9691A4DF7D8A415BA420DDF903734EA9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Included personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The individuals who work with or conduct business on behalf of the Administration referred to in paragraph (1) include the individuals described in section 3541(a)(2).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC7BA803BBDD4BC194FA2344CE27E479"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Victim advocates</header> <subparagraph id="H3BD4D107F0AE497792400580A43EB727"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 3542(c)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/894a">33 U.S.C. 894a(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4BCAD5839FC344599FABC3D52949AEC3" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H7EDFE03C785241ABAACEB43221866C34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Victim advocates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, a victim advocate is a full-time permanent employee of the Administration trained in and responsible solely for matters relating to sexual assault and the comprehensive policy developed under subsection (a). </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD65191B1A6D64F63A4FEE1CF7D0EA249" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Location</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3542(c)(4) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/894a">33 U.S.C. 894a(c)(4)</external-xref>) of such Act is amended by inserting <quote>full time</quote> after <quote>stationed</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBC58FEDEFCB0403D86F38A56EE2C43D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual report on sexual assaults, sexual harassment, and equal employment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3548 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/894e">33 U.S.C. 894e</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5131C1C20AB441F5BD846BA9BE85FDD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting the following: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Annual report on sexual assaults, sexual harassment, and equal employment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBDCF99BF954C4932B7EDED12D16AF8B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>, sexual harassment, and equal employment</quote> after <quote>sexual assaults</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4F0A02C8D00D40C0979E2843C2CB404C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C08133C40AE410A895BACCD857B6E2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>, including a synopsis of each case and the disciplinary action taken, if any, in each case</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0E05289BE0D74AE2AFF4BFE0CB55A2D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA73F53AFAA0F47F280210AFE912A62F0" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H5DB42E1770714AA08BD7CE9693F68063"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of the number of change of station, unit transfer, and change of work location requests submitted to the Under Secretary under section 3544(a), including the number of such requests that were denied.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1009BB9508349DCA732A67E769BC81C"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of the number of cases referred to the Coast Guard under section 3550.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E30788350DA4C9F9C651DAF5EF93148"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of alleged sexual assaults and sexual harassment cases involving fisheries, protected species, and endangered species observers, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HD7071956E8B442A98A263E3574725499"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a synopsis of each case and the status;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3C78FE765E604B7CA9F1080389AE58B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the disposition of any investigation; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA9748C2AB0524A48969421F1DFA87974"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the fishery management region and fishery or the geographic region and type of permitted operation in which the assault or harassment is alleged to have occurred, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H22C095EFF8354D95A2522A4AE0DEC9CE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Investigation and criminal referral requirements</header> <paragraph id="HF9DDDB9D5E304155975B4CC00C04C0F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 3548 (as amended) and 3549 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 894e and 894f) are redesignated as sections 3551 and 3552, respectively.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9E53DD3D4CEC46B990790B02AE9BD0D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title XXXV of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/894">33 U.S.C. 894 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 3547 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF29B521408EF42B798122E813FFBE72F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HC55CE0AFF0784E2AAC61141218126265"><enum>3548.</enum><header>Exceptions regarding anonymity of survivors in certain cases</header> <subsection id="HADFCF48CE85E4779A60E55ABA4449151"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In any case in which an employee, member of the commissioned officer corps, or individual conducting business on behalf of the administration elects anonymous reporting under section 3541(b)(3)(B) or 3542(b)(5)(B), disclosure of such person’s personally identifying information is authorized to the following persons or organizations when disclosure would be for the following reasons:</text> <paragraph id="H37B3BF7E709543BD926FB25EB8BB3375"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staff or law enforcement personnel, when authorized by the survivor in writing.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H135FAAC49BC047538B198FD786BF5981"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staff or law enforcement personnel to prevent or lessen a serious or imminent threat to the health or safety of the survivor or another person.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBA6B93ABE2CF44F298AF684831E6440D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To a victim advocate or healthcare provider, when required for the provision of victim services.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HECFDAAE170BF467198260545B3C1FFC1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To a State or Federal court, when ordered by such court or if disclosure is required by Federal or State statute.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H21C31647C3BD4BF6B08636F10DCB08AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice of disclosure and privacy protection</header><text>In any case in which information is disclosed under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HB3500C5AFE8A4F0FAE3D6690D96EE096"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make reasonable attempts to provide notice to the employee, member, or individual whose personally identifying information is disclosed; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1FD225823B8B489695A929D6BC6EC992"><enum>(2)</enum><text>take such action as is necessary to protect the privacy and safety of the employee, member, or individual.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HC28F34ECFCB44050BB0851D6EEF39596"><enum>3549.</enum><header>Restricted reporting</header> <subsection id="HE13EDC8B7D52472EB72A6ABD6543CE0B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, shall develop a mechanism to provide a system of restricted reporting.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H85FE5036FCBC4307A52FD31FD09EAABC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restricted reporting defined</header><text>In this section the term <quote>restricted reporting</quote> means a system of reporting that allows employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, members of the Commissioned Officer Corps of the Administration, and individuals who work with or conduct business on behalf of the Administration who are sexually assaulted to confidentially disclose the details of such person’s assault to specified individuals and receive the services outlined in this subtitle title—</text> <paragraph id="HEF2A6D0F426144EABBFAB67D8A03DF0A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>without the dissemination of such persons’s personally identifying information except as necessary for the provision of such services; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H286F7FFF672D44DEA1EF9BD6E9ED052A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>without automatically triggering an investigative process.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE8734A12D75542798371DC2C23EB5F01" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3550.</enum><header>Mariner referral</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, acting through the Director of the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, develop and implement a policy to report to the Coast Guard Suspension and Revocation National Center of Expertise, the names of personnel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who—</text> <paragraph id="H04248BF52C98433D85DCFCA95C584773"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are the subject of a claim of an act or offense detrimental to good discipline and safety at sea, such as sexual harassment or sexual assault that is substantiated by an investigation under section 3546, or any other substantiated claim of an act or offense for which suspension or revocation of a credential is either mandatory or sought pursuant to part 5 of title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4FF29312252448EBB7DC8C65D31F9106"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are—</text> <subparagraph id="H9D36B7B2377340F1A62D85910DDE0C79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>employees or contractors of the Administration required to hold a valid merchant mariner credential as a condition of employment; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2BED53F975044DF488846CC77F86A6FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>crew of a vessel that, at the time of such act or offence, was operating under a contract with the Administration.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H106B5F9B3F53404490C92CEB00DE5A7B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming and clerical amendments</header> <paragraph id="H52EB7E2DFEEE4D43A6BB9430433DBA77"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle C of title XXXV of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/894">33 U.S.C. 894 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HFF44611A613249A293FAC6BB3210B6A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the term <quote>victims</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>survivors</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE328A245C1774A77BA6B962AF7DE320F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 3541(b)(2)(B), by striking <quote>victim</quote> and inserting <quote>target of sexual harassment</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA5390FB808EB481DB29B549A091FC409"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in section 3542(c)(5)(A), by striking <quote>victim of</quote> and inserting <quote>survivor of</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA20002741C7F49E99BD38C204D0F3B51"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in section 3543—</text> <clause id="HC556E9F071734EE2A6E65E49483D8E72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">victim</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">survivor</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H4418EAFCAFC84FA8B06A85129A244248"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>victim</quote> and inserting <quote>survivor</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC613C38E62434B8F94B923E5CFB907ED"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in section 3544—</text> <clause id="H4A0B3F2874CC4BF380A23AA490348162"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subclause id="H675AB10F29FA44B7A1782A0CC6366489"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">victims</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">survivors</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H234DD118E72C4B13990BCEF7B3641337"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>was</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>is</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HE0E6CE0B35064E81B21B83B2D7A25DC6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>victim</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>survivor</quote>. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF089FF41996F40168E3D40EABB24667F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each of the tables of contents in section 2(b) and at the beginning of title XXXV of such Act is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC1584EFD9F9342E7907977044DBFB632"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the item relating to section 3543 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF53432C938A94C4897D13BAF233E3872" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 3543. Rights of the survivor of a sexual assault.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">and</continuation-text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB019440F711844A6856E4A1213C2142C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the items relating to sections 3548 and 3549 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4DB64D33A2664061AEE51100114C8DFA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 3548. Exceptions regarding anonymity of survivors in certain cases. </toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec.3549. Restricted reporting. </toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec.3550. Mariner referral. </toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec.3551. Annual report on sexual assaults, sexual harassment, and equal employment in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. </toc-entry> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 3552. Sexual assault defined.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFD3D0B820D5A457D8369D2C56B08135F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Prohibited acts</header><text>Section 307(1)(L) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1857">16 U.S.C. 1857(1)(L)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1A596146194E40F7BF3A7379B11FC6FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>forcibly</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2C6E3B85541540908641C857EA2EE081"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on a vessel</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEE29026E8822462C93976B347B4A5A97"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition on service in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps by individuals convicted of certain sexual offenses</header><text>Section 261(a) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3071">33 U.S.C. 3071(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0AEE0BE3C03A4A75AA7CDDE4E2E5211B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (16) as paragraphs (5) through (17), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9705747EC3B94519AE99C3C2D72FDD45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5745E70D6610444B998D0189439D56C5" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HD29444973F114ECEA12124D37569477D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 657, relating to prohibition on service by individuals convicted of certain sexual offenses.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H35128723E3964DB983AE6A12190DB12C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>308.</enum><header>Saltonstall-Kennedy Act reform</header> <subsection id="H182FF00A8BDE4CA8B43750630AB2B69D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/713c-3">15 U.S.C. 713c–3</external-xref>), is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC07854787B4847E8893F8D9AFE416EA6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED5020E25CBC40C48B38FF77D8DA929E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C858BB6F85C4E1D9C44CC29050DCE69" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H7B757873AE1341F9BD0A3352BD139F72"><enum>(e)</enum><header>American Fisheries Advisory Committee</header> <paragraph id="H91B23C85115643F488A508FDAA32F91D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H1EAF694FC8E148DB84F1F8F11E9AA955"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Committee</header><text>The term <term>Committee</term> means the American Fisheries Advisory Committee established under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB57A0FD703D0423B845204CEAA217BBB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Fishing community</header><text>The term <term>fishing community</term> means harvesters, marketers, growers, processors, recreational fishermen, charter fishermen, and persons providing goods and services to such persons.