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Title III — Miscellaneous amendments

S. 269 · 113th Congress · Feb 11, 2013 · Lineage

III Miscellaneous amendments

Sec. 301 Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975

Section 6 of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971d(c)(2)) is amended—
(1)
by inserting “(A)” after “(2)”;
(2)
by striking “(A) submission” and inserting “the presentation”;
(3)
by striking “arguments, and (B) oral presentation at a public hearing. Such” and inserting “written or oral statements at a public hearing. After consideration of such presentations, the”; and
(4)
by adding at the end thereof the following:

“(B) The Secretary may issue final regulations to implement Commission recommendations referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection concerning trade restrictive measures against nations or fishing entities without regard to the requirements of subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and subsections (b) and (c) of section 553 of title 5, United States Code.”

Sec. 302 Data sharing

(a)
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act— Section 608 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826i) is amended—
(1)
by inserting “(a) In general.—” before “The Secretary,”;
(2)
by striking “organizations” the first place it appears and inserting, “organizations, or arrangements made pursuant to an international fishery agreement (as defined in section 3(24) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1802(24))),”;
(3)
by striking “and” after the semicolon in paragraph (3);
(4)
by striking “territories.” in paragraph (4) and inserting “territories; and”; and
(5)
by adding at the end thereof the following:

“(5) urging other nations, through the regional fishery management organizations of which the United States is a member, bilaterally and otherwise to seek and foster the sharing of accurate, relevant, and timely information—

“(A) to improve the scientific understanding of marine ecosystems;

“(B) to improve fisheries management decisions;

“(C) to promote the conservation of protected living marine resources;

“(D) to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing; and

“(E) to improve compliance with conservation and management measures in international waters.

“(b) Information sharing—In carrying out this section, the Secretary may disclose, as necessary and appropriate, information to the Food and Agriculture Organization formed at Quebec, Canada, on October 16, 1945, international fishery management organizations, or arrangements made pursuant to an international fishery agreement, if such organizations or arrangements have policies and procedures to safeguard such information from unintended or unauthorized disclosure.”

(b)
Conforming amendment— Section 402(b)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1881a(b)(1)) is amended—
(1)
by striking “or” after the semicolon in subparagraph (G);
(2)
by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (J); and
(3)
by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:

“(H) to the Food and Agriculture Organization formed at Quebec, Canada, on October 16, 1945, international fishery management organizations, or arrangements made pursuant to an international fishery agreement as provided under section 608(b) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826i(b));

“(I) to any other Federal or State government agency, foreign government, the Food and Agriculture Organization formed at Quebec, Canada, on October 16, 1945, or the secretariat or equivalent of an international fisheries management organization or arrangement made pursuant to an international fishery agreement, as provided under section 101(c)(9) of the International Fisheries Stewardship and Enforcement Act; or”

Sec. 303 Permits under the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995

Section 104(f) of the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act (16 U.S.C. 5503(f)) is amended to read as follows:

“(f) Validity—A permit issued under this section is void if—

“(1) 1 or more permits or authorizations required for a vessel to fish, in addition to a permit issued under this section, expire, are revoked, or are suspended; or

“(2) the vessel is no longer eligible for United States documentation, such documentation is revoked or denied, or the vessel is deleted from such documentation.”

Sec. 304 Committee on scientific cooperation for Pacific salmon agreement

Section 11 of the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3640) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;
(2)
by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

“(c) Compensation of Committee on scientific cooperation members—Members of the Committee on Scientific Cooperation who are not State or Federal employees shall receive compensation at a rate equivalent to the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, when engaged in actual performance of duties for the Commission.”

(3)
by striking “71” in subsection (e), as redesignated, and inserting “171”.