‘‘(h) UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL AGENCY ASSETS.— 
’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
308(a) of the Antarctic Marine Living Resources 
Convention Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 2437(a)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who commits an act 
that is unlawful under section 306 shall be liable to the 
United States for a civil penalty, and may be subject to 
a permit sanction, under section 308 of the Magnuson- 
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1858).’’. 
(b) ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 
INTERNATIONAL
FISHERY
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Section 608 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826i) is 
amended by— 
(1) inserting before the first sentence the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection) in the first sentence, 
inserting ‘‘, or arrangements made pursuant to an 
international fishery agreement,’’ after ‘‘organiza-
tions’’; and 
(3) adding at the end the following new sub-
sections:
‘‘(b) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, subject to 
the data confidentiality provisions in section 402 of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1881a) except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), may disclose, as necessary 
and appropriate, information, including information 
collected under joint authority of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and the Atlantic Tunas Con-
vention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 71 et seq.), the 
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention 
Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), any 
other statute implementing an international fishery 
agreement, to any other Federal or State govern-
ment agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization 
of the United Nations, or the secretariat or equiva-
lent of an international fishery management organi-
zation or arrangement made pursuant to an inter-
national fishery agreement, if such government, or-
ganization, or arrangement, respectively, has policies 
and procedures to protect such information from un-
intended or unauthorized disclosure. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The data confidentiality 
provisions in section 402 of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1881a) shall not apply with respect to this 
Act— 
‘‘(A) for obligations of the United States 
to share information under a regional fisheries 
management organization (as that term is de-
fined by the United Nation’s Food and Agri-
culture Organization Agreement on Port State 
Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Ille-
gal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) of 
which the United States is a member; or 
‘‘(B) to any information collected by the 
Secretary regarding foreign vessels. 
‘‘(c) IUU VESSEL LISTS.—The Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) develop, maintain, and make public a list 
of vessels and vessel owners engaged in illegal, unre-
ported, or unregulated fishing or fishing-related ac-
tivities in support of illegal, unreported, or unregu-
lated fishing, including vessels or vessel owners iden-
tified by an international fishery management orga-
nization or arrangement made pursuant to an inter-
national fishery agreement, that— 
‘‘(A) the United States is party to; or 
‘‘(B) the United States is not party to, but 
whose procedures and criteria in developing and
maintaining a list of such vessels and vessel 
owners are substantially similar to such proce-
dures and criteria adopted pursuant to an inter-
national fishery agreement to which the United 
States is a party; and 
‘‘(2) take appropriate action against listed ves-
sels and vessel owners, including action against fish, 
fish parts, or fish products from such vessels, in ac-
cordance with applicable United States law and con-
sistent with applicable international law, including 
principles, rights, and obligations established in ap-
plicable international fishery management agree-
ments and trade agreements. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may promulgate 
regulations to implement this section.’’. 
(c) NOTIFICATION REGARDING IDENTIFICATION OF 
NATIONS.—Section 609(b) of such Act (166 U.S.C. 
1826j(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall notify the 
President and that nation of such an identification.’’. 
(d) NATIONS IDENTIFIED UNDER SECTION 610.— 
Section 610(b)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k(b)(1)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) notify, as soon as possible, the President 
and nations that have been identified under sub-
section (a), and also notify other nations whose ves-
sels engage in fishing activities or practices de-
scribed in subsection (a), about the provisions of this 
section and this Act;’’. 
(e) EFFECT
OF CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 
609.—Section 609(d)(3)(A)(i) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826j(d)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘that has not 
been certified by the Secretary under this subsection, or’’. 
(f) EFFECT
OF CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 
610.—Section 610(c)(5) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826k(c)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘that has not been 
certified by the Secretary under this subsection, or’’. 