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H218162B58C364A879211F41FA0433058"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Marketing and promotion</header><text>The term <term>marketing and promotion</term> means an activity aimed at encouraging the consumption of seafood or expanding or maintaining commercial markets for seafood.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H86F83FFCFE6946668B60C62FF0F1FAB5"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Processor</header><text>The term <term>processor</term> means any person in the business of preparing or packaging seafood (including seafood of the processor’s own harvesting) for sale.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5E0401790F3748BDB458017659604DF3"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Seafood</header><text>The term <term>seafood</term> means farm-raised and wild-caught fish, shellfish, or marine algae harvested in the United States or by a United States flagged vessel for human consumption.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB897C6E08EBB47FF8AAE2535BDA0C512"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee. Such Committee shall use the following division of regions for organizational purposes:</text> <subparagraph id="H919C692E78DF463C97BD917269AB33C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Region 1 shall consist of Alaska, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Territories of Guam and American Samoa.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC00A4E769F8A4223AFAEFE31122BD764"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Region 2 shall consist of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H64DF70174217484EB43203238EF3DA22"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Region 3 shall consist of Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, Puerto Rico, and the Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35AF24F31C9949FFA2711544AF1D592A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Region 4 shall consist of California, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H572F86A2C7244CFFAC5A5504A65B996F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Region 5 shall consist of New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H797D5988B8264E10A6F07C8AB58D65AE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Region 6 shall consist of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA75A454A8AB84D35A83CE7B80105D207"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Committee shall be composed of the following members:</text> <subparagraph id="H440753759780482B8492900BF1E44B36"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Regional representation</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint 3 members to the Committee from each of the regions described in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H0BCBF3BCBB1041958EA1B59C097F8B5C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who reside in a State or territory in the region that the member will represent;</text></clause> <clause id="H60DF5DB749BB47A98C4CEA0B288D91D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>of which—</text> <subclause id="HEEFD654FA62843988E75E384195AB754"><enum>(I)</enum><text>one shall have experience as a seafood harvester or processor;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H8A954D73E2EC479AB271BCEC767875D8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>one shall have experience as recreational or commercial fisher or have experience growing seafood; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HDAC62B5B8AA74835B62CD12D6AE93E1E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>one shall be an individual who represents the fisheries science community or the relevant Regional Fishery Management Council; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HE6320CAED63F4CE79271ACE7E597DDEF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that are selected so that the members of the Committee have experience or expertise with as many seafood species as practicable.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF3649FBC357744CC984A3220814B457F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>At-large members</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint to the Committee at-large members as follows:</text> <clause id="HC9174A06B32B4634B29D0D49328CDB1F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>One individual with experience in food distribution, marketing, retail, or food service.</text></clause> <clause id="HE381A7ABFDD64C56A8E88882C3202125"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>One individual with experience in the recreational fishing industry supply chain, such as fishermen, manufacturers, retailers, and distributors.</text></clause> <clause id="HF43AE9E99CED43319557165288A65B50"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>One individual with experience in the commercial fishing industry supply chain, such as fishermen, manufacturers, retailers, and distributors.</text></clause> <clause id="HDE483877F2E944F89A9EE752CE2F140F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>One individual who is an employee of the National Marine Fisheries Service with expertise in fisheries research.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H10212930ECDF414AAED11A83ED7016CF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Balanced representation</header><text>In selecting the members described in subparagraphs (A) and (B), the Secretary shall seek to maximize on the Committee, to the extent practicable, a balanced representation of expertise in United States fisheries, seafood production, and science.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C1E6BF413234F7FA973CB7CDD5F67ED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Member terms</header><text>The term for a member of the Committee shall be 3 years, except that the Secretary shall designate staggered terms for the members initially appointed to the Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9CE691389B9840989041E16AD513B595"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Committee shall be responsible for—</text> <subparagraph id="H5DCACF1B928C4C88BA3C680A670952F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identifying needs of the fishing community that may be addressed by a project funded with a grant under subsection (c);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB0216FBCCB8546B887547EE4BDAF600B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>developing the request for proposals for such grants;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0D1E26940EE4A4180CDBC2E09AC5AA0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reviewing applications for such grants; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2876B05CC888443A914ED3D4B3A41F5F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>selecting applications for approval under subsection (c)(2)(B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB07FF5A27F6B4E5091D8306A04377A52"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The Committee shall elect a chair by a majority of those voting, if a quorum is present.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7916833D82DE4634B0226F629E7C5CF1"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>A simple majority of members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H132B075EBB15497CA89423D21EC0B531"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Meetings</header> <subparagraph id="H56C15095101F4D3B86453A7ECF712722"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Frequency</header><text>The Committee shall meet not more than 2 times each year. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2D16F1F681D74CF88649EDB64F541D85"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Location</header><text>The meetings of the Committee shall rotate between the geographic regions described under paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE40C8DB7AFF64D0DA236984025D21768"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Minimizing costs</header><text>The Committee shall seek to minimize the operational costs associated with meetings, hearings, or other business of the Committee, including through the use of video or teleconference.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H907AA87079EE42759A0B8BCAC720A464"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Designation of staff member</header><text>The Secretary shall designate a staff member to coordinate the activities of the Committee and to assist with administrative and other functions as requested by the Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H46DBBC2BE92D41269AF5D8A38F48E56E"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Per diem and expenses and funding</header> <subparagraph id="H583E37097A484BB49A7B6703B5F4FA74"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A member of the Committee shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed in accordance with section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for reasonable travel costs and expenses incurred in performing duties as a member of the Committee.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H6EA1CDEE1C96461EAE2E1C59A334AFD5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The costs of reimbursements under subparagraph (A) and the other costs associated with the Committee shall be paid from funds made available to carry out this section (which may include funds described in subsection (f)(1)(B)), except that no funds allocated for grants under subsection (f)(1)(A) shall be expended for any purpose under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB61A2337C5A4780BE367BD59A4E1A0F"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Conflict of interest</header><text>The conflict of interest and recusal provisions set out in section 302(j) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act shall apply to any decision by the Committee and to all members of the Committee as if each member of the Committee is an affected individual within the meaning of such section 302(j), except that in addition to the disclosure requirements of section 302(j)(2)(C) of such Act, each member of the Committee shall disclose any financial interest or relationship in an organization or with an individual that is applying for a grant under subsection (c) held by the member of the Committee, including an interest as an officer, director, trustee, partner, employee, contractor, agent, or other representative.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1DE3FA7796C94B6FBD99B5B14AC4C5D6"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Technical review of applications</header> <subparagraph id="H4A8A7D45A9834C8B85ABAA6DD8B5B9D0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Prior to review of an application for a grant under subsection (c) by the Committee, the Secretary shall obtain an independent written technical evaluation from 3 or more appropriate Federal, private, or public sector experts (such as industry, academia, or governmental experts) who—</text> <clause id="H633E42DCEA394EC492056EBCE1D6D237"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have subject matter expertise to determine the technical merit of the proposal in the application;</text></clause> <clause id="HD31928DFEA2C413492119C41E9839EE5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall independently evaluate each such proposal; and</text></clause> <clause id="H79D2065A1A9B4AFEBD1E115561843B2A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>shall certify that the expert does not have a conflict of interest concerning the application that the expert is reviewing.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H65CEA723319D44A498BEA591757AE09F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue guidance related to carrying out the technical evaluations under subparagraph (A). Such guidance shall include criteria for the elimination by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of applications that fail to meet a minimum level of technical merit as determined by the review described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF9A67EB92D7C44C5894AB032D8FA2564"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Role in approval of grants</header><text>Section 2(c)(3) of the Act of August 11, 1939 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/713c-3">15 U.S.C. 713c–3(c)(3)</external-xref>), is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC8132B7533943D9B4AFEA8465A7418D" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H859E0B08B3084A3FA9706D4BCDF008A8" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6336BA7E67A14C89AAAD4CD6999CEE1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>No application for a grant under this subsection may be approved unless the Secretary—</text> <clause id="HF2A3830042C04C97B5C54621471543C3" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is satisfied that the applicant has the requisite technical and financial capability to carry out the project; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF5A561565BB14A889117886BECC0EE4C" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on the recommendations of the American Fisheries Advisory Committee established in subsection (e), evaluates the proposed project as to—</text> <subclause id="H2E862468072647FF8B6C4776130CD6B0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>soundness of design;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBBF7456D845147F18AC8B788955E8722"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the possibilities of securing productive results;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA2DFE49AB14F4D0CAD34383A924E6092"><enum>(III)</enum><text>minimization of duplication with other fisheries research and development projects;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H98BE240DC53F449EB109375558B5C496"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the organization and management of the project;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1AA8E788B26148D8A4851B763C6299F6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>methods proposed for monitoring and evaluating the success or failure of the project; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HE76A7D3984C842C48137CF28B48BB08F"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>such other criteria as the Secretary may require.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H764412C033C44012BBF4140EF88DD080" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If the Secretary fails to provide funds to a grant selected by the American Fisheries Advisory Committee, the Secretary shall provide a written document to the Committee justifying the decision.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H92DB435E58864ACBB5EBCDD837B25C76"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public availability of grants proposals</header><text>Section 2(c) of the Act of August 11, 1939 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/713c-3">15 U.S.C. 713c–3(c)</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE762996963AF429D94A0082B78C4A659" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5FD1E83BF7094120BD8E68BBC275BDD4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Any person awarded a grant under this subsection shall make publicly available a title and abstract of the project to be carried out by the grant funds that serves as the public justification for funding the project that includes a statement describing how the project serves to enhance United States fisheries, including harvesting, processing, marketing, and associated infrastructures, if applicable.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H15C5028864444DFD9E1BB752AC404FA5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding from customs receipts on fishery products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/713c-3">15 U.S.C. 713c–3(b)</external-xref>), is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB9EFB80145A44BA8849AF2D23DCA566F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8F8DDDBB2F074A97A222260FF140593F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HD4ABCF7E09574084B8161CE74B7B035E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the Secretary each fiscal year, from funds made available to carry out section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, an amount equal to 30 percent of the gross receipts from duties collected under the customs laws on fishery products (including fish, shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic plants and animals, and any products thereof, including processed and manufactured products), which shall be used only for the purposes described in subsection (c).