141 
isting authority and the availability of funds, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) provide appropriate assistance to nations 
identified by the Secretary under subsection (a) and 
international organizations of which those nations 
are members to assist those nations in qualifying for 
certification under subsection (c); 
‘‘(2) undertake, where appropriate, cooperative 
research activities on species statistics and improved 
harvesting techniques, with those nations or organi-
zations; 
‘‘(3) encourage and facilitate the transfer of ap-
propriate technology to those nations or organiza-
tions to assist those nations in qualifying for certifi-
cation under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(4) provide assistance to those nations or or-
ganizations in designing and implementing appro-
priate fish harvesting plans. 
‘‘(e) PROTECTED LIVING MARINE RESOURCE DE-
FINED.—In this section the term ‘protected living marine 
resource’— 
‘‘(1) means non-target fish, sea turtles, or ma-
rine mammals occurring in areas beyond United 
States jurisdiction that are protected under United 
States law or international agreement, including the 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
21:30 Apr 04, 2006
Jkt 049196
PO 00000
Frm 00141
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5051.IH
H5051
rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with BILLS
142 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973, the Shark Finning Prohi-
bition Act, and the Convention on International 
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and 
Fauna; but 
‘‘(2) does not include species, except sharks, 
managed under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act, the Atlantic Tunas 
Convention Act of 1973, or any international fishery 
management agreement. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fis-
cal years 2007 through 2012 such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this section. 
‘‘(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DENIAL
OF
PORT
PRIVILEGES.—Section 
101(b) of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforce-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1826a(b)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or illegal, unreported, or unregulated 
fishing‘‘ after ‘‘fishing‘‘ in paragraph (1)(A)(i), 
paragraph (1)(B), paragraph (2), and paragraph 
(4)(A)(i). 
‘‘(2) DURATION OF DENIAL.—Section 102 of 
the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1826b) is amended by inserting ‘or ille-
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
21:30 Apr 04, 2006
Jkt 049196
PO 00000
Frm 00142
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5051.IH
H5051
rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with BILLS
143 
gal, unreported, or unregulated fishing’ after ‘fish-
ing’.’’ 
SEC. 403. REBUILDING DEPLETED FISHERIES. 
(a) REBUILDING DEPLETED FISHERIES.—Section 
304(e) (16 U.S.C. 1854(e)) is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following: 
‘‘(8) The provisions of this paragraph shall 
apply in lieu of paragraphs (2) through (7) of this 
subsection to a fishery that the Secretary determines 
is depleted or approaching a condition of being de-
pleted due to excessive international fishing pres-
sure, and for which there are no management meas-
ures to end overfishing under an international agree-
ment to which the United States is a party. For 
such fisheries— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary, in cooperation with the 
Secretary of State, immediately take appro-
priate action at the international level to end 
the overfishing; and 
‘‘(B) within 1 year after the Secretary’s 
determination, the appropriate Council, or Sec-
retary, for fisheries under section 302(a)(3) 
shall— 
‘‘(i) develop recommendations for do-
mestic regulations to address the relative 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
21:30 Apr 04, 2006
Jkt 049196
PO 00000
Frm 00143
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5051.IH
H5051
rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with BILLS
144 
impact of fishing vessels of the United 
States on the stock and, if developed by a 
Council, the Council shall submit such rec-
ommendations to the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) develop and submit recommenda-
tions to the Secretary of State, and to the 
Congress, for international actions that 
will end overfishing in the fishery and re-
build the affected stocks, taking into ac-
count the relative impact of vessels of 
other nations and vessels of the United 
States on the relevant stock.’’. 
(b) HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES TAGGING RE-
SEARCH.—Section 304(g)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1854(g)(2)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘(16 U.S.C. 971d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(16 U.S.C. 971d), or highly migratory species harvested 
in a commercial fishery managed by a Council under this 
Act or the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Conven-
tion Implementation Act,’’. 
Æ 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
21:30 Apr 04, 2006
Jkt 049196
PO 00000
Frm 00144
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H5051.IH
H5051
rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with BILLS