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‘‘(h) UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL AGENCY ASSETS.— 
’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
308(a) of the Antarctic Marine Living Resources 
Convention Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 2437(a)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any person who commits an act 
that is unlawful under section 306 shall be liable to the 
United States for a civil penalty, and may be subject to 
a permit sanction, under section 308 of the Magnuson- 
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1858).’’. 
(b) ACTIONS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 
INTERNATIONAL
FISHERY
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Section 608 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826i) is 
amended by— 
(1) inserting before the first sentence the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para-
graph (1) of this subsection) in the first sentence, 
inserting ‘‘, or arrangements made pursuant to an 
international fishery agreement,’’ after ‘‘organiza-
tions’’; and 
(3) adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
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‘‘(b) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, subject to 
the data confidentiality provisions in section 402 of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1881a) except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), may disclose, as necessary 
and appropriate, information, including information 
collected under joint authority of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and the Atlantic Tunas Con-
vention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 71 et seq.), the 
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention 
Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), any 
other statute implementing an international fishery 
agreement, to any other Federal or State govern-
ment agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization 
of the United Nations, or the secretariat or equiva-
lent of an international fishery management organi-
zation or arrangement made pursuant to an inter-
national fishery agreement, if such government, or-
ganization, or arrangement, respectively, has policies 
and procedures to protect such information from un-
intended or unauthorized disclosure. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The data confidentiality 
provisions in section 402 of the Magnuson-Stevens 
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Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
U.S.C. 1881a) shall not apply with respect to this 
Act— 
‘‘(A) for obligations of the United States 
to share information under a regional fisheries 
management organization (as that term is de-
fined by the United Nation’s Food and Agri-
culture Organization Agreement on Port State 
Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Ille-
gal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) of 
which the United States is a member; or 
‘‘(B) to any information collected by the 
Secretary regarding foreign vessels. 
‘‘(c) IUU VESSEL LISTS.—The Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) develop, maintain, and make public a list 
of vessels and vessel owners engaged in illegal, unre-
ported, or unregulated fishing or fishing-related ac-
tivities in support of illegal, unreported, or unregu-
lated fishing, including vessels or vessel owners iden-
tified by an international fishery management orga-
nization or arrangement made pursuant to an inter-
national fishery agreement, that— 
‘‘(A) the United States is party to; or 
‘‘(B) the United States is not party to, but 
whose procedures and criteria in developing and 
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maintaining a list of such vessels and vessel 
owners are substantially similar to such proce-
dures and criteria adopted pursuant to an inter-
national fishery agreement to which the United 
States is a party; and 
‘‘(2) take appropriate action against listed ves-
sels and vessel owners, including action against fish, 
fish parts, or fish products from such vessels, in ac-
cordance with applicable United States law and con-
sistent with applicable international law, including 
principles, rights, and obligations established in ap-
plicable international fishery management agree-
ments and trade agreements. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may promulgate 
regulations to implement this section.’’. 
(c) NOTIFICATION REGARDING IDENTIFICATION OF 
NATIONS.—Section 609(b) of such Act (166 U.S.C. 
1826j(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall notify the 
President and that nation of such an identification.’’. 
(d) NATIONS IDENTIFIED UNDER SECTION 610.— 
Section 610(b)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k(b)(1)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) notify, as soon as possible, the President 
and nations that have been identified under sub-
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section (a), and also notify other nations whose ves-
sels engage in fishing activities or practices de-
scribed in subsection (a), about the provisions of this 
section and this Act;’’. 
(e) EFFECT
OF CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 
609.—Section 609(d)(3)(A)(i) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826j(d)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘that has not 
been certified by the Secretary under this subsection, or’’. 
(f) EFFECT
OF CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 
610.—Section 610(c)(5) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826k(c)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘that has not been 
certified by the Secretary under this subsection, or’’. 
(g) IDENTIFICATION OF NATIONS.— 
(1) SCOPE OF IDENTIFICATION FOR ACTIONS 
OF FISHING VESSELS.—Section 609(a) of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1826j(a)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, based on a cumu-
lative compilation and analysis of data col-
lected and provided by international fishery 
management organizations and other na-
tions and organizations,’’ after ‘‘shall’’; 
and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘3 years’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘that 
undermines the effectiveness of measures re-
quired by an international fishery management 
organization, taking into account whether’’ 
after ‘‘(1)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘vessels 
of’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
GROUNDS
FOR
IDENTIFICA-
TION.—Section 609(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826j(a)) is further amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) in order as subparagraphs (A) and (B) (and 
by moving the margins of such subparagraphs 
2 ems to the right); 
(B) by inserting before the first sentence 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION FOR ACTIONS OF FISHING 
VESSELS.—’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION
FOR
ACTIONS
OF
NA-
TION.—Taking into account the factors described 
under section 609(a)(1), the Secretary shall also 
identify, and list in such report, a nation— 
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‘‘(A) if it is violating, or has violated at 
any point during the preceding 3 years, con-
servation and management measures required 
under an international fishery management 
agreement to which the United States is a 
party and the violations undermine the effec-
tiveness of such measures; or 
‘‘(B) if it is failing, or has failed in the 
preceding 3-year period, to effectively address 
or regulate illegal, unreported, or unregulated 
fishing in areas described under paragraph 
(1)(B). 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
TO
OTHER
ENTITIES.— 
Where the provisions of this Act are applicable to 
nations, they shall also be applicable, as appropriate, 
to other entities that have competency to enter into 
international fishery management agreements.’’. 
(3) PERIOD
OF
FISHING
PRACTICES
SUP-
PORTING
IDENTIFICATION.—Section 610(a)(1) of 
such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k(a)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘calendar year’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com-
merce $450,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 
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2020 to implement the amendments made by subsections 
(b) and (g). 
(i) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 
(1) Section 607(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826h(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘whose vessels’’ 
and inserting ‘‘that’’. 
(2) Section 609(d)(1) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826j(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘of its fishing 
vessels’’. 
(3) Section 609(d)(1)(A) of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826j(d)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘of 
its fishing vessels’’. 
(4) Section 609(d)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
1826j(d)(2)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for certification’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to authorize’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘the importation’’ after 
‘‘or other