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20C6C4D6715A488BB3B9AF9D38B08A35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c)(1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC36E278F90AC4E2E9702C81A771A66D4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H63442110C83F45D59160F79793B12A8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make grants from the fund made available under subsection (b) to—</text> <subparagraph id="H5CC46EA568DF4F498F9E9C2B368BB535"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist persons in carrying out research and development projects addressed to any aspect of United States fisheries, including fisheries science, recreational fishing, harvesting, processing, marketing, and associated infrastructures; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H18BC02E53840403696B4D3C71CD9CDC8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist persons to market and promote the consumption of—</text> <clause id="H55C831E0749F4787AB9CB8E483640AB4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">local or domestic fishery products;</text></clause> <clause id="HB8BF68ACA5444581ADD9A2401887C9AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">environmentally and climate friendly fishery products; or</text></clause> <clause id="HFA0F4C690F3E41D891912227C423DD4B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">well-managed but less known species.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>Modernizing fisheries science and data</header> <section id="H16BD694899F6468CBC07835D6FB99021"><enum>401.</enum><header>Data modernization</header> <subsection id="HFC0790FE2BD14FBCBD3918F124231333"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, shall provide to Congress an implementation plan for the Fisheries Information Management Modernization initiative. Such plan shall include a description of—</text> <paragraph id="H3DFF4F3FE3024677995589AD1BFE1F9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>activities for the goals and objectives of the initiative;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4376BEFCC6224499BF79184108AB2EF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a schedule for implementation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCA0D0B541A454A89BD8DBED36D94C09C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an estimated budget;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79472E4ED219442AAC265AE524EB6357"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a plan for stakeholder engagement for development of user-centric systems, processes, and policies; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87186D53B59B41CF9902CE00667489FE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>how the initiative will align with other National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data management efforts to provide for efficiency and interoperability including such Administration’s Data Strategy, Cloud Strategy, and Artificial Intelligence strategy.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFFADFE5FDDE04D3282591DE9BE53FB4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistance from experts</header><text>The Secretary shall seek assistance from data management and technology experts inside and outside the government in carrying out this section. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H0A1D2FE56E034941AC210EFC94B0D7E1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall annually report to Congress on progress in carrying out this section.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H54DD981826EA4566B8893EBD499B952B"><enum>402.</enum><header>Expanding and improving electronic technologies</header> <subsection id="H8B2E955C5F3A4E8DAFEF21E15735A4E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> It is the sense of Congress that the use of electronic technologies such as digital video cameras and monitors, digital recording systems, and other forms of electronic technology as a complement to, and in some cases a replacement for, observers may maintain, increase, or improve the amount and accuracy of observer and fishery dependent information collected from fisheries while reducing costs and logistical difficulties. To achieve optimum yields while maintaining sustainable fisheries and healthy ecosystems, managers require timely, accurate, and comprehensive stock assessment and catch accounting across all regions and fishing sectors. To achieve management goals especially in the context of climate change, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should work to meet evolving management needs and, in collaboration with industry stakeholders, identify appropriate data collection technologies and strategies. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should also consider the use of innovative technology in fishery independent data collection including stock and habitat assessments and environmental conditions. </text></subsection> <subsection id="HD7A86A589197417FAE18BC9122E8D72B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fishery Management Councils</header><text>Section 303(b)(8) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB25D674A3C1B490C9FC54652B3FDCCF4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HAFA5E8815260479C997276A2B34996CD"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the collection of data necessary for the conservation and management of the fishery to be collected from a vessel of the United States engaged in fishing for species that are subject to the plan while that vessel is at-sea through—</text> <subparagraph id="H4F5F663BEBD2461086912B0C002CC525"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">electronic monitoring or other electronic technology; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H23FA6E4FBE3B4B59866D3C1851DFAB47"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on-board observation, except that such a vessel shall not be required to carry an observer on board if the facilities of the vessel for the quartering of an observer, or for carrying out observer functions, are so inadequate or unsafe that the health or safety of the observer or the safe operation of the vessel would be jeopardized;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA968791BEB1340AC8CEDE7F4FD82D995"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1881a">16 U.S.C. 1881a(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HAFBEC3F8AD124E33B39E3E004EB0C4CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>The Council shall consider the use of electronic monitoring and reporting or other electronic technology as part of an information collection program under this subsection.</quote> after <quote>request.</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB9930BF891E44E29978FA35314ECA12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>The Secretary shall consider the use of electronic monitoring and reporting or other electronic technology as part of an information collection program.</quote> after <quote>fishery.</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBFA205E4F6FE4AFE9F55F0770601946B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0670DB0E90354000A21F410033790018" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HBAB7E56285084FD3B959913962E2F480"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretarial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less often than once every 5 years, the Secretary shall review the procedures and policies by which information is collected, managed, and used to manage fisheries and revise information collection programs and policies needed to integrate data collection and management, improve the timeliness, quality, usability, cost-effectiveness, and to reduce unnecessary duplication within and across fishery management plans and regions. Upon the completion of each such review, the Secretary shall publish a report for the public describing the findings of such review and planned revisions to information collection programs.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7D6C971006144DA8BA45C510C6DF2EE2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assessment of electronic technologies in fisheries management</header> <paragraph id="HE79ED6B9C34D46A985FBB0956CF90AD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall, in consultation with the relevant committees of Congress, conduct a review of the capabilities of the National Marine Fisheries Service with respect to developing, deploying, and using electronic monitoring and data collection tools to monitor fisheries and shall make recommendations to improve such capabilities, taking into consideration cost and efficiency.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9016DEE5E16D452486511BDAA5E1D59B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report describing the results of the review required by paragraph (1) and the recommendations made pursuant to such review not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HD62EDCF10A9847F889A105C847BE9E1E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Electronic technologies innovation prize</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, and in conjunction with such nongovernmental partners as the Administrator determines appropriate, shall establish at least 1 electronic technologies innovation prize to catalyze the rapid development and deployment of electronic technology-based data collection to be used in fisheries management. Such prize shall focus on one or more of the following:</text> <paragraph id="H634F6E71F50E4A1D9B98BDC793E38097"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Improved fish species recognition software.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H35048133E9EC4AE4AA4B4B83D2A8F05D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Confidential data management.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H97D6B3D1A16E4F0D9BF2C016EF397522"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Cost-effective storage of electronic reports, imagery, location information, and other data.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2124018D3934323A1FEB7E20C38BD4F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Data analysis and visualization.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBB3B4E130BFE451BB88520A82A3B7AA7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for data collection and monitoring.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D560F7AF36840E9BF37787A3754A869"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Battery storage and energy supply storage at sea.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CBB98523ADA4F25B3532AD6BF049925"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Improved internet connectivity onshore and at sea in support of data uploads.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H930EE62EDF2E4193BE91DC9B6E61FE76"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Bycatch hotspot mapping and adaptive use of protected areas.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34C1722C74834DB8A2F40AEBA92E0C3A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Such other area as the Administrator determines appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5DCD04DDF7C24BECAFBB3F5FA38139FF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Advisory panel for electronic technologies development and deployment</header> <paragraph id="H190C1E6D1C844FACBFD718209B990950"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish an advisory panel (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Advisory Panel</quote>) to inform the Administrator, the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, and the Regional Fishery Management Councils on developments in the advancement of electronic technologies that can be used in fisheries monitoring, data collection, and management.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6AF1909403B44D8A788459A3D7BAF64"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In appointing individuals to the Advisory Panel, the Secretary shall appoint at least 2 members who are electronic technology developers, operators, or providers.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2638DD0C871049EF90344952D8EDE284"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Summaries</header><text>The Secretary shall publish, on an annual basis, summaries of Advisory Panel discussions, including a summary of best practices and technical guidance to support Regional Fishery Management Councils.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFAD3F659061B4C0F823E86C507E3A31D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Advisory Panel shall make a recommendation to the Secretary regarding the potential value of national performance standards for electronic technologies used in fisheries data collection and management. Such recommendation shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H437B93BC79114F8B8F0DF62B5C48B47F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of how the National Marine Fisheries Service and electronic technology developers, operators, and providers could benefit from such performance standards;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE981D281782E45479F1AB1248BE663A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the Advisory Panel recommends establishing such performance standards, a recommendation for which factors should be included in such performance standards and how the Secretary should determine the appropriate standards;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6CEB19DB037F4D2998E9C95C9DC80A3B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of whether such performance standards are likely to spur increased use of electronic technologies by the Regional Fishery Management Councils;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAFA1C41B7B044FCDBCC58FE1C14E4271"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of how such performance standards would impact existing regional or fishery-specific technologies currently in use and recommendations on ensuring continued use or improvement of these technologies if such performance standards are established;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H957476DB5E4A4802BCF669B67F560D07"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a list of knowledge gaps or additional questions the Secretary should consider before publishing such performance standards;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF3878115958E4CC684334E847858405C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>recommendations on ensuring cost effectiveness of electronic technologies for fisheries data collection and management; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA42BDCD1A0A749EAA95795CD84352D75"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations to address data storage problems of electronic technologies; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H04D61B4CC2494D9A85D7C82195CCE0B6"><enum>(H)</enum><text>recommendations on ownership of data collected using electronic technology; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H82C7B178FDA446F090DD3EB28181007D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>recommendations on policies and procedures to develop and implement electronic technologies for fisheries data collection and management.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H655D6CF6A59C44E788FF8BCC5A99C5D9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall preclude any regional council from independently developing electronic technologies to be used in fisheries data collection and management. </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H439CDE15C0E1461FAEB2047D71346844"><enum>403.</enum><header>Stock Assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s progress on prioritizing and improving stock assessments. Such report shall—</text> <paragraph id="H8A8A2091787B492EB17E96E98C71D826"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">summarize the methods used for assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under 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>), and explain which stocks have not been assessed, and why; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B6A3F48BE7243D4BFDAC21DB5FA91F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>summarize each stock assessment and stock assessment update completed during the preceding year;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8CCF494CFBB04510BBE563561751C0FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify each stock assessment that was not completed and explain why such stock assessment was not completed;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDEAD4B0985EB4E10829EF640AC7D4042"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include the schedule for all upcoming stock assessments and stock assessment updates; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC85FAE12F83849C68D07DD261054E5DD"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identify data and analysis, that, if available, would reduce uncertainty in and improve the accuracy of future stock assessments, including whether such data and analysis could be provided by fishermen, fishing communities, universities, and research institutions; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H23BC7E0A560C4D809D51BD16418BBD9E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>summarize progress on autonomous surveys and identify opportunities to expand new technologies for stock assessments; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2471CE1DDAB64BC8A3A7CC4554A309B1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">summarize data gaps that may be a result of changing ocean and climate conditions, and actions taken to address changing assessment needs.