(g) IDENTIFICATION OF NATIONS.— 
(1) SCOPE OF IDENTIFICATION FOR ACTIONS 
OF FISHING VESSELS.—Section 609(a) of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1826j(a)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, based on a cumu-
lative compilation and analysis of data col-
lected and provided by international fishery 
management organizations and other na-
tions and organizations,’’ after ‘‘shall’’; 
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘3 years’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘that 
undermines the effectiveness of measures re-
quired by an international fishery management 
organization, taking into account whether’’ 
after ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘vessels 
of’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
GROUNDS
FOR
IDENTIFICA-
TION.—Section 609(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826j(a)) is further amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) in order as subparagraphs (A) and (B) (and 
by moving the margins of such subparagraphs 
2 ems to the right); 
(B) by inserting before the first sentence 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION FOR ACTIONS OF FISHING 
VESSELS.—’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION
FOR
ACTIONS
OF
NA-
TION.—Taking into account the factors described 
under section 609(a)(1), the Secretary shall also 
identify, and list in such report, a nation—
‘‘(A) if it is violating, or has violated at 
any point during the preceding 3 years, con-
servation and management measures required 
under an international fishery management 
agreement to which the United States is a 
party and the violations undermine the effec-
tiveness of such measures; or 
‘‘(B) if it is failing, or has failed in the 
preceding 3-year period, to effectively address 
or regulate illegal, unreported, or unregulated 
fishing in areas described under paragraph 
(1)(B). 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
TO
OTHER
ENTITIES.— 
Where the provisions of this Act are applicable to 
nations, they shall also be applicable, as appropriate, 
to other entities that have competency to enter into 
international fishery management agreements.’’. 
(3) PERIOD
OF
FISHING
PRACTICES
SUP-
PORTING
IDENTIFICATION.—Section 610(a)(1) of 
such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k(a)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘calendar year’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com-
merce $450,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through
2020 to implement the amendments made by subsections 
(b) and (g). 
(i) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 
(1) Section 607(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826h(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘whose vessels’’ 
and inserting ‘‘that’’. 
(2) Section 609(d)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826j(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘of its fishing 
vessels’’. 
(3) Section 609(d)(1)(A) of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826j(d)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘of 
its fishing vessels’’. 
(4) Section 609(d)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826j(d)(2)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for certification’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to authorize’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘the importation’’ after 
‘‘or other basis’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘harvesting’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘not certified under para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘issued a negative cer-
tification under paragraph (1)’’. 
(5) Section 610 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k) 
is amended as follows:
(A) In subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘prac-
tices;’’ and inserting ‘‘practices—’’. 
(B) In subsection (c)(4), by striking all 
preceding subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVE
PROCEDURE.—The Sec-
retary may establish a procedure to authorize, on a 
shipment-by-shipment, shipper-by-shipper, or other 
basis the importation of fish or fish products from 
a vessel of a nation issued a negative certification 
under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines 
that such imports were harvested by practices that 
do not result in bycatch of a protected marine spe-
cies, or were harvested by practices that— 
‘‘(A) are comparable to those of the United 
States, taking into account different conditions; 
and’’. 
SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET 
FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT ACT. 
(a) NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION EFFECTS.—Section 
101 of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1826a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘recognized 
principles of’’ after ‘‘in accordance with’’;
(2) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or, as 
appropriate, for fishing vessels of a nation that re-
ceives a negative certification under section 609(d) 
or section 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826)’’ after 
‘‘(1)’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by inserting before 
the period the following: ‘‘, except for the purposes 
of inspecting such vessel, conducting an investiga-
tion, or taking other appropriate enforcement ac-
tion’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘or il-
legal, unreported, or unregulated fishing’’ after 
‘‘driftnet fishing’’; 
(5) in subsection (b)(1)(B) and subsection 
(b)(2), by striking ‘‘or illegal, unreported, or unregu-
lated fishing’’ after ‘‘driftnet fishing’’ each place it 
appears; 
(6) in subsection (b)(3)(A)(i), by inserting ‘‘or 
a negative certification under section 609(d) or sec-
tion 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Mora-
torium 
Protection 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1826j(d), 
1826k(c))’’ after ‘‘(1)(A)’’; 
(7) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 
issues a negative certification under section 609(d)
or section 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(d), 
1826k(c))’’ after ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
(8) in subsection (b)(4)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘or il-
legal, unreported, or unregulated fishing’’ after 
‘‘driftnet fishing’’; and 
(9) in subsection (b)(4)(A)(i), by inserting ‘‘, or 
to address the offending activities for which a nation 
received a negative certification under section 609(d) 
or 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Morato-
rium 
Protection 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1826j(d), 
1826k(c))’’ after ‘‘beyond the exclusive economic 
zone of any nation’’. 
