‘‘(5) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘United 
States’ includes all areas under the sovereignty of 
the United States. 
‘‘(6) UNITED
STATES
COMMISSIONERS.—The 
term ‘United States commissioners’ means the indi-
viduals appointed in accordance with section 3(a).’’. 
SEC. 204. COMMISSIONERS; NUMBER, APPOINTMENT, AND 
QUALIFICATIONS. 
Section 3 (16 U.S.C. 952) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 3. COMMISSIONERS. 
‘‘(a) COMMISSIONERS.—The United States shall be 
represented on the Commission by 4 United States Com-
missioners. The President shall appoint individuals to 
serve on the Commission. The United States Commis-
sioners shall be subject to supervision and removal by the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary. In 
making the appointments, the President shall select 
United States Commissioners from among individuals who 
are knowledgeable or experienced concerning highly migra-
tory fish stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, one 
of whom shall be an officer or employee of the Department 
of Commerce. Not more than 2 United States Commis-
sioners may be appointed who reside in a State other than 
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a State whose vessels maintain a substantial fishery in the 
area of the Convention. 
‘‘(b) ALTERNATE COMMISSIONERS.—The Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the Secretary, may designate 
from time to time and for periods of time deemed appro-
priate Alternate United States Commissioners to the Com-
mission. Any Alternate United States Commissioner may 
exercise, at any meeting of the Commission or of the Gen-
eral Advisory Committee or Scientific Advisory Sub-
committee established pursuant to section 4(b), all powers 
and duties of a United States Commissioner in the ab-
sence of any United States Commissioner appointed pur-
suant to subsection (a) of this section for whatever reason. 
The number of such Alternate United States Commis-
sioners that may be designated for any such meeting shall 
be limited to the number of United States Commissioners 
appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section who 
will not be present at such meeting. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.— 
‘‘(1) EMPLOYMENT STATUS.—Individuals serv-
ing as United States Commissioners, other than offi-
cers or employees of the United States Government, 
shall not be considered Federal employees except for 
the purposes of injury compensation or tort claims 
liability as provided in chapter 81 of title 5, United 
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States Code, and chapter 171 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(2) COMPENSATION.—The United States Com-
missioners or Alternate Commissioners, although of-
ficers of the United States while so serving, shall re-
ceive no compensation for their services as United 
States Commissioners or Alternate Commissioners. 
‘‘(3) TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 
‘‘(A) The Secretary of State shall pay the 
necessary travel expenses of United States 
Commissioners and Alternate United States 
Commissioners to meetings of the Inter-Amer-
ican Tropical Tuna Commission and other 
meetings the Secretary of State deems nec-
essary to fulfill their duties, in accordance with 
the Federal Travel Regulations and sections 
5701, 5702, 5704 through 5708, and 5731 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may reimburse the 
Secretary of State for amounts expended by the 
Secretary of State under this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 205. GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SCI-
ENTIFIC ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE. 
Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 953) is amended— 
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(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENTS; PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION; 
COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(A) The Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, shall appoint a General 
Advisory Committee which shall consist of not 
more than 25 individuals who shall be rep-
resentative of the various groups concerned 
with the fisheries covered by the Convention, in-
cluding nongovernmental conservation organiza-
tions, providing to the maximum extent prac-
ticable an equitable balance among such groups. 
Members of the General Advisory Committee 
will be eligible to participate as members of the 
United States delegation to the Commission 
and its working groups to the extent the Com-
mission rules and space for delegations allow. 
‘‘(B) The chair of the Pacific Fishery 
Management Council’s Advisory Subpanel for 
Highly Migratory Fisheries and the chair of the 
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council’s 
Advisory Committee shall be ex-officio members 
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of the General Advisory Committee by virtue of 
their positions in those Councils. 
‘‘(C) Each member of the General Advi-
sory Committee appointed under subparagraph 
(A) shall serve for a term of 3 years and is eli-
gible for reappointment. 
‘‘(D) The General Advisory Committee 
shall be invited to attend all non-executive 
meetings of the United States delegation and at 
such meetings shall be given opportunity to ex-
amine and to be heard on all proposed pro-
grams of investigation, reports, recommenda-
tions, and regulations of the Commission. 
‘‘(E) The General Advisory Committee 
shall determine its organization, and prescribe 
its practices and procedures for carrying out its 
functions under this title, the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and the Conven-
tion. The General Advisory Committee shall 
publish and make available to the public a 
statement of its organization, practices and pro-
cedures. Meetings of the General Advisory Com-
mittee, except when in executive session, shall 
be open to the public, and prior notice of meet-
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ings shall be made public in timely fashion. The 
General Advisory Committee shall not be sub-
ject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.). 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
SHARING.—The Secretary 
and the Secretary of State shall furnish the General 
Advisory Committee with relevant information con-
cerning fisheries and international fishery agree-
ments. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.— 
‘‘(A) The Secretary shall provide to the 
General Advisory Committee in a timely man-
ner such administrative and technical support 
services as are necessary for its effective func-
tioning. 