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HFE6319E8692A482D855CB7B18D05E7BD"><enum>404.</enum><header>Cooperative research and management</header> <subsection id="HFD6A531F829745649030E8DD114E293E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-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="HCDD08CD0BEB948E8AB966BB00219FFBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>fishing communities,</quote> after <quote>data),</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H794123D9084B4B6FB71B54FCAC32DFFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3BA8DB532FF3468B80C3A16DBDA2E64E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H037F4377AC574E8B8C588362337CFBDE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make funds available under the program for the support of cooperative research and management projects to address critical needs identified by the Councils. Each Council shall provide a list of such needs to the Secretary on an annual basis, identifying and prioritizing such needs. The program shall promote and encourage efforts to use sources of data maintained by other Federal agencies, State agencies, local and traditional knowledge, or academia for use in such projects. </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4884511685734F35A702D3FD75FE37CB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:—</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFB25D5B8D0F144EEB1867E19B1748536" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H2BD064F763DD4D94A7A2E625569F6DCF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making funds available the Secretary shall award funding on a competitive basis and based on regional fishery management needs, select programs that form part of a coherent program of cooperative research or management projects focused on addressing priority issues identified by the Councils, and shall give priority to the following projects:</text> <paragraph id="HE3D8CE4534364A7582AF68A61CFEFB66"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects to collect data to improve, supplement, or enhance stock assessments, including the use of fishing vessels or acoustic or other marine technology.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C97ACFC07CD4DD1BE6156C09E7172D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects to improve fishery dependent data collection, intake, use, and access including—</text> <subparagraph id="H6EDAF96CB3744A7DA15A6C01CCA83C48"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assess the amount and type of bycatch or post-release mortality occurring in a fishery;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFDAA0353CEA7425D8A0FA7D5C8CC1A22"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expanding the use of electronic technology and modernizing data management systems; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H59FA9D9B88404981851436F6CEB6AB83"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improving monitoring coverage through the expanded use of electronic technology.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD24E2FACB9FB456488CE8051BC958D61"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation engineering or management projects designed to reduce bycatch, including avoidance of post-release mortality, reduction of bycatch in high seas fisheries, and transfer of such fishing technologies and methods to other nations, or other regional entities, including fishing communities, regional fishery associations, and fishing sectors.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H93C650C1759444D98FAA996271B535AB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects for the identification of habitat areas of particular concern and for habitat conservation.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3EECC138F7634F7DA604A3E3AAF76BE1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects designed to collect and compile economic and social data for which electronic technologies can be added.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BDC870B3A2D492C9D6427DA8A40CFE1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects to test and expand electronic technologies for monitoring, reporting, observer coverage, and other functions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB4A6C84432404FDBA8B778FADC578DF1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects that use electronic technologies to monitor changing ocean conditions, improve methods, support adaptive management, and ensure climate resilient fisheries.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5BD4F16536F045C8BDA1B1228BD2138B"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects designed to identify the impacts of anticipated changing ocean conditions, including climate change, on fish stocks, fisheries, and fishing communities or designed to develop conservation and management strategies to adapt to those impacts.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1D4581BB58EB4224B012B43BC5F75D0F"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperative management projects that make use of data collected under this section. </text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H42E6EA7400C44C4E80FE9A17880D0897"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H27BFC8D5ED7943FD9DF799458AFE2A4C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB622F07545F0446A9F8BB81EC0AE3674" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H3D3C87278CEE4443B1FFCBCC8D6EA9D5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cooperative management agreements</header> <paragraph id="H8ADA9E1362BF4DB09E4A7B1A3B8711FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Councils and with input from the public, shall issue guidance to facilitate a transparent, timely, uniform, and regionally based process for the development, oversight, and management of cooperative management agreements.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H88D87BFA85EA4B079ACCBCE2EAC5A182"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Process for approval</header><text>The Secretary may use the process developed pursuant to (d) to approve cooperative management agreements as if such agreements are cooperative fishing agreements.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C5F4D9EEA67430D82A0488653CF4195"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Performance standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement authorized by this subsection shall be subject to performance standards and accountability measures specified in a fishery management plan or otherwise established by the Secretary, in consultation with the Councils, and shall not allow catch in excess of annual catch limits or bycatch in excess of bycatch caps or limits.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC67722634B7D44A8A3BB32879025AD6A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pre-existing agreements</header><text>This subsection shall not apply to a cooperative management agreement submitted to, proposed by or approved by the Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B758488B5C5476DA12B403273FCD457"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H98E6995DF22B4E55BAEC970151B20E1D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HB19CE2286CF7476BA17592B7491FF8C5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Public report of data</header><text>With respect to any cooperative research project funded or experimental fishing permit issued under this section, the appropriate Council shall publish a report of results and data generated by such project or under such permit.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9A79AB0D5BDC40B99E770B75CC5BA26C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Progress report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries shall provide a report to Congress on progress in implementing the recommendations of the Cooperative Research and Cooperative Management Working Group report entitled <quote>NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS–F/SPO–156</quote> and published in August 2015 and on the development and implementation of any subsequent recommendations by such Working Group.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H08C091F6197346D494CEC416B35B2E49"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Section 2(a)(8) is amended by inserting <quote>Fisheries management is most effective when it uses the best scientific information available, and incorporates such information from governmental and nongovernmental sources, including State and Federal agency staff, fishermen, fishing communities, universities, nonprofit organizations, local and traditional knowledge from Tribes, Indigenous communities, and subsistence fishermen, and research institutions. Scientific and statistical committees should consider such information when seeking the best scientific information available to form the basis of conservation and management.</quote> after <quote>States</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H78E1B370C28B4C08A03823BF3C76A6BA"><enum>405.</enum><header>Northeast Regional pilot research trawl survey and study</header> <subsection id="HEED61F71DFA749ECBC346ECB3620B27F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Industry-Based pilot study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, in coordination with the relevant Councils selected by the Secretary and the Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program, develop a fishing industry-based Northeast regional pilot research trawl survey and study to enhance and provide improvement to current National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel trawl surveys.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCAA6F87F0D4F4EBB97255DCB87D69988"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Components</header><text>Under the pilot survey and study—</text> <paragraph id="H5C2BF3CB729A46AB81C755DE16566625"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph id="HBB960C7A604241DAAAA4ABC1E2D54B70"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may select fishing industry vessels to participate in the study by issuing a request for procurement;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA44E2621B9874502B3E6AEA3D83F4BB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> may use the Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Nearshore Trawl Survey or another methodology selected in partnership with the National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science as a model for the pilot survey; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD43DBC7FB51F454492365E653875ED71"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall outfit participating vessels with a peer-reviewed net configuration; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H63032A19FC0946B2B385E66993396208"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall ensure the pilot study uses a statistically valid sampling method and spatial coverage that allows for comparison with results from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration trawl surveys; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H358658E5CBFE40A28F1CC81D891C8DBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center shall, in partnership with the selected Councils and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, collect data for 5 years.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HAD1ECB49E87F4A77AF93302F22C6E78B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon completion of the pilot survey and study, the Secretary and the selected Councils shall submit a detailed report on the results of the pilot survey and study to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H8150256B1C964767A326595F72A8F286"><enum>406.</enum><header>Recreational data consistency</header> <subsection id="HF1138E510BFF4DDC953259C4DC71F69F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 305 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1855">16 U.S.C. 1855</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3BC388C9920E479EA74D78874E578A7A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H28FAFD35CCD24C5099E5CCCB244948AA"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Recreational data improvement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish guidelines for recreational catch data, which shall include the development of data standards to improve timeliness, accuracy, precision and validation of data produced by recreational surveys in order to facilitate the use of such data in assessments, for use in management actions, and for other uses as applicable. The Secretary’s guidelines shall consider the relevant recommendations developed under section 404(e), subsections (g)(4)(C) and (h) of section 401, and section 201(b) of the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1881">16 U.S.C. 1881</external-xref> note). If recreational catch data for a stock of fish come from more than one survey program, such as Federal and non-Federal sources, including from States or Marine Fisheries Commissions, the Secretary shall implement measures, which may include the use of calibration methods, as needed for the timely integration of such data to ensure consistent methods and approaches are used for monitoring of catch against the relevant annual catch limits and for other fishery science and management purposes. </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H78D7385E1E5743D4AED906928DF7434A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recreational data improvement program</header><text>Title IV is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3BC2A7D95BA549FB906FB98957F9175A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H6F42397B3F634C21B2BB20A828C1E6FF"><enum>409.</enum><header>Recreational data improvement program</header> <subsection id="HE768A804C050434682A33DC9B9FFED7E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall initiate and maintain a comprehensive program to implement the requirements and associated guidelines in section 305(l). In executing the program, the Secretary shall coordinate with programs established in subsection 401(g) and promote collaboration with State and Federal partners.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H3A2347BC5E84410AB0CF9CD351E9426C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strategic plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>, and not less frequently than once every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall develop and publish in the Federal Register a strategic plan for recreational data improvements for the 5 years immediately following such publication. The plan shall—</text> <paragraph id="H6EBCFAEF09F14384BF21A2239BD50CB7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve coordination between Federal programs that implement recreational fishing surveys and other data from non-Federal sources, including data from States or Marine Fisheries Commissions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HABF32E15191D4514B224A96C4A3B6307"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the timeliness, accuracy, precision, and validation of data produced by surveys;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H586F9B36115D487191DCCF640489521F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describe processes to calibrate data sources with historical time series data prior to being used for management; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H257CD016250C475DBB796A1303668579"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop methods to integrate recreational data collected from more than one source for use in assessments;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E92459FA5D349E1B115BD7A42A3481F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>create goals, objectives, and timeframes for achievement of paragraphs (1) through (4); </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F61B77A361942AD8571BFD2DA4FA49C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>consider the use and effectiveness of experimental fishing permits to carry out such research; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F99CFFA46EC48C184706D94CF95B014"><enum>(7)</enum><text>describe the role of fishery participants in the program. In developing the strategic plan and subsequent plans, the Secretary shall cooperate with the Councils and affected States, provide for coordination with the Councils, affected States, and other research and data collection entities, and allow for public input.