(3) COPIES OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD.—A 
response of the Secretary under paragraph (2) shall 
include a copy of the administrative record for the 
regulations that are the subject of the petition. 
(4) EXPEDITED HEARINGS.—Upon a motion by 
the person who files a petition under this subsection, 
the appropriate court shall assign the matter for 
hearing at the earliest possible date. 
SEC. 205. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITY.—This title, and any regulations 
or permits issued under this title, shall be enforced by the 
Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating. Such Secretaries shall, and 
the head of any Federal or State agency that has entered 
into an agreement with either such Secretary under this 
section may (if the agreement so provides), authorize offi-
cers to enforce this title or any regulation promulgated 
under this title. Any officer so authorized may enforce this 
title in the same manner, by the same means, and with 
the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though sec-
tion 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861) were incorporated 
into and made a part of this title. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION
AND
ENFORCEMENT.—The 
Secretary shall prevent any person from violating this title 
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in the same manner, by the same means, and with the 
same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though sections 
308 through 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1858 through 
1861) were incorporated into and made a part of this title. 
Any person that violates this title shall be subject to the 
penalties, and entitled to the privileges and immunities, 
provided in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) in the same 
manner and by the same means as though sections 308 
through 311 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1858 through 1861) 
were incorporated into and made a part of this title. 
(c) DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION.—The district 
courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over any 
actions arising under this section. Notwithstanding sub-
section (b), for the purpose of this section, for Hawaii or 
any possession of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, 
the appropriate court is the United States District Court 
for the District of Hawaii, except that in the case of Guam 
and Wake Island, the appropriate court is the United 
States District Court for the District of Guam, and except 
that in the case of the Northern Mariana Islands, the ap-
propriate court is the United States District Court for the 
District of the Northern Mariana Islands. Each violation 
shall be a separate offense and the offense is deemed to 
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have been committed not only in the district where the 
violation first occurred, but also in any other district as 
authorized by law. Any offenses not committed in any dis-
trict are subject to the venue provisions of section 3238 
of title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 206. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
It is unlawful for any person— 
(1) to violate any provision of this title or of 
any regulation promulgated or permit issued under 
this title; 
(2) to use any fishing vessel to engage in fish-
ing without a valid permit or after the revocation, or 
during the period of suspension, of an applicable 
permit pursuant to this title; 
(3) to refuse to permit any officer authorized to 
enforce this title to board a fishing vessel subject to 
such person’s control for the purposes of conducting 
any investigation or inspection in connection with 
the enforcement of this title; 
(4) to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimi-
date, or interfere with any such authorized officer in 
the conduct of any search, investigation, or inspec-
tion in connection with the enforcement of this title 
or any regulation promulgated or permit issued 
under this title; 
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(5) to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohib-
ited by this title or any regulation promulgated or 
permit issued under this title; 
(6) to knowingly and willfully ship, transport, 
offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have 
custody, control, or possession of, any fishery re-
sources taken or retained in violation of this title or 
any regulation or permit referred to in paragraph 
(1) or (2); 
(7) to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any 
means, the apprehension or arrest of another person, 
knowing that such other person has committed any 
act prohibited by this title; 
(8) to knowingly and willfully submit to the 
Secretary false information, regarding any matter 
that the Secretary is considering in the course of 
carrying out this title; 
(9) to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimi-
date, sexually harass, bribe, or interfere with any ob-
server on a vessel pursuant to the requirements of 
this title, or any data collector employed by the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or 
under contract to any person to carry out respon-
sibilities under this title; 
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(10) to knowingly and willfully ship, transport, 
purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or have 
in their custody, possession, or control any fishery 
resources taken or retained in violation such regula-
tions; 
(11) to fail to make, keep, or furnish any catch 
returns, statistical records, or other reports as are 
required by regulations adopted pursuant to this 
title to be made, kept, or furnished; 
(12) to fail to stop a vessel upon being hailed 
and instructed to stop by a duly authorized official 
of the United States; 
(13) to import, in violation of any regulation 
promulgated under this title, any fishery resources 
in any form of those species subject to regulation 
pursuant to a decision of the Commission; 
(14) to make or submit any false record, ac-
count, or label for, or any false identification of, any 
fisheries resources that have been or are intended to 
be imported, exported, transported, sold, offered for 
sale, purchased, or received in interstate or foreign 
commerce; or 
(15) to refuse to authorize and accept boarding 
by a duly authorized inspector pursuant to proce-
dures adopted by the Commission for the boarding 
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