‘‘(B) that is adopted by the Commission; 
and 
‘‘(C) with respect to which the Secretary of 
State does not notify Commission in accordance 
with section 305(a)(1) within the time period al-
lotted for objections under Article IX of the Con-
vention. 
‘‘(2) ENTERING INTO FORCE.—Upon publication 
of such regulation in the Federal Register, such con-
servation measure shall enter into force with respect 
to the United States.’’; and 
(3) by striking sections 308 and 309 (16 U.S.C. 
2437 and 2438) and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 308. 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. 10. AMENDMENTS TO THE ATLANTIC TUNAS CONVEN-
TION ACT. 
The Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 is amend-
ed— 
(1) 
in 
section 
6(c)(2) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
971d(c)(2)(2))— 
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(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 regula-
tions 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 sub-
sections (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 activities 
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with respect to this Act that are otherwise authorized 
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. 11. 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 fol-
lows: 
‘‘(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 suspended; 
or 
‘‘(2) the vessel is no longer documented under the 
laws of the United States or eligible for such docu-
mentation.’’. 
SEC. 12. AMENDMENTS TO THE PACIFIC WHITING ACT OF 
2006. 
(a) SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS ON JOINT TECHNICAL COM-
MITTEE.—Section 605(a)(1) of the Pacific Whiting Act of 
2006 (16 U.S.C. 7004)(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State, shall appoint no 
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more than two individuals to serve as scientific ex-
perts on the joint technical committee, at least one of 
whom shall be an official of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.’’; and 
(b) TREATMENT AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Section 
609(a) of the Pacific Whiting Act of 2006 (16 U.S.C. 
7008(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall be considered to be 
Federal employees while performing such service, only for 
purposes of—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘shall not 
be considered Federal employees while performing such serv-
ice, except for 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.’’. 
SEC. 13. 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).’’. 
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SEC. 14. AMENDMENTS TO THE NORTHERN PACIFIC HAL-
IBUT ACT OF 1982. 
(a) PROHIBITED ACTS.—Section 7 of the Northern Pa-
cific Halibut Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. 773e) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (a) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (1) through (6) as subparagraphs (A) through 
(F); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (a) and (b) as 
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; 
(3) by in paragraph (1)(B), as so redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘, investigation,’’ before ‘‘or inspection’’; 
(4) by 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’’. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT POWERS.—Section 11 of the North-
ern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. 773i) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) In addition to the powers of officers authorized 
pursuant to subsection (b), any officer who is authorized 
by the Secretary, or by the head of any Federal or State 
agency that has entered into an agreement with the Sec-
retary under subsection (a), to enforce the Convention, this 
Act, or any regulation adopted under this Act, may— 
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‘‘(1) search or inspect any facility or conveyance 
used or employed in, or which reasonably appears to 
be used or employed in, the storage, processing, trans-
port, or trade of fish or fish products; 
‘‘(2) inspect records pertaining to the storage, 
processing, transport, or trade of fish or fish products; 
and 
‘‘(3) detain, for a period of up to 5 days, any 
shipment of fish or fish product imported into, landed 
on, introduced into, exported from, or transported 
within the jurisdiction of the United States, or, if 
such fish or fish product is deemed to be perishable, 
sell and retain the proceeds therefrom for a period of 
up to 5 days.’’. 
SEC. 15. 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 
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(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. 16. 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 conserva-
tion measure adopted by an international agreement or or-
ganization to which the United States is a party’’. 
SEC. 17. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the 
National Marine Fisheries Service, may establish an inter-
national cooperation and assistance program, including 
grants, to provide assistance for sustainable fishery man-
agement capacity building efforts. 
(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the 
program, the Secretary may— 
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(1) provide funding and technical expertise to 
other nations to assist them in addressing illegal, un-
reported, or unregulated fishing activities; 
(2) provide funding and technical expertise to 
other nations to assist them in reducing the loss and 
environmental impacts of derelict fishing gear, reduc-
ing the bycatch of living marine resources, and pro-
moting international marine resource conservation; 
(3) provide funding, technical expertise, and 
training to other nations to aid them in building ca-
pacity for enhanced fisheries management, fisheries 
monitoring, catch and trade tracking activities, en-
forcement, and international marine resource con-
servation; 
(4) establish partnerships with other Federal 
agencies or non-governmental organizations, as ap-
propriate, to ensure that fisheries development assist-
ance to other nations is directed toward projects that 
promote sustainable fisheries; and 
(5) conduct outreach and education efforts in 
order to promote public and private sector awareness 
of international fisheries sustainability issues, includ-
ing the need to combat illegal, unreported, or unregu-
lated fishing activity and to promote international 
marine resource conservation. 
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(c) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary may establish guide-
lines necessary to implement the program. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $5,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015 to carry out this 
section. 
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Union Calendar No. 126 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1080 
[Report No. 111–228] 
A BILL 
To strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop ille-
gal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for 
other purposes. 
JULY 24, 2009 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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