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0D0B8549A5B040ED8E70CD13D22281A4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Areas of research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In initiating and maintaining the program, the Secretary shall prioritize research and improvement in the following areas:</text> <paragraph id="H0975EB1965F74D87B940F61918ED7853"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development of data standards and validation processes for survey programs collecting data on recreational fishing catch and effort, including those produced by State agencies and considered integral or supplemental to Federal surveys.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C1582A710FE4FDAAE50E52FC1FADBCC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Research to understand how surveys of recreational fishing can more effectively account for differences in fishing rate and effort, including among fishermen who use private or public access points, and fishermen who are State residents or non-residents. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB106D8B97FE74DEFB54A84A9C5F05D04"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Methods and policies to improve the estimation of discards in recreational fisheries, including estimation of discarded fish both during and outside of fishing seasons.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4E90633142345EDB74A0156A6220772"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To improve understanding of best practices for minimizing discard mortality as well as estimation of adoption rates of such practices by fishermen.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA49EE03F5EAD4E04A6FC4C33A3AF9917"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To assess changes in discard mortality estimates when best fishing practices are adequately and verifiably applied.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD9CE45CD350F473D9D7CE9F2CE0BCFC8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Research on how the use of electronic applications can be used to collect data in recreational fisheries, including spatial information, depth, discard rate and disposition, release method, and socioeconomic information, while meeting data and validation standards.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFDE3935BD714893A12B941224673333"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Research on how electronic technologies can most effectively be incorporated into survey designs. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3448C712181E4CC8A4209563C45FAF09"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Research of methods to integrate recreational catch data from more than one survey source for use in assessments.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9897DF7E27A242AE921C320D01EF27B2"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The use of approaches to improve recreational data, including the use of tag and endorsement measures to fund such data improvement, stock-wide regional effort surveys, and species-specific oversampling.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H372972664BC84C5CA2A4CC0E7216766B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the plan required under subsection (b), the Secretary shall consult with relevant Federal, State, and international agencies, scientific and technical experts, and other interested persons, public and private, and shall publish a proposed plan in the Federal Register for the purpose of receiving public comment on the plan. Upon final publication in the Federal Register, the plan shall be submitted by the Secretary to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="H535FF5E913F4481F9AFE9BFCF0185878"><enum>407.</enum><header>Emergency operating plans</header> <subsection id="H1B47C64F704143F983100D7289AB1FBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and in consultation with the Fishery Management Councils, relevant Federal, State, and international agencies, scientific and technical experts, and interested stakeholders, shall develop a contingency plan for circumstances that would make fisheries monitoring, including human observation, and stock assessments impractical.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H121568FF946044B68387F22D025E667E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to Congress on the contingency plan developed under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> <section id="H97DC0279C91542A5AD1A70CB4B02FC87"><enum>408.</enum><header>Zeke Grader Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund</header> <subsection id="H1A5EC80ED2004CCF869E5DB949B35DBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 208 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1891b">16 U.S.C. 1891b</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF4504EBC358449C1A2467BCEB2F9FD35"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Zeke Grader</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC977F6053CC049DA9B15E0008529904C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>Zeke Grader</quote> before <quote>Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H916C074756644163806B421693B2864D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>Fishery Conservation and Management Fund</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>Zeke Grader Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFE06ADD42B18490D8162345EA3BB62D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adaptation for climate change</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 208(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1891b">16 U.S.C. 1891b(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4C432BD814174344826A8CFBCDFE53B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB2D8DA660B8484FBE52B725A59D0EB2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8FD6F65113D145B1B9AB26DDD2C0FA4D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA2F22755A6584B17B9E3BDC8882E2D00" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H60A7C43520EA47DF8CF8F4EB2A21ED7D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducting research and analysis to prepare and adapt fisheries and fishing communities to the effects of climate change.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA84F4B55CBD54A4F8810BFCBA567083E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Section 208(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1891b">16 U.S.C. 1891b(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB131006531F64A85B2C6E2657A8DAACA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HC42E62DDDCEF4E7594CA55869CFC1251"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Allocation</header> <paragraph id="HF4989FEEF3F64E2384C3E2989A70022B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall, every 2 years, apportion amounts from the Fund among the 8 Council regions according to recommendations of the Councils, based on regional priorities identified through the Council process.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H271FC71A7F134CE58B8C8CF782CD9685"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum allocation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of amounts deposited in the Fund pursuant to subsection (c)(2), unless specified otherwise, the Secretary shall allocate not less than 5 percent of the Fund in each allocation period to each region.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H83CED156E94E4789867D00E5A29C9BD5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Specifically apportioned funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may apportion amounts from the Fund to a specific project or region if such amounts were identified by the Council that designated such amounts for inclusion in the Fund under subsection (c)(1), or by the appropriation Act, State, public source, or nonprofit or organization from which they were received under subsection (c)(2), as being deposited for that specific project or region.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H46B6EDE5EA79455D82086F2C8FD658AB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the <quote>Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund</quote> is deemed to be a reference to the <quote>Zeke Grader Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBC8C976A9ACD4FCE93867869F7EA5A47"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/479">Public Law 109–479</external-xref>) is amended by striking the item relating to section 208 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2A7212620869488AB15ABFEADD9A9B33" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 208. Zeke Grader Conservation and Management Fund.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HB970687E500F46D08A1F80FB5C060B3A"><enum>409.</enum><header>Offshore wind collaboration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, shall enter into a cooperative agreement to fund such additional stock assessments and fisheries and marine wildlife research as may be necessary as a result of actions by such Bureau related to the development of offshore wind energy.</text></section> <enum>V</enum><header>Sustaining fisheries through healthy ecosystems and improved management</header> <section id="HD4F5ABD3B10D48FFA991848929AE30CB"><enum>501.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that protection of essential fish habitat ensures healthy and resilient fisheries and marine ecosystems, particularly as oceans conditions shift due to climate change, and that impacts from both fishing gear and non-fishing activities should be considered through consistent application of essential fish habitat provisions under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.</text></section> <section id="HFAA727F5AD574607993828EF6C7562C8"><enum>502.</enum><header>Essential fish habitat consultation</header> <subsection id="HEBCF763E1C2B460BB542440D0B78261A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1855">16 U.S.C. 1855(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9BED810B83884841BD553BE7B190DA14"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>and such agencies shall take action</quote> after <quote>agencies</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H107B29055BF2434083B748191AB379C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A0B891C11A649E299D304207AA39210"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5048CE62CC904B08BF0F26287EC16EE8" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HF138E88A83C5409AB65713432F71F439"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultations regarding Federal agency action with adverse effects on essential fish habitat</header> <subparagraph id="H9912F05A3E72427CB85C7961AB29980C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement to avoid or mitigate adverse effects</header><text>With respect to any Federal agency action that may have an adverse effect on—</text> <clause id="HB40ABF07D84F493A922CC569AB07C995"><enum>(i)</enum><text>essential fish habitat, each Federal agency shall, in consultation with the Secretary, ensure that any action authorized, funded, or undertaken by such agency avoids the adverse effect of such action on essential fish habitat or, to the extent that the adverse effect cannot be avoided, the agency shall minimize and mitigate the adverse effect; and</text></clause> <clause id="H027A46DB6F8A470F8B179178331FF61F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a habitat area of particular concern, each Federal agency shall, in consultation with the Secretary—</text> <subclause id="H660507672B2445EBBECF974DC911307F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>monitor or require monitoring for possible adverse effects;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H88EA259A03144970911C775BCE0A6728"><enum>(II)</enum><text>take action to minimize and mitigate any adverse effect of the action on—</text> <item id="H4D14E4156092419CBAF909B8BDFD8B2C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the habitat area of particular concern;</text></item> <item id="H9752DA4CAF12486C81E60095E9DE2908"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the species for with respect to which the habitat area of particular concern is designated; and</text></item> <item id="HA8475B6054364039AA6BE65272475F8D"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>for the entire period during which such adverse effects are likely to occur; and</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H85A42EEAB9D54B5BBC956CF6A2922329"><enum>(III)</enum><text>evaluate the effectiveness of measures described in subclause (II) and report the results of such evaluation to the Secretary annually.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H51660E2307F643D7AB36FD85D3D196F7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In consulting with a Federal agency under subparagraph (A) for projects seeking to restore and improve the long-term resilience of habitat, particularly in estuarine environments heavily impacted by sea level rise and other climate change factors, the Secretary shall account for the consequences of not pursuing such restoration and habitat resilience projects and the long-term positive impacts on fish populations of such activities. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD215390E328740E59ADB314F9D20AF41"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish regulations for the consultation process required by subparagraph (A), including to ensure that recommendations made by the Secretary pursuant to such subparagraph would result in the avoidance, if possible, of adverse effects on essential fish habitat and, if avoidance is not possible, the minimization and mitigation of any such adverse effects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBED4217D16EE460F80B57AE218ED8EE1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information to council</header><text>The Secretary shall inform each Council that has authority over an affected fishery of any consultation carried out under paragraph (2), including information on the proposed action and any potential adverse effects, and each such Council—</text> <subparagraph id="HD47BF94AFA50429CAD29A100A674E6C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may comment on and make recommendations to the Secretary and any Federal or State agency concerning the underlying action if, in the view of the Council, such action may affect the habitat of a fishery resource under the authority of such Council; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H060B35EA5335465ABC30F5D919446697"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall comment on and make recommendations to the Secretary and any Federal or State agency concerning the underlying action if, in the view of the Council, such action is likely to adversely affect the habitat of an anadromous fishery resource under the authority of such Council.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFC3A5A684F8C40338A24FC8509912E20"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Information from other sources</header> <subparagraph id="H4275947AD8B14626B8B65C2AD6EE8E9B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Receipt of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary receives information from any source and determines that an action taken, funded, or authorized or proposed to be taken, funded, or authorized by a State or Federal agency may have an adverse effect on an essential fish habitat identified under this Act, the Secretary shall recommend to such agency measures that avoid such adverse effects and to the extent the adverse effects cannot be avoided, minimize and mitigate such adverse effects.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49D24BD5A13E4F6AAE73FDBD8A57A75C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Required response</header><text>Not later than 30 days after receiving a recommendation under subparagraph (A), a Federal, State, or local agency shall provide a detailed response in writing to any Council comment under paragraph (3) and the Secretary regarding the matter. The response shall include a description of measures proposed by the agency for avoiding the adverse effects, or to the extent the adverse effects cannot be avoided, mitigating the adverse effects of the action on such essential fish habitat. In the case of a response that is inconsistent with the recommendations of the Secretary, the Federal agency shall explain how the alternative measures proposed will avoid the adverse effects of such action on essential fish habitat or, to the extent that adverse effects cannot be avoided, minimize and mitigate the adverse effects.