‘‘(B) Individuals appointed to serve as a 
member of the General Advisory Committee— 
‘‘(i) shall serve without pay, but while 
away from their homes or regular places of 
business to attend meetings of the General 
Advisory Committee shall be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, in the same manner as persons 
employed intermittently in the Government 
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service are allowed expenses under section 
5703 of title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) shall not be considered Federal 
employees except for the 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.’’; 
(2) by striking so much of subsection (b) as 
precedes paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE.—(1) 
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
shall appoint a Scientific Advisory Subcommittee of not 
less than 5 nor more than 15 qualified scientists with bal-
anced representation from the public and private sectors, 
including nongovernmental conservation organizations.’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘General 
Advisory Subcommittee’’ and inserting ‘‘General Ad-
visory Committee’’. 
SEC. 206. RULEMAKING. 
Section 6 (16 U.S.C. 955) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘SEC. 6. RULEMAKING. 
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State and, with respect to enforce-
ment measures, the Secretary of the Department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating, may promulgate such regu-
lations as may be necessary to carry out the United States 
international obligations under the Convention and this 
Act, including recommendations and decisions adopted by 
the Commission. In cases where the Secretary has discre-
tion in the implementation of one or more measures adopt-
ed by the Commission that would govern fisheries under 
the authority of a Regional Fishery Management Council, 
the Secretary may, to the extent practicable within the im-
plementation schedule of the Convention and any rec-
ommendations and decisions adopted by the Commission, 
promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out the United States international obligations under the 
Convention and this Act, in accordance with the proce-
dures established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
‘‘(b) JURISDICTION.—The Secretary may promulgate 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the United 
States international obligations under the Convention and 
this Act, applicable to all vessels and persons subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States, including United 
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States flag vessels wherever they may be operating, on 
such date as the Secretary shall prescribe.’’. 
SEC. 207. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
Section 8 (16 U.S.C. 957) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 6(c) of this Act’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 6’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) ADDITIONAL
PROHIBITIONS
AND
ENFORCE-
MENT.—For prohibitions relating to this Act and enforce-
ment of this Act, see section 606 of the High Seas 
Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826g).’’. 
SEC. 208. ENFORCEMENT. 
Section 10 (16 U.S.C. 959) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 10. ENFORCEMENT. 
‘‘For enforcement of this Act, see section 606 of the 
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1826g).’’. 
SEC. 209. REDUCTION OF BYCATCH. 
Section 15 (16 U.S.C. 962) is amended by striking 
‘‘vessel’’ and inserting ‘‘vessels’’. 
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SEC. 210. REPEAL OF EASTERN PACIFIC TUNA LICENSING 
ACT OF 1984. 
The Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of 1984 (16 
U.S.C. 972 et seq.) is repealed. 
TITLE 
III—AGREEMENT 
ON 
PORT STATE MEASURES TO 
PREVENT, DETER AND ELIMI-
NATE ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED 
AND UNREGULATED FISHING 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Port State Measures 
Agreement Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 302. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this title is to implement the Agree-
ment on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and 
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. 
SEC. 303. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘Agreement’’ means the Agree-
ment on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and 
Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fish-
ing, done at the Food and Agriculture Organization 
of the United Nations, in Rome, Italy, November 22, 
2009, and signed by the United States November 
22, 2009. 
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(2) The term ‘‘IUU fishing’’ means any activity 
set out in paragraph 3 of the 2001 FAO Inter-
national Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Elimi-
nate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. 
(3) The term ‘‘listed IUU vessel’’ means a ves-
sel that is included in a list of vessels having en-
gaged in IUU fishing or fishing-related activities in 
support of IUU fishing that has been adopted by a 
regional fisheries management organization of which 
the United States is a member, or a list adopted by 
a regional fisheries management organization of 
which the United States is not a member if the Sec-
retary determines the criteria used by that organiza-
tion to create the IUU list is comparable to United 
States criteria for identifying IUU vessels and activi-
ties. 
(4) The term ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Act’’ means 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
(5) The term ‘‘person’’ has the same meaning 
as that term has in section 3 of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Act (16 U.S.C. 1802). 
(6) The terms ‘‘RFMO’’ and ‘‘regional fisheries 
management organization’’ mean a regional fisheries 
management organization (as that term is defined 
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by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Orga-
nization Agreement on Port State Measures to Pre-
vent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and 
Unregulated Fishing) of which the United States is 
a member. 
(7) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Commerce or his or her designee. 
(8) The term ‘‘vessel’’ means any vessel, ship of 
another type, or boat used for, equipped to be used 
for, or intended to be used for, fishing or fishing-re-
lated activities, including container vessels that are 
carrying fish that have not been previously landed. 
(9) The term ‘‘fish’’ means finfish, mollusks, 
crustaceans, and all other forms of marine animal 
and plant life other than marine mammals and 
birds. 
(10) The term ‘‘fishing’’— 
(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), means— 
(i) the catching, taking, or harvesting 
of fish; 
(ii) the attempted catching, taking, or 
harvesting of fish; 
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