[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 42 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1651-S1652]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE--TREATIES

  The following executive reports of committee were submitted:

       By Mr. MENENDEZ, from the Committee on Foreign Relations:
       Treaty Doc. 112-4: Agreement on Port State Measures to 
     Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and 
     Unregulated Fishing with 1 declaration (Ex. Rept. 113-1);
       Treaty Doc. 113-1: Convention on the Conservation and 
     Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South 
     Pacific Ocean with 1 declaration (Ex. Rept. 113-2);
       Treaty Doc. 113-2: Convention on the Conservation and 
     Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North 
     Pacific Ocean with 1 declaration (Ex. Rept. 113-3); and
       Treaty Doc. 113-3: Amendment to the Convention on Future 
     Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries 
     with 1 declaration (Ex. Rept. 113-4)

  The text of the committee-recommended resolutions of advice and 
consent to ratification are as follows:

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[Treaty Doc. 112-4  Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter, 
      and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing]

  Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the Port State 
                           Measures Agreement

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent Subject to a 
     Declaration.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter, and 
     Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing, done 
     at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United 
     Nations, in Rome, Italy, November 22, 2009, and signed by the 
     United States November 22, 2009 (the ``Agreement'') (Treaty 
     Doc. 112-4), subject to the declaration of section 2.
       Sec. 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration: The Agreement is non 
     self-executing.

 [Treaty Doc. 113-1  Convention on the Conservation and Management of 
        High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean]

   Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the High Seas 
                  Fisheries Convention--South Pacific

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent Subject to a 
     Declaration.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas 
     Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, done at 
     Auckland, New Zealand, November 14, 2009, and signed by the 
     United States January 31, 2011 (the ``Convention'') (Treaty 
     Doc. 113-1), subject to the declaration of section 2.
       Sec. 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration: The Convention is not 
     self-executing.

 [Treaty Doc. 113-2  Convention on the Conservation and Management of 
       High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean]

   Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the High Seas 
                  Fisheries Convention--North Pacific

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent Subject to a 
     Declaration.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas 
     Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean, done at Tokyo 
     February 24, 2012, and signed by the United States May 2, 
     2012 (the ``Convention'') (Treaty Doc. 113-2), subject to the 
     declaration of section 2.
       Sec. 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration: The Convention is not 
     self-executing.

[Treaty Doc. 113-3  Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral 
            Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries]

 Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the Amendment to 
             High Seas Fisheries Convention--North Atlantic

       Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring 
     therein),
       Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent Subject to a 
     Declaration.
       The Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the 
     Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral 
     Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, adopted at 
     the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the North Atlantic 
     Fisheries Organization (NAFO) (the ``Amendment'') in Lisbon, 
     Portugal, September 28, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 113-3), subject to 
     the declaration of section 2.
       Sec. 2. Declaration.
       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following declaration: The Amendment is not 
     self-executing.

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