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9265711DDF4A4B8EB7564E4A2A98F8BD"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The Secretary shall make available to the public—</text> <clause id="H336BA53B931743629A62795532F0A4CF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any recommendation made under subparagraph (A) on the date on which such recommendation is made; and</text></clause> <clause id="HDB0C366FFCB045A28D08D814387B575C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any response made by an agency under subparagraph (B) on the date on which such response is received.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4C1FAB92B35D42509A8B7008794C461D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text>The Secretary shall monitor measures taken by each Federal agency to meet the requirements of this subsection.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35AC602AA62A4C709304C8935ED6EA3A"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title> and not less frequently than every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report—</text> <clause id="H75EFB27D5424470B96FD83C2BF83C10F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describing the effectiveness of measures taken by the Secretary to ensure the conservation and enhancement of essential fish habitat; and</text></clause> <clause id="H96C1DC887EB6492BBB06FC7F82CE733D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identifying opportunities for partnerships between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with other Federal agencies, State agencies, and non-Federal partners to enhance data collection, research, and monitoring of essential fish habitat.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDFB54E79339745FFACB5C4AFF7941C78"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of fishery management plans</header><text>Section 303(a)(7) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1853">16 U.S.C. 1853(a)(7)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2F5181B8135F476BB939BD5735250362" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H1E0038BBE8084D48BDBADFE0A942BEFF"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe and identify—</text> <subparagraph id="H13CC67BF0EB2480BAF7606E1446C3B6D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> essential fish habitat for the fishery based on the guidelines established by the Secretary under section 305(b)(1)(A), minimize adverse effects on essential fish habitat caused by fishing, and identify other actions to encourage the conservation and enhancement of essential fish habitat; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A29AB73412F4D67AE0ED8916ADB9455"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">habitat areas of particular concern based on the guidelines established by the Secretary under section 305(b)(1)(A), avoid adverse effects on such habitat caused by fishing, monitor efficacy of actions to avoid adverse effects, and identify other actions to encourage the conservation and enhancement of such habitat;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H2E9863928F84469BAB961F7BFE156AFB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>Section 2(b)(7) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801(b)(7)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>in the review of projects</quote> and inserting <quote>from adverse effects caused by fishing and from projects</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8EED1AC2F5BB4516A625F3CF6849D2BA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Habitat areas of particular concern</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="HF525D3B2205B445B8A03D0CA72785882"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (1) as paragraph (1A);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC37838C860CF495095CFF34C72A04726"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (1A), as redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H95CBFEEF941A4AFF87FD8D4FBFF7AC32" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE06245C34E224FC8BEFD1E7A89AB51F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adverse effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>adverse effect</quote> means, with respect to essential fish habitat, any impact that reduces the quality or quantity of essential fish habitat. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14B5239BA29D406690DD04635B2CF94C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (19) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HACF2909FA2E04B91AB26213C16202135" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HE5BED429FDBF4CE4B0D10661A239279F" commented="no"><enum>(19A)</enum><header>Habitat areas of particular concern</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>habitat areas of particular concern</quote> means specific types or areas of habitat that are part of or within essential fish habitat that—</text> <subparagraph id="H33FC339952CF4EF0858C2858B5530053" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide important ecological function, including for maintaining and restoring the biomass, demographic, spatial and genetic characteristics of fish populations;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBAA3279EEAA94EEE8D38CD8EAA0EAAED" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are sensitive to human-induced environmental degradation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF978091186D24C76BDA4085B21813B46" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are or will be significantly stressed by human activities;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3654ACC1982E4207AA5FC57712305EEF" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">due to prevailing or anticipated future environmental conditions, are or may become important to the health of managed species; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C30EDBD72994F04A9EF868AC6380FB0" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are rare.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H1424BFF2279A4AE98B343E71B5B410CC"><enum>503.</enum><header>Reducing bycatch</header> <subsection id="H3018DA04E89F4D1DB8D5549C3CEFE6D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Minimizing bycatch</header> <paragraph id="HCD377B4183E54A188604087644B0E619"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National standards for fishery conservation and management</header><text>Section 301(a)(9) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1851">16 U.S.C. 1851(a)(9)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2C2DEBA88B2E4E1A9ED760DB2217227F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H926BFC40EFD34973B74B5B76E1605205"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conservation and management measures shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H9BD38874B0FC4ED89A810ED2DDDB12A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minimize bycatch; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7CB9A86EFBB64808AC2692094CB64BFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent bycatch cannot be avoided, minimize the mortality of such bycatch.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBE1F49C280E74FBBA975DA5CF24F751B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of fishery management plans</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="H92B1F52DF6A54EC3A692A205650B6D8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <clause id="H1EF10FD698EF41F8AC7DD1745ED6ACE3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>quantification of bycatch,</quote> after <quote>hauls,</quote>; and </text></clause> <clause id="HD9AA3C1635F04C2AA4A01C831A579D5B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>to the extent practicable and</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCAE63655036E4D97916F416EB2092B3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause id="H3B2C3DABBC7047EC92F1132688462BFD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></clause> <clause id="HF7EA7E45A57246B4B50BBCC19C5DA302"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8344C3E86227450E9A760E63F66128B6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H159FF00BAAAC45D7A3CC29E0BF7D9CF8"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider full retention requirements for species with high catch mortality rates; and </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11F43CDD971F41A1A0912745B7C2C402"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Action by the Secretary</header><text>Section 304 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1854">16 U.S.C. 1854</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HAA350A8939784F07849EED6161FE80E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating the second subsection (i) as subsection (j); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4911AA2A30B34BC3810168B1735CF09A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE6242F60DAA342C1A4D1535CAB11A95C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HB1B9EB1A7E6D448CAE6998FB588B7071"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Standardized bycatch reporting program</header> <paragraph id="H431E6C2D56F44487802625DF60230645"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish a national standardized reporting program (referred to in this subsection as <quote>the program</quote>) to assess the amount and type of bycatch occurring in each fishery and across fisheries, determine the contribution of bycatch to the total fishing-related mortality of each fishery, and evaluate the effects of bycatch on relevant fisheries and the ecosystem.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAF843234839C43168D560A9531755AF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Methodology and standards</header><text>The Secretary shall, acting through the program—</text> <subparagraph id="H7C6BA61553DB4A3189D6293042869522"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify appropriate methodologies and standards for collecting and producing statistically accurate and precise information regarding bycatch; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6C4FCBE4EB16492E8EED119EE2BDEB4F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require consistent data reporting, collection, and assessment for all fisheries managed under fishery management plans.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28AE5A4EFC3745E4973F66765B907934"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Multiple jurisdictions</header><text>In a case in which a species is caught in areas under the jurisdiction of more than one Council or fishery management plan, the Secretary shall require consistent reporting mechanisms across jurisdictions to ensure that data can be aggregated and compared. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCEF245D8676948A8A3FAD69F3F72AD37"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Coordination with States</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate with State fishery managers to carry out paragraph (3).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2A3B4E29524B45108225934DFAB26E71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Bycatch reduction engineering program</header> <paragraph id="H9EA62FF9263F40E99386B0AE85A1650A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 316(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1865">16 U.S.C. 1865(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDFB366A5D41146A38C2177C91BAD02E7" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H4D39527E89AD447EAEA8E5E539191C2F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide information, outreach, technical assistance, and training to Councils, Tribes, and fishery participants that will encourage adoption and use of technologies and methods developed under the program; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6BD6762823584703896FF0E6C32D0B4C"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for routine consultation with the Councils in order to maximize opportunities to incorporate results of the program in Council actions and provide incentives for adoption of technologies and methods developed under the program in fishery management plans, actions, and other measures developed by the Councils or the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA4A653CF67F4912A70A8E7C39C33E49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Frequency of report</header><text>Section 316(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1865">16 U.S.C. 1865(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HD302A49BBA5246028BD3E27853B49635"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>transmit an annual report</quote> and inserting <quote>, not less frequently than once every 3 years, transmit a report</quote>; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C5CE072B7054EA29A30AD9C6A861347"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE9512671FB9947DCB1E4439B6FB7EEDE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4469CBBB9A554099AFD8DDB34805287A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA78F11CFF3B6425FA74B555A17A26823" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H0430D636D39345BD89744E47452DB14B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes a cumulative description of all bycatch reduction technologies and methods developed, tested, or supported by the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program, an assessment of the effectiveness of those techniques, a summary on how and in which fisheries those techniques have been fully implemented and to what degree, and, if those techniques have not been implemented into fishery management, an explanation for why those techniques have not been used and an estimate of the reduction of bycatch that could be achieved if those techniques were implemented.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HF0A557DBF3A0415B81B846BC37B0A88A"><enum>504.</enum><header>Improving rebuilding outcomes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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="H29AC4CA33AD94744B6988BA58FE2FB12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD128328E8704459AA960A421E934AFEF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H5FBC85B5A847422DA8536202527A7244"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall report annually to the Congress and the Councils on the status of fisheries within each Council's geographical area of authority. In this report, the Secretary shall do the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HF715F261911240CCA95DCA4F9739857C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identify those fisheries that are subject to overfishing, are depleted, or are approaching a condition of being depleted. For those fisheries managed under a fishery management plan or international agreement, the status shall be determined using the criteria for overfishing and depleted status specified in such plan or agreement. For stocks that lack criteria as required under Sec 303(a)(10), the Secretary shall determine whether the stock is depleted or subject to overfishing using the best available scientific information. A fishery shall be classified as approaching a condition of being depleted if, based on trends in fishing effort, fishery resource size, and other appropriate factors, the Secretary estimates that the fishery will become depleted within 2 years.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E38DDFFACD64073A87BAB8C076B468F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identify those stocks that are under a rebuilding plan or in need of a rebuilding plan (as specified by this section), including specifying the number of years the stock has been in a rebuilding plan, the length in years of the stock’s current rebuilding plan, the number of rebuilding plans that have been implemented for the stock, and whether a lack of adequate progress toward ending overfishing and rebuilding has been found for the stock.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB60CB1984FF45748B5A7F58E84C49E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H658ECBF9BFB041B688AF8D38C8F37282" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H365AA9B3A6F649DE8F6C46D8A1FEED62"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines at any time that a fishery is subject to overfishing, is depleted, or is approaching a depleted status, the Secretary shall immediately notify the appropriate Council and request that action be taken—</text> <subparagraph id="HF9B63BACA0494F608CFCE0D12B06A524"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> to end overfishing in the fishery immediately and prevent overfishing in the fishery; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H993573FB9267444490149EAB657F7759"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for stocks that are depleted, to end overfishing immediately in the fishery and to implement conservation and management measures to rebuild affected stocks of fish; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDADDB9701E7A43F28ED586EB3223D0EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for stocks that are approaching a depleted condition, to end overfishing in the fishery immediately and prevent the stock from reaching a depleted condition.