(b) DURATION OF NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION EF-
FECTS.—Section 102 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826b) is 
amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘or illegal, unreported, or unregu-
lated fishing’’; and 
(2) inserting ‘‘or effectively addressed the of-
fending activities for which the nation received a 
negative certification under 609(d) or 610(c) of the 
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(d), 1826k(c))’’ before the pe-
riod at the end.
SEC. 103. AMENDMENTS TO NORTH PACIFIC ANADROMOUS 
STOCKS ACT OF 1992. 
(a) UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES.—Section 810 of the 
North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 
5009) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, investiga-
tion,’’ after ‘‘search’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, investiga-
tion,’’ after ‘‘search’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
PROHIBITIONS
AND
ENFORCE-
MENT.—Section 811 of the Northern Pacific Anadromous 
Stocks Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 5010) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 811. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS AND ENFORCE-
MENT. 
‘‘For additional prohibitions relating to this Act and 
enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas 
Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826g).’’. 
SEC. 104. AMENDMENTS TO THE PACIFIC SALMON TREATY 
ACT OF 1985. 
Section 8 of the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3637) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, investigation,’’ after 
‘‘search’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘this title;’’ and inserting 
‘‘this Act;’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, investigation,’’ after 
‘‘search’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (2);’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (2);’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘this title; 
or’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act;’’; and 
(4) by striking subsections (b) through (f) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS
AND ENFORCE-
MENT.—For additional prohibitions relating to this Act 
and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High 
Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826g).’’. 
SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL 
PACIFIC 
FISHERIES 
CONVENTION 
IMPLE-
MENTATION ACT. 
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Conven-
tion Implementation Act (title V of Public Law 109–479) 
is amended— 
(1) by amending section 506(c) (16 U.S.C. 
6905(c)) to read as follows:
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS
AND ENFORCE-
MENT.—For additional prohibitions relating to this Act 
and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High 
Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826g).’’; and 
(2) in section 507(a)(2) (16 U.S.C. 6906(a)(2)) 
by striking ‘‘suspension, on’’ and inserting ‘‘suspen-
sion, of’’. 
SEC. 106. AMENDMENTS TO THE ANTARCTIC MARINE LIV-
ING RESOURCES CONVENTION ACT. 
The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention 
Act of 1984 is amended— 
(1) in section 306 (16 U.S.C. 2435)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘which 
he knows, or reasonably should have known, 
was’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, inves-
tigation,’’ after ‘‘search’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, inves-
tigation,’’ after ‘‘search’’; and 
(2) in section 307 (16 U.S.C. 2436)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ be-
fore the first sentence; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION 
MEASURES.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
sub-
sections (b), (c), and (d) of section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code, the Secretary of Commerce may 
publish in the Federal Register a final regulation to 
implement any conservation measure for which the 
Secretary of State notifies the Commission under 
section 305(a)(1)— 
‘‘(A) that has been in effect for 12 months 
or less; 
‘‘(B) that is adopted by the Commission; 
and 
‘‘(C) with respect to which the Secretary of 
State, does not notify Commission in accord-
ance with section 305(a)(1) within the time pe-
riod allotted for objections under Article IX of 
the Convention. 
‘‘(2) ENTERING INTO FORCE.—Upon publica-
tion of such regulation in the Federal Register, such 
conservation measure shall enter into force with re-
spect to the United States.’’.
SEC. 107. AMENDMENTS TO THE ATLANTIC TUNAS CONVEN-
TION ACT. 
The Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 is 
amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
6(c)(2) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
971d(c)(2)(2))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii)’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding the requirements of subpara-
graph (A) and subsections (b) and (c) of section 553 of 
title 5, United States Code, the Secretary may issue final 
regulations to implement Commission recommendations 
referred to in paragraph (1) concerning trade restrictive 
measures against nations or fishing entities.’’; 
(2) in section 7 (16 U.S.C. 971e) by striking 
subsections (e) and (f) and redesignating subsection 
(g) as subsection (e); 
(3) in section 8 (16 U.S.C. 971f)— 
(A) by striking subsections (a) and (c); 
and 
(B) by inserting before subsection (b) the 
following: 
‘‘(a) For additional prohibitions relating to this Act 
and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High
Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826g).’’; 
(4) in section 8(b) by striking ‘‘the enforcement 
activities specified in section 8(a) of this Act’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘enforcement activi-
ties with respect to this Act that are otherwise au-
thorized by law’’; and 
(5) by striking section 11 (16 U.S.C. 971j) and 
redesignating sections 12 and 13 as sections 11 and 
12, respectively. 
SEC. 108. AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGH SEAS FISHING COM-
PLIANCE ACT OF 1965. 
Section 104(f) of the High Seas Fishing Compliance 
Act of 1995 (16 U.S.C. 5503(f)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(f) VALIDITY.—A permit issued under this section 
for a vessel is void if— 
‘‘(1) any other permit or authorization required 
for the vessel to fish is expired, revoked, or sus-
pended; or 
‘‘(2) the vessel is no longer documented under 
the laws of the United States or eligible for such 
documentation.’’.
SEC. 109. AMENDMENTS TO THE DOLPHIN PROTECTION 
CONSUMER INFORMATION ACT. 
The Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1385) is amended by amending subsection (e) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS
AND ENFORCE-
MENT.—For additional prohibitions relating to this Act 
and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High 
Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826g).’’. 
SEC. 110. AMENDMENTS TO THE NORTHERN PACIFIC HAL-
IBUT ACT OF 1982. 
Section 7 of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 
1982 (16 U.S.C. 773e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by redesignating para-
graphs (1) through (6) as subparagraphs (A) 
through (F); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as 
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (1)(B), as so redesignated, by 
inserting ‘‘, investigation,’’ before ‘‘or inspection’’; 
(4) in paragraph (1)(C), as so redesignated, by 
inserting ‘‘, investigation,’’ before ‘‘or inspection’’; 
(5) in paragraph (1)(E), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; and
(6) in paragraph (1)(F), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘section.’’ and inserting ‘‘section; or’’. 
SEC. 111. AMENDMENTS TO THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC 
FISHERIES CONVENTION ACT OF 1995. 
Section 207 of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Con-
vention Act of 1995 (16 U.S.C. 5606) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AND 
PENALTIES’’ and inserting ‘‘AND
ENFORCE-
MENT’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, inves-
tigation,’’ before ‘‘or inspection’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ‘‘, inves-
tigation,’’ before ‘‘or inspection’’; and 
(4) by striking subsections (b) through (f) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS
AND ENFORCE-
MENT.—For additional prohibitions relating to this Act 
and enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the High 
Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826g).’’. 
SEC. 112. AMENDMENT TO THE MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISH-
ERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT. 
Section 307(1)(Q) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation 
and 
Management 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1857(1)(Q)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon
the following: ‘‘or any treaty or in contravention of any 
binding conservation measure adopted by an international 
agreement or organization to which the United States is 
a party’’. 
TITLE II—IMPLEMENTATION OF 
THE ANTIGUA CONVENTION 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Antigua Convention 
Implementing Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 202. AMENDMENT OF THE TUNA CONVENTIONS ACT 
OF 1950. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
section or other provision of the Tuna Conventions Act 
of 1950 (16 U.S.C. 951 et seq.). 
SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2 (16 U.S.C. 951) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this Act: 
‘‘(1) ANTIGUA CONVENTION.—The term ‘Anti-
gua Convention’ means the Convention for the 
Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission Established by the 1949 Convention 
Between the United States of America and the Re-
public of Costa Rica, signed at Washington, Novem-
ber 14, 2003. 
‘‘(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commission’ 
means the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commis-
sion provided for by the Convention. 
