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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1080 
To strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and 
unregulated fishing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2009 
Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. 
FARR, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, and Mr. SABLAN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, 
unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illegal, Unreported, 
and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET FISH-
ING MORATORIUM PROTECTION ACT. 
(a) ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT.—Section 
606 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Pro-
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tection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826g) is amended by inserting 
before the first sentence the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Secretary 
of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating 
shall enforce this title, and the Acts to which this section 
applies, in accordance with this section. Each such Sec-
retary may, by agreement, on a reimbursable basis or oth-
erwise, utilize the personnel services, equipment (including 
aircraft and vessels), and facilities of any other Federal 
agency, and of any State agency, in the performance of 
such duties. 
‘‘(b) ACTS TO WHICH SECTION APPLIES.—This sec-
tion applies to— 
‘‘(1) the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3631 et seq.); 
‘‘(2) the Dolphin Protection Consumer Informa-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1385); 
‘‘(3) the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (16 
U.S.C. 951 et seq.); 
‘‘(4) the North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act 
of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 5001 et seq.); 
‘‘(5) the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (16 
U.S.C. 973 et seq.); 
‘‘(6) the Antarctic Marine Living Resources 
Convention Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.); 
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‘‘(7) the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 
1975 (16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.); 
‘‘(8) the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Conven-
tion Act of 1995 (16 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.); and 
‘‘(9) the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries 
Convention Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION
AND ENFORCEMENT.—The 
Secretary shall prevent any person from violating this 
title, or any Act to which this section applies, in the same 
manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdic-
tion, powers, and duties as though sections 308 through 
311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1858 through 1861) were in-
corporated into and made a part of and applicable to this 
title and each such Act. 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the incor-
poration by reference of certain sections of the Mag-
nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act under subsection (c), if there is a conflict 
between a provision of this subsection and the cor-
responding provision of any section of the Magnu-
son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
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Act so incorporated, the provision of this subsection 
shall apply. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
ENFORCEMENT
AUTHOR-
ITY.—In addition to the powers of officers author-
ized pursuant to subsection (c), any officer who is 
authorized by the Secretary, or the head of any Fed-
eral or State agency that has entered into an agree-
ment with the Secretary under subsection (a), to en-
force the provisions of any Act to which this section 
applies may, with the same jurisdiction, powers, and 
duties as though section 311 of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1861) were incorporated into and made a 
part of each such Act— 
‘‘(A) search or inspect any facility or con-
veyance used or employed in, or which reason-
ably appears to be used or employed in, the 
storage, processing, transport, or trade of fish 
or fish products; 
‘‘(B) inspect records pertaining to the stor-
age, processing, transport, or trade of fish or 
fish products; 
‘‘(C) detain, for a period of up to 5 days, 
any shipment of fish or fish product imported 
into, landed on, introduced into, exported from, 
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