In the Senate of the United States,

March 24, 2004.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2584) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the conveyance to the Utrok Atoll local government of a decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ship, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

1 Ω1æPage 2, after line 17, insert:

2 (c) Within 120 days after the date of enactment of this

3 Act, the Utrok Atoll local government, in consultation with

4 the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands,

5 shall submit a plan for the use of the vessel to be conveyed

6 under subsection (a) to the House of Representatives Com7 mittee on Resources, the House of Representatives Com8 mittee on Science, the Senate Committee on Energy and

9 Natural Resources, and the Senate Committee on Com10 merce, Science, and Transportation.

11 Ω2æPage 4, after line 6, insert:
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1 SEC. 305. REBUILDING FISH STOCKS.

2 Section 105 of division H of the Consolidated Appro3 priations Act, 2004, is repealed.

4 Ω3æPage 4, after line 6, insert:

5 TITLE IV—PACIFIC ALBACORE

6 TUNA TREATY

7 SEC. 401. IMPLEMENTATION.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding anything to the

9 contrary in section 201, 204, or 307(2) of the Magnuson10 Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16

11 U.S.C. 1821, 1824, and 1857(2)), foreign fishing may be

12 conducted pursuant to the Treaty between the Government

13 of the United States of America and the Government of

14 Canada on Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port

15 Privileges, signed at Washington May 26, 1981, including

16 its Annexes and any amendments thereto.

17 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Commerce, with

18 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, may—

19 (1) promulgate regulations necessary to dis20 charge the obligations of the United States under the

21 Treaty and its Annexes; and

22 (2) provide for the application of any such regu23 lation to any person or vessel subject to the jurisdic24 tion of the United States, wherever that person or ves25 sel may be located.
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1 (c) ENFORCEMENT.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Magnuson-Stevens Fish3 ery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.

4 1801 et seq.) shall be enforced as if subsection (a)

5 were a provision of that Act. Any reference in the

6 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage7 ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) to ‘‘this Act’’ or to

8 any provision of that Act, shall be considered to be a

9 reference to that Act as it would be in effect if sub10 section (a) were a provision of that Act.

11 (2) REGULATIONS.—The regulations promul12 gated under subsection (b), shall be enforced as if—

13 (A) subsection (a) were a provision of the

14 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

15 Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.); and

16 (B) the regulations were promulgated under

17 that Act.

18 SEC. 402. SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA TREATY ACT AMENDMENT.

19 Section 6 of the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (16

20 U.S.C. 973d(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘outside of the 200

21 nautical mile fisheries zones of the Pacific Island Parties.’’
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1 and inserting ‘‘or to fishing by vessels using the longline

2 method in the high seas areas of the Treaty area.’’.

Attest:

Secretary.
108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2584

AMENDMENTS