</text></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">The Secretary shall publish each notice under this paragraph in the Federal Register.</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34ECA83644B74C458B9469C4C3225717"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3BDA567698C64F02BB31AC980CE24517" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HF1F7561B4728463C835F9249600612C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date on which a fishery is newly identified as or determined to be depleted or approaching a depleted condition under paragraph (1)(A) or paragraph (2), a fishery’s rebuilding plan has been found to have failed under paragraph (7)(C), or a fishery reaches the end of the time period for rebuilding pursuant to paragraph (8), the appropriate Council (or the Secretary, for fisheries under section 302(a)(3)) shall prepare and implement a fishery management plan, plan amendment, or proposed regulations for the fishery to which the identification or notice applies—</text> <subparagraph id="H0A190A026220492795AAA5A4068D29BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for stocks that are depleted, to end overfishing immediately in the fishery and to rebuild affected stocks of fish; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F99115276864F5299DBE3B1F01032E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for stocks that are approaching a depleted condition, to end overfishing immediately and prevent the stock from reaching a depleted condition. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB566DD19CB354AF3A2CDCEEDD7EA662D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="H1C1D031B1837489988C7F9FF7FC06499"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A)(ii) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3DBE226918644B1CB3C57339CFDFA193" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H6CBF881C1E134D468162AC56EDD6BA70"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> not exceed the time the stock of fish would be rebuilt without fishing occurring plus one mean generation, unless management measures under an international agreement in which the United States participates dictate otherwise;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H32864097ED2940DAA3EDAFAC52DA7C14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC4B3F72EEF8F4E16B7D9318DE5689EE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAC50530549B44C49A7D1F3DE154AD9B5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDFED12FF94AC4E07949F8C2DC0682CDA" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HB7B653569024487F92D82AAFA53D0D2D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contain objective and measurable criteria for evaluating rebuilding progress.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDF90AEA8D58E449D966E534F4C9C7AB1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE6A3D03C3D594235B7234332DC9DFB13" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H11E49E998DBC4D0BB7F663F74BFD534D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, during the 2-year period beginning on the date of identification or notification, the Council does not submit to the Secretary a fishery management plan, plan amendment, or proposed regulations required by paragraph (3), the Secretary shall prepare under subsection (c) not later than 6 months after the end of such 2-year period, a fishery management plan or plan amendment and any accompanying regulations to, for stocks that are depleted, end overfishing immediately and rebuild affected stocks of fish, or, for stocks that are approaching an depleted condition, to end overfishing immediately and prevent the stock from reaching an depleted condition. </text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3E0CA9FB2BE94B9FACB55B4F2184AEC1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (7) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5A439A97002340CEBBBE6DC5F7A2A047" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H0359FB92E6304518BA4D18DD24151FF8"><enum>(7)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCE266061653443C599B5880AC8355D70"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall review any fishery management plan, plan amendment, or regulations required by this subsection at routine intervals that may not exceed 2 years to determine whether such plan, amendment, or regulations have resulted in adequate progress toward rebuilding affected fish stocks. The Secretary shall find a lack of adequate progress toward rebuilding an affected fish stock if—</text> <clause id="H6CA482CA9C03490DAE4F72535C17E044" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status of the stock is not improving sufficiently such that it becomes unlikely that the stock will be rebuilt within the rebuilding time period;</text></clause> <clause id="H84326162B27342A79160AD045AC22085" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the applicable fishing mortality rate or annual catch limits are exceeded, and the causes and rebuilding consequences of such exceedances have not been corrected;</text></clause> <clause id="HA3F221A7193949A883D7A3FDF33C31C9" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">new scientific information demonstrates that assumptions regarding the stock's biology that formed the basis for the rebuilding plan, such as stock productivity, were fundamentally inaccurate, and such inaccuracies render the current rebuilding plan unable to address the stock's rebuilding needs; or</text></clause> <clause id="HC51BC942B409477F8404A676A96EACAB" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for other reasons, as appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9131EF50FA524651BFD9BA9C7258DF77" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, as a result of the review, the Secretary finds that such plan, amendment, or regulations have not resulted in adequate progress toward rebuilding affected fish stocks, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="HA1FFF05A72DA4837BCB371FA69F8C157"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a fishery to which section 302(a)(3) applies, immediately make revisions necessary to achieve adequate progress toward rebuilding by the deadline established under paragraph (4); or</text></clause> <clause id="HC9EF444EE376408AA2A75DBC96B42617"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for all other fisheries, immediately notify the appropriate Council, which must make revisions necessary to achieve adequate progress toward rebuilding by not later than the deadline established under paragraph (4). If the Council fails to take such action by the date that is 9 months after the date of such notification, the Secretary shall, not later than 15 months after such date, make such revisions as are needed to ensure adequate progress toward rebuilding by not later than the deadline established under paragraph (4).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3226657472714A0E98F13032169189AC" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, as a result of the review, the Secretary finds that revisions pursuant to subparagraph (B) cannot achieve adequate progress within the time period set under paragraph (4), the Secretary may find that the rebuilding plan has failed. Upon such a finding, the Council (or the Secretary in the case of a stock to which section 302(a)(3) applies) shall prepare and implement a new rebuilding plan pursuant to the requirements in paragraph (8).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAC07D03CBA954839A890DBDB7669B1F3" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Secretary shall publish the results of a review performed under this paragraph in the Federal Register, including a determination of adequate progress or lack of adequate progress, and the basis for such determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E19404BE9CA4FB8BCBECFD70147AA83"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H76AF06933B2E4C3C9531ED8E8F963848" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H36EBA5B9100D4E6784F9624B8B9329C0"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the time period established under a plan, amendment, or regulations pursuant to this subsection expires, or the Secretary determines that an existing rebuilding plan has failed under paragraph (7)(C), but relevant stock has not rebuilt, the Council (or Secretary in the case of a stock to which section 302(a)(3) applies) shall prepare a new rebuilding plan pursuant to paragraphs (3) through (6) of this subsection, except that such plan shall have no less than a 75 percent chance of rebuilding the fishery by the end of the new time period set under paragraph (4). Management measures intended to rebuild the stock shall remain in effect during such preparation of a rebuilding plan.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H6FF7C69FA0C449579027FBADC7DE8CF0"><enum>505.</enum><header>Depleted fisheries and preventing overfishing</header> <subsection id="H2851813628344ECCA330B2FCB5180EF9" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Depleted fisheries</header> <paragraph id="HBA8B4B4D42624FBEA2C43E60AC347C91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (8) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4477869BDA094AF28431AFC538BE4202" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HA20FDDEDDABA419797F8106DD8D55E34"><enum>(8A)</enum><header>Depleted</header> <subparagraph id="HDE8886257BDE4C41A6A32B78FBD9382B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>The term <quote>depleted</quote> means, with respect to a stock or stock complex, that its biomass has declined below the level at which the capacity of the stock or stock complex to produce maximum sustainable yield on a continuing basis is jeopardized. A depleted condition may be caused by numerous factors, alone or in combination, such as fishing effort, habitat loss, ecosystem changes or climate change, overfishing, inadequate forage, or other characteristics of or stressors on the stock or stock complex.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFC8E84DF802540D8B033224D87C70901"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion of case law</header><text>The term <quote>depleted</quote> has the meaning given to the term <quote>overfished</quote> by this section before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title> for the purposes of determining the application of any court precedent issued before such date. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72BFB4E91E3D46769D7300FE183594D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Substitution</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—</text> <subparagraph id="HF4C626200DB64F189E0DDE05EEA9311C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 3 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1802">16 U.S.C. 1802</external-xref>), by amending paragraph (34) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H7647F66E04AC4E53A92B8F388EB21401" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HECEE9A0E8E734D608D62A9CE26AAB26D"><enum>(34)</enum><header>Overfishing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>overfishing</quote> means a rate or level of fishing mortality that jeopardizes the capacity of a fishery to produce the maximum sustainable yield on a continuing basis.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H783E53E6BAF447B589E05F32667E42FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the term <quote>overfished</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>depleted</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1CCD48197BEF4F2F998B1FA5D3C0EF0E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the heading of subsection (e) of section 304, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Overfished</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Depleted</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFD2C8AF2B9994A9897DD489884D730E9" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>References in this Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act are not intended to alter the legal mandate to prevent depletion of fisheries and to rebuild depleted fisheries upon determination of their depleted status, which includes among other things ending or curtailing fishing while the fishery rebuilds. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H4BF4FD217CA74240B253CDA2D67067E6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information provided by scientific and statistical committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(g)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(g)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H719493F1D92E46A5BCC8D4E1B4C32014"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>ecological,</quote> after <quote>social</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H364E6CC805DF4C8DB4CF53AED3515A57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HAEBB17DAB7AA458882D10A1691A7E84A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HC36D976D932A4035B835DFF1424CEEBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each scientific and statistical committee shall provide the appropriate Council with ongoing scientific advice for fishery management decisions, including—</text> <clause id="H6F3B412C2730438D87F499105C246334"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for accounting for all sources of mortality in establishing management measures, for the acceptable biological catch levels, for preventing overfishing, for maximum sustainable yield, and for achieving rebuilding targets and promoting resilience of fish stocks to climate change;</text></clause> <clause id="H9D28AFA9504349C4923BAD4B9A045A50"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">objective and measurable criteria for determining whether a stock is depleted or experiencing overfishing; and</text></clause> <clause id="H1477191A40E6424FB290FA7F5F2072B0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reports on stock status and health, sources of mortality, bycatch, habitat status, social, ecological, and economic impacts of management measures, and sustainability of fishing practices, and prevailing and anticipated future impacts of climate change on fish stocks, fishing communities, and fishery sectors.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB15B2FDE41D444EDAF0ACA425426A8C1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Minimum required precautionary standard</header><text>Section 303(a)(10) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1853">16 U.S.C. 1853(a)(10)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, which may not be less precautionary than the recommendation of the scientific and statistical committees for such fishery,</quote> before <quote>and,</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HA2C666434DBE4B3A953098FE24934886"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical correction</header><text>Section 301 of the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDD58F476B07F4908B72B1DCD1111C64B" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="HD1F0F7CB7AAD44ECBEF9D20BC767482C"><enum>301.</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act, including the amendment made by section 102(a)(3), shall be construed as modifying the requirements of sections 301(a), 302(h)(6), 303(a)(15), or 304(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, or the equal application of such requirements and other standards and requirements under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to commercial, charter, and recreational fisheries, including each component of mixed-use fisheries.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="HE8392F983A3643B8A693840F78442811"><enum>506.</enum><header>Preparation and review of secretarial plans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 304(c)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1854">16 U.S.C. 1854(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H721B2BE35F174879835A4607AE140E68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7062CA211DE248EC8AAD57301151E462"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>not to exceed 180 days</quote> after <quote>time</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H743BBE79CFEA422DB8D65CFB493C6F70"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>not later than 180 days after the disapproval</quote> before the semicolon; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7151DC491D5485DB4D935247E551AFA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA9C8150C387142F38C3822087B13304D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">Not later than 30 days before the last day of a time period established in subparagraph (B) or (C), the Secretary shall provide written notification to the affected Council that if such Council does not fulfill the requirements described in such subparagraph, the Secretary shall issue a Secretarial plan.