‘‘(3) CONVENTION.—The term ‘Convention’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the Convention for the Establishment 
of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commis-
sion, signed at Washington, May 31, 1949, by 
the United States of America and the Republic 
of Costa Rica; 
‘‘(B) the Antigua Convention, upon its 
entry into force for the United States, and any 
amendments thereto that are in force for the 
United States; or 
‘‘(C) both such Conventions, as the context 
requires. 
‘‘(4) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ means an in-
dividual, partnership, corporation, or association 
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
‘‘(5) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘United 
States’ includes all areas under the sovereignty of 
the United States. 
‘‘(6) UNITED
STATES
COMMISSIONERS.—The 
term ‘United States commissioners’ means the indi-
viduals appointed in accordance with section 3(a).’’. 
SEC. 204. COMMISSIONERS; NUMBER, APPOINTMENT, AND 
QUALIFICATIONS. 
Section 3 (16 U.S.C. 952) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 3. COMMISSIONERS. 
‘‘(a) COMMISSIONERS.—The United States shall be 
represented on the Commission by four United States 
Commissioners. The President shall appoint individuals to 
serve on the Commission. The United States Commis-
sioners shall be subject to supervision and removal by the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary. In 
making the appointments, the President shall select 
United States Commissioners from among individuals who 
are knowledgeable or experienced concerning highly migra-
tory fish stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, one 
of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Department 
of Commerce. Not more than two United States Commis-
sioners may be appointed who reside in a State other than
a State whose vessels maintain a substantial fishery in the 
area of the Convention. 
‘‘(b) ALTERNATE COMMISSIONERS.—The Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the Secretary, may designate 
from time to time and for periods of time deemed appro-
priate Alternate United States Commissioners to the Com-
mission. Any Alternate United States Commissioner may 
exercise, at any meeting of the Commission or of the Gen-
eral Advisory Committee or Scientific Advisory Sub-
committee established pursuant to section 4(b), all powers 
and duties of a United States Commissioner in the ab-
sence of any United States Commissioner appointed pur-
suant to subsection (a) of this section for whatever reason. 
The number of such Alternate United States Commis-
sioners that may be designated for any such meeting shall 
be limited to the number of United States Commissioners 
appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section who 
will not be present at such meeting. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.— 
‘‘(1) EMPLOYMENT STATUS.—Individuals serv-
ing as United States Commissioners, other than offi-
cers or employees of the United States Government, 
shall not be considered Federal employees except for 
the purposes of injury compensation or tort claims 
liability as provided in chapter 81 of title 5, United
States Code, and chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(2) COMPENSATION.—The United States Com-
missioners or Alternate Commissioners, although of-
ficers of the United States while so serving, shall re-
ceive no compensation for their services as United 
States Commissioners or Alternate Commissioners. 
‘‘(3) TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 
‘‘(A) The Secretary of State shall pay the 
necessary travel expenses of United States 
Commissioners and Alternate United States 
Commissioners to meetings of the Inter-Amer-
ican Tropical Tuna Commission and other 
meetings the Secretary of State deems nec-
essary to fulfill their duties, in accordance with 
the Federal Travel Regulations and sections 
5701, 5702, 5704 through 5708, and 5731 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may reimburse the 
Secretary of State for amounts expended by the 
Secretary of State under this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 205. GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SCI-
ENTIFIC ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE. 
Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 953) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENTS; PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION; 
COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(A) The Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall appoint a General 
Advisory Committee which shall consist of not 
more than 25 individuals who shall be rep-
resentative of the various groups concerned 
with the fisheries covered by the Convention, in-
cluding nongovernmental conservation organiza-
tions, providing to the maximum extent prac-
ticable an equitable balance among such groups. 
Members of the General Advisory Committee 
will be eligible to participate as members of the 
United States delegation to the Commission 
and its working groups to the extent the Com-
mission rules and space for delegations allow. 
‘‘(B) The chair of the Pacific Fishery 
Management Council’s Advisory Subpanel for 
Highly Migratory Fisheries and the chair of the 
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council’s 
Advisory Committee shall be ex-officio members
of the General Advisory Committee by virtue of 
their positions in those Councils. 
