(C) by inserting before the period the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and including one appointed by the
Secretary 
in 
accordance 
with 
subsection
(b)(6)’’.
(9) In subsection (b)—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (6) as
paragraph (7);
(B) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated,
by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2) or (5)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (2), (5), or (6)’’; and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the
following:
‘‘(6) The member of each Council who is required to
be appointed in accordance with this paragraph—
‘‘(A) shall not be an individual who is directly
employed by, or receives a majority of his or her
livelihood from, the commercial, charter, or rec-
reational fishing community; and
‘‘(B) shall be appointed without regard to sub-
sections (B) and (C) of paragraph (2).’’.
SEC. 17. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO PURPOSES
AND POLICY.
Section 2 (16 U.S.C. 1801) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(6) by inserting ‘‘eco-
logically sound’’ after ‘‘to encourage the’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(6) by inserting ‘‘restore,’’
after ‘‘to foster’’.
SEC. 18. FOREIGN FISHING.
Section 201(e)(1)(E) (16 U.S.C. 1821(e)(1)(E)) is
amended—
(1) in clause (iii) by inserting ‘‘and compliance
with and enforcement of international fishing agree-
ments and treaties’’ after ‘‘fishing regulations’’; and
(2) in clause (vii) by inserting ‘‘, conservation,’’
after ‘‘fishery research’’.
SEC. 19. DRIFTNETS.
Section 206(c)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1826(c)(1)) is amended
by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following:
‘‘and comply with any further action or resolution adopted
by the United Nations on large-scale driftnet fishing to
which the United States is a signatory.’’.
SEC. 20. SOURCES FOR DATA IN FISHERIES RESEARCH.
Section 404(a) (16 U.S.C. 1881c(a)) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘The program shall ac-
quire such knowledge and data using both fishery-depend-
ent and fishery-independent data sources.’’.
SEC. 21. MISCELLANEOUS FISHERY PROTECTIONS IN FISH-
ERY MANAGEMENT PLANS.
Section 303(b) (16 U.S.C. 1853(b)) is amended by
striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of paragraph
(11), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (12)
and inserting a semicolon, and by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(13) designate closed areas, seasonal closures,
time closures, gear restrictions, or other methods for
limiting impacts on habitat, limiting bycatch impacts
of gear, or limiting fishing impact on spawning con-
gregations in specific geographic areas.’’.
SEC. 22. COOPERATIVE MARINE EDUCATION AND RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Commerce may
enter into cooperative agreements with universities and in-
stitutions of higher learning in order to conduct research
in areas that support conservation and management of liv-
ing marine resources.
(b) INCLUDED
RESEARCH.—Research conducted
under the program may include biological research
concerning—
(1) the abundance and life history parameters
of stocks of fish;
(2) the interdependence of fisheries or stocks of
fish and other ecosystem components; and
(3) the linkages between fish habitat and fish
production and abundance.
SEC. 23. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 1893) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of
this Act, not to exceed the following sums:
‘‘(1) $200,500,000 for fiscal year 2003;
‘‘(2) $214,000,000 for fiscal year 2004;
‘‘(3) $222,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
‘‘(4) $230,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
‘‘(5) $238,000,000 for fiscal year 2007.’’.
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