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HEDB30F9CA80F410799908CA499C49C28"><enum>507.</enum><header>Councils</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302(h) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0011181A0A4345079EDC41A8031DDBE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCE9E8DAC33974952AE61BBC3C4342C85"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text> <subparagraph id="H463A9C5591544C6596ECDBC08211C78B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96D8D489953045FB951397EADC29E029"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H63FB6BAFBA1E44A68597117BE88508DE" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H1E6E14A14AF747D78E60DC3BA648A73F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritize fisheries and habitats experiencing or expected to experience shifts in geographic range, spatial distribution, or productivity;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H926F84ADF6644DB888D3851645315FE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (11) and (13), respectively; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H07AD58748E13416FB0AB10B936DEF706"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H712F306CA2BF48399297602EFD4F6547" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HA4CD527CE2E74621B42064418F1F7F0F"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">approve, for each of its managed stocks, objective and measurable criteria for identifying whether the stock is depleted or experiencing overfishing, which may not be less precautionary than the recommendation of its scientific and statistical committee;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H84BDF0071AB247218F9C37F419B3E54E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>develop and implement a plan to protect essential fish habitat in the region of the Council from adverse effects caused by fishing that shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C38B907E93742B285F46C19D7253A7F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>quantitative and measurable targets and goals for increasing quality, quantity, and representativeness of essential fish habitat; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD28EC2BAA49E452BA40DD32AD871BC6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conservation and management measures to implement the plan;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5C37D5C449BF43F591448E2C2050DD33"><enum>(10)</enum><text>at routine intervals not less frequently than every 7 years and based on scientific evidence or other relevant information, review habitat protection plans developed under paragraph (9) by such Council and each designation of essential fish habitat and habitat areas of particular concern under section 303(a)(7) by such Council, and amend such Council’s fishery management plans as necessary and appropriate;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="HF12A35377FAB454389EC81603AF92835"><enum>508.</enum><header>Forage fish conservation</header> <subsection id="H01669B847B1D425CB3378D209CA44950"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Secretary To define forage fish</header><text>Section 305 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1855">16 U.S.C. 1855</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3835FF36D19641078502D9843402E36F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HD36E7D7899B14D2CBBD7E9D6310E9026"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Forage fish</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue a definition of the term <quote>forage fish</quote> for the purposes of this Act. In defining such term, the Secretary shall consider factors including whether a species covered by such definition, throughout such species’ lifecycle—</text> <paragraph id="HDE72B43722244C2A89DE1C4FDD4FAFC1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is at a low trophic level;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFB568703C5240179AA3B0CF34462F64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is generally small- to intermediate-sized;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6F2E5FD863BD4DED840FB1F86CB2882F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>occurs in schools or other dense aggregations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H21286A18D410423CA6E4AAA9C51B510E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H67ECAA1F601F4167A652BC79555486CC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0043B89EE70945DB8214395075BEF6AA"><enum>(b)</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 further amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4C8FF32E8F5043518EF76B0CD2EE33A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (18) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4290939C349943CBAA57714BFBAC7A7F" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H210AD5E362E14DBFBC3331B6CFAF487A" commented="no"><enum>(18A)</enum><header>Forage fish</header><text>The term <term>forage fish</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H778A49B3CDBB4DAF80A3042536820623" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has the meaning given the term by the Secretary under section 305(m); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4F8A8E9CD0484AB089B1D0EC8F506661" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a species in a fishery managed pursuant to a fishery management plan or plan amendment that is approved by the Secretary under section 304(a), means any species identified in such plan as a forage fish.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5424B914D5A042FA8278E9C5580C886A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (33)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB08D9169DE814F01A5CFBEBA27F1F200"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE189397D51F048B0B109D158FC52D705"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D7F6C8456B54950A0BD137A4E83115B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07623010E7614159A8F1A68A6312F548" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HDCFD8BCA0D474A59A5C27C2324583487"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of a forage fish, is reduced, pursuant to subparagraph (B), to provide for the diet needs of fish species and other marine wildlife, including marine mammals and birds, for which forage fish is a significant dietary component.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC6B0C7D8503F4B7586964748B7C6926A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scientific 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 further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H118BBAAA1F004FFFB05AE475E3D1FF6A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H911B45BFBE2E4736A2E7F2A428D35394"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintaining a sufficient abundance, diversity, and localized distribution of forage fish populations to support the role of such populations in marine ecosystems.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HEDDD29975BEF45F4940D2C5BB8E1CEE7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Council functions</header> <paragraph id="HD9EAB9BB79324D388698ACD59718E99B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Research priorities</header><text>Section 302(h)(7) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(h)(7)</external-xref>) is further amended by inserting <quote>forage fish populations and distribution,</quote> after <quote>habitats,</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0BBCC91E276E4937BFA2BFAD90A046AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unmanaged forage fish</header><text>Section 302(h) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(h)</external-xref>) is further amended by inserting after paragraph (11) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07ED0E88246F47DB8D414F72A8E0700B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H18FB9BE9154E4F3AA6D2E52114225523"><enum>(12)</enum><text>develop a list of unmanaged forage fish occurring in the area under its authority and prohibit the development of any new directed forage fish fishery until the Council has—</text> <subparagraph id="HDD6D5CC28C2F44A7A3958283613A89CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>considered the best scientific information available and evaluated the potential impacts of forage fish harvest on existing fisheries, fishing communities, and the marine ecosystem;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6A1ECBB151647CC86FFEFB79478707C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determined whether conservation and management of the forage fish fishery is needed;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4C2A7B64BEBC4A0D87308A0002CAE831"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if a determination is made that conservation and management is needed, prepared and submitted to the Secretary a fishery management plan or amendment consistent with section 303; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6EA8BDEE686D491788250B4AA3FB7FD1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>received final, approved regulations from the Secretary pursuant to section 304(b)(3); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3DE3E42A67DD4746A0BDF3608D0672B5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H02F2677EC79F492DBD1AE1E4269BB419"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contents of fishery management plans</header> <paragraph id="H28A791263565499C9BC4BA80BA37BD44"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Forage fish management</header><text>Section 303(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1853">16 U.S.C. 1853(a)</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E65E8CA58A44D0DAF1BB33E9EC73E2C" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H54811D14236D4B1F9FE312F7DBBCD1AC"><enum>(18)</enum><text>when setting annual catch limits for forage fish fisheries, assess, specify, and reduce such limits by the diet needs of fish species and other marine wildlife, such as marine mammals and birds, for which forage fish is a significant part of their diet.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H368C48C95F3D466B84C98E46823F8074"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5D9A9D13B2094C83BAE14217E142AC4F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Action by the Secretary</header><text>Section 304 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1854">16 U.S.C. 1854</external-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C6F72C4D2A1416383ED4EE4C12A1BC5" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H8B3FF1B17A77462FB0C0C537A34FCD19"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Forage fish management guidelines</header> <paragraph id="H7222692D1CFC4939A239885E0A54420A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish by regulation guidelines to assist the Councils in implementing sections 302(h)(12), and 303(a)(16).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF56C1B683A614E5281ADBC5D1539A5BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Workshops</header><text>In developing the guidelines under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall conduct workshops with Councils and other scientific, fisheries, and conservation interests.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HDAEBC3BE97784B0A9A039EFF6A2D09E7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>River herring and shad</header> <paragraph id="H463DECA7757241079EAC2DFC3CC1C971"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text> <subparagraph id="H4CF0DDE7212D4D5A86C541AB8433B20A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>River herring</header><text>The term <term>river herring</term> means blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) and alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0AB449B657E446C8AF0084D3E4B3A65B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Shad</header><text>The term <term>shad</term> means American shad (Alosa sapidissima) and hickory shad (Alosa mediocris).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1C33112C3D3045C492A8FD67BC511B99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendments of plans</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H8A89F1E1AD4648F4958B6FAFFEA1EBBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>amend the fishery management plans for the Atlantic Herring and Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish fisheries for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Regions to add shad and river herring as managed stocks in such plans consistent with section 302(h)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1852">16 U.S.C. 1852(h)(1)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0ECCCC45CC2C4B2EAFCC00F50453A20D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>initiate additional fishery management plan amendments to be completed in not more than 1 year from the date of the addition of the species identified in paragraph (1) in order to develop and implement all required conservation and management measures for such stocks consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1801">16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.</external-xref>), and all other applicable law; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H741125E493A344819E59837C68378EC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>notwithstanding any other law, rule, or fishery management plan provision, including conservation and management measures under section 303(a)(11) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1853">16 U.S.C. 1853(a)(11)</external-xref>), reallocate existing resources to provide, for not less than 60 percent of all relevant fishing trips, not fewer than one at-sea observer or an on-board electronic or video means of producing equivalent at-sea monitoring information, for any vessel using mid-water trawl or paired mid-water trawl fishing gear in the Atlantic herring and Atlantic mackerel fisheries.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HACD84B1B78454DD093DB4A05201402FE"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as—</text> <paragraph id="H62999921CF7B48EF8D9AC053E1175A78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>extending or diminishing the jurisdiction or authority of any State within its boundaries; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3FC17E6DDA9F46A99589373FA14830F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>affecting—</text> <subparagraph id="HD32D3F7F620B49DC81C758610A110D27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 306 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1856">16 U.S.C. 1856</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H53BDCB9C5B7541588726C23603CD2088"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/5107">16 U.S.C. 5107 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H4A942CAC06D74C14A04AC22B3E92206C"><enum>509.</enum><header>Funding for monitoring implementation of Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311(f)(4) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1861">16 U.S.C. 1861(f)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>pursuant to this section</quote> and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting <quote>to enforce and monitor (including electronic monitoring) implementation of that plan.</quote>. </text></section> <section id="H7C2B320B20BD4D839A68F318298DA233"><enum>510.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary the following amounts to carry out the provisions of this Act:</text> <paragraph id="H0CA7983463B04171892232547CA0358A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2022, $682,446,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8263C47E9C844D33B66870FD4B1DD8BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2023, $698,142,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D1A8F42A711448F86D508E169709240"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2024, $714,200,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H61507B69E8284BE3A62A429A0BF4D103"><enum>(4)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2025, $730,626,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFDFAD841BCA443C79F9BAE43A9F202B0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2026, $747,431,000.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C8B2D1C84B24E12843A5564968A616E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2027, $764,621,000.</text></paragraph></section>