‘‘(C) Each member of the General Advi-
sory Committee appointed under subparagraph 
(A) shall serve for a term of 3 years and is eli-
gible for reappointment. 
‘‘(D) The General Advisory Committee 
shall be invited to attend all non-executive 
meetings of the United States delegation and at 
such meetings shall be given opportunity to ex-
amine and to be heard on all proposed pro-
grams of investigation, reports, recommenda-
tions, and regulations of the Commission. 
‘‘(E) The General Advisory Committee 
shall determine its organization, and prescribe 
its practices and procedures for carrying out its 
functions under this title, the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and the Conven-
tion. The General Advisory Committee shall 
publish and make available to the public a 
statement of its organization, practices, and 
procedures. Meetings of the General Advisory 
Committee, except when in executive session, 
shall be open to the public, and prior notice of
meetings shall be made public in timely fashion. 
The General Advisory Committee shall not be 
subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.). 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
SHARING.—The Secretary 
and the Secretary of State shall furnish the General 
Advisory Committee with relevant information con-
cerning fisheries and international fishery agree-
ments. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.— 
‘‘(A) The Secretary shall provide to the 
General Advisory Committee in a timely man-
ner such administrative and technical support 
services as are necessary for its effective func-
tioning. 
‘‘(B) Individuals appointed to serve as a 
member of the General Advisory Committee— 
‘‘(i) shall serve without pay, but while 
away from their homes or regular places of 
business to attend meetings of the General 
Advisory Committee shall be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, in the same manner as persons 
employed intermittently in the Government
service are allowed expenses under section 
5703 of title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) shall not be considered Federal 
employees except for the purposes of injury 
compensation or tort claims liability as 
provided in chapter 81 of title 5, United 
States Code, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code.’’; 
(2) by striking so much of subsection (b) as 
precedes paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE.—(1) 
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
shall appoint a Scientific Advisory Subcommittee of not 
less than 5 nor more than 15 qualified scientists with bal-
anced representation from the public and private sectors, 
including nongovernmental conservation organizations.’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘General 
Advisory Subcommittee’’ and inserting ‘‘General Ad-
visory Committee’’. 
SEC. 206. RULEMAKING. 
Section 6 (16 U.S.C. 955) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘SEC. 6. RULEMAKING. 
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State and, with respect to enforce-
ment measures, the Secretary of the Department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating, may promulgate such regu-
lations as may be necessary to carry out the United States 
international obligations under the Convention and this 
Act, including recommendations and decisions adopted by 
the Commission. In cases where the Secretary has discre-
tion in the implementation of one or more measures adopt-
ed by the Commission that would govern fisheries under 
the authority of a Regional Fishery Management Council, 
the Secretary may, to the extent practicable within the im-
plementation schedule of the Convention and any rec-
ommendations and decisions adopted by the Commission, 
promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out the United States international obligations under the 
Convention and this Act, in accordance with the proce-
dures established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
‘‘(b) JURISDICTION.—The Secretary may promulgate 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the United 
States international obligations under the Convention and 
this Act, applicable to all vessels and persons subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States, including vessels doc-
umented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States
Code, wherever they may be operating, on such date as 
the Secretary shall prescribe.’’. 
SEC. 207. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
Section 8 (16 U.S.C. 957) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 6(c) of this Act’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 6’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL
PROHIBITIONS
AND
ENFORCE-
MENT.—For prohibitions relating to this Act and enforce-
ment of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas 
Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826g).’’. 
SEC. 208. ENFORCEMENT. 
Section 10 (16 U.S.C. 959) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 10. ENFORCEMENT. 
‘‘For enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the 
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1826g).’’. 
SEC. 209. REDUCTION OF BYCATCH. 
Section 15 (16 U.S.C. 962) is amended by striking 
‘‘vessel’’ and inserting ‘‘vessels’’.
SEC. 210. REPEAL OF EASTERN PACIFIC TUNA LICENSING 
ACT OF 1984. 
The Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of 1984 (16 
U.S.C. 972 et seq.) is repealed. 
TITLE 
III—AGREEMENT 
ON 
PORT STATE MEASURES TO 
PREVENT, DETER AND ELIMI-
NATE ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED 
AND UNREGULATED FISHING 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Port State Measures 
Agreement Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 302. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to implement the Agree-
ment on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and 
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. 
SEC. 303. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘Agreement’’ means the Agree-
ment on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and 
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fish-
ing, 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.
(2) The term ‘‘IUU fishing’’ means any activity 
set out in paragraph 3 of the 2001 FAO Inter-
national Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Elimi-
nate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. 
(3) The term ‘‘listed IUU vessel’’ means a ves-
sel that is included in a list of vessels having en-
gaged in IUU fishing or fishing-related activities in 
support of IUU fishing that has been adopted by a 
regional fisheries management organization of which 
the United States is a member, or a list adopted by 
a regional fisheries management organization of 
which the United States is not a member if the Sec-
retary determines the criteria used by that organiza-
tion to create the IUU list is comparable to criteria 
adopted by RFMOs of which the United States is a 
member for identifying IUU vessels and activities. 
(4) The term ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Act’’ means 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
(5) The term ‘‘person’’ has the same meaning 
as that term has in section 3 of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Act (16 U.S.C. 1802). 
(6) The terms ‘‘RFMO’’ and ‘‘regional fisheries 
management organization’’ mean a regional fisheries 
management organization (as that term is defined
by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Orga-
nization Agreement on Port State Measures to Pre-
vent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and 
Unregulated Fishing) that is recognized by the 
United States. 
(7) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Commerce or his or her designee. 
(8) The term ‘‘vessel’’ means any vessel, ship of 
another type, or boat used for, equipped to be used 
for, or intended to be used for, fishing or fishing-re-
lated activities, including container vessels that are 
carrying fish that have not been previously landed. 
(9) The term ‘‘fish’’ means finfish, mollusks, 
crustaceans, and all other forms of marine animal 
and plant life other than marine mammals and 
birds. 
(10) The term ‘‘fishing’’— 
(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), means— 
(i) the catching, taking, or harvesting 
of fish; 
(ii) the attempted catching, taking, or 
harvesting of fish;
(iii) any other activity which can rea-
sonably be expected to result in the catch-
ing, taking, or harvesting of fish; or 
(iv) any operations at sea in support 
of, or in preparation for, any activity de-
scribed in clauses (i) through (iii); and 
(B) does not include any scientific research 
activity that is conducted by a scientific re-
search vessel. 
SEC. 304. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may, as needed, 
promulgate such regulations— 
(1) in accordance with section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code; 
(2) consistent with provisions of the title; and 
(3) with respect to enforcement measures, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating; 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this title, 
to the extent that such regulations are not already promul-
gated. 
(b) PORTS OF ENTRY.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating, may designate and publicize the 
ports to which vessels may seek entry. No port may be
designated under this section that has not also been des-
ignated as a port of entry for customs reporting purposes 
pursuant to section 1433 of title 19, United States Code, 
or that is not specified under an existing international 
fisheries agreement. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall provide no-
tification of the denial of port entry or the use of port 
services for a vessel under section 305, the withdrawal of 
the denial of port services for a foreign vessel, the taking 
of enforcement action pursuant to section 306 with respect 
to a foreign vessel, or the results of any inspection of a 
foreign vessel conducted pursuant to this title to the flag 
nation of the vessel and, as appropriate, to the nation of 
which the vessel’s master is a national, relevant coastal 
nations, RFMOs, the Food and Agriculture Organization 
of the United Nations, and other relevant international or-
ganizations. 
(d) CONFIRMATION THAT FISH WERE TAKEN IN AC-
CORDANCE WITH CONSERVATION
AND MANAGEMENT 
MEASURES.—The Secretary may request confirmation 
from the flag state of a foreign vessel that the fish on 
board a foreign vessel in a port subject to the jurisdiction 
of the United States were taken in accordance with appli-
cable RFMO conservation and management measures.