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To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to certain tariffs imposed by other countries, and for other purposes.

H.R. 6528 · 115th Congress · Jul 25, 2018 · Lineage

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Section 1 Fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures due to tariffs imposed by other countries

Section 312(a)(1)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(1)(B)) is amended—
(1)
by inserting “(i)” before “regulatory restrictions”; and
(2)
by inserting “or (II) unilateral tariffs imposed by other countries on any United States seafood and marine exports or tariffs imposed by any country on materials necessary for the economic viability of the United States fishing industry” after “environment”.