stitutes an importation within the meaning of 
the customs laws of the United States; but 
‘‘(B) does not include any activity de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) with respect to fish 
caught in the exclusive economic zone or by a 
vessel of the United States.’’; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (23) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(23A) The term ‘limited access privilege’— 
‘‘(A) means a Federal permit, issued as 
part of a limited access system under section 
303A to harvest a quantity of fish that may be 
received or held for exclusive use by a person; 
and 
‘‘(B) includes an individual fishing quota; 
but 
‘‘(C) does not include community develop-
ment quotas as described in section 305(i).’’; 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (27) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(27A) The term ‘observer information’ means 
any information collected, observed, retrieved, or cre-
ated by an observer or electronic monitoring system 
pursuant to authorization by the Secretary, or col-
lected as part of a cooperative research initiative, in-
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cluding fish harvest or processing observations, fish 
sampling or weighing data, vessel logbook data, ves-
sel or processor-specific information (including any 
safety, location, or operating condition observations), 
and video, audio, photographic, or written docu-
ments.’’; and 
(7) in paragraph (29) by striking ‘‘terms ‘over-
fishing’ and ‘overfished’ Mean’’ and inserting ‘‘term 
‘overfishing’ means’’. 
(c) REDESIGNATION.—Paragraphs (1) through (45) 
of section 3 (16 U.S.C. 1802), as amended by subsection 
(a), are redesignated as paragraphs (1) thorough (50), re-
spectively. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The following provisions of the Act are 
amended by striking ‘‘an individual fishing quota’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a limited access privilege’’: 
(A) Section 402(b)(1)(D) (16 U.S.C. 
1881a(b)(1)(D)). 
(B) Section 407(a)(1)(D) and (c)(1) (16 
U.S.C. 1883(a)(1)(D); (c)(1)). 
(2) The following provisions of the Act are 
amended by striking ‘‘individual fishing quota’’ and 
inserting ‘‘limited access privilege’’: 
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(A) 
Section 
304(c)(3) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1854(c)(3)). 
(B) Section 304(d)(2)(A)(i) (16 U.S.C. 
1854(d)(2)(A)(i)). 
(C) Section 407(c)(2)(B) (16 U.S.C. 
1883(c)(2)(B)). 
(3) Section 305(h)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1855(h)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘individual fishing quotas,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘limited access privileges,’’. 
SEC. 4. HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES. 
Section 102 (16 U.S.C. 1812) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘The’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) TRADITIONAL PARTICIPATION.—For fisheries 
being managed under an international fisheries agreement 
to which the United States is a party, Council or Secre-
tarial action, if any, shall reflect traditional participation 
in the fishery, relative to other Nations, by fishermen of 
the United States on fishing vessels of the United States. 
‘‘(c) PROMOTION OF STOCK MANAGEMENT.—If a rel-
evant international fisheries organization does not have a 
process for developing a formal plan to rebuild a depleted 
stock or a stock that is approaching a condition of being 
depleted, the provisions of this Act in this regard shall 
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be communicated to and promoted by the United States 
in the international or regional fisheries organization.’’. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 1803) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out the provisions of this Act— 
‘‘(1) $328,004,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012.’’. 
TITLE I—SUSTAINABLE 
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Amendments 
SEC. 101. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS. 
(a) NATIONAL STANDARDS.—Section 301(a) (16 
U.S.C. 1851(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘commercial 
and recreational’’ before ‘‘fishing industry’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘by utilizing 
economic and social data and assessment methods 
based on the best economic and social information 
available,’’ after ‘‘fishing communities’’. 
(b) CONTENTS OF PLANS.—Section 303(a)(9) (16 
U.S.C. 1853(a)(9)) is amended by striking ‘‘describe the 
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likely effects, if any, of the conservation and management 
measures on—’’ and inserting ‘‘analyze the likely effects, 
if any, including the cumulative economic and social im-
pacts, of the conservation and management measures on, 
and possible mitigation measures for—’’. 
SEC. 102. REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILS. 
(a) TRIBAL ALTERNATE ON PACIFIC COUNCIL.—Sec-
tion 302(b)(5) (16 U.S.C. 1852(b)(5)) is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following: 
‘‘(D) The tribal representative appointed under sub-
paragraph (A) may designate as an alternate, during the 
period of the representative’s term, an individual knowl-
edgeable concerning tribal rights, tribal law, and the fish-
ery resources of the geographical area concerned.’’. 
(b) SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICAL COMMITTEES.— 
Section 302(g) (16 U.S.C. 1852(g)) is amended— 
(1) by striking so much of subsection (g) as 
precedes paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(g) COMMITTEES AND ADVISORY PANELS.— 
‘‘(1)(A) Each Council shall establish, maintain, 
and appoint the members of a scientific and statis-
tical committee to assist it in the development, col-
lection, evaluation, and peer review of such statis-
tical, biological, economic, social, and other scientific 
information as is relevant to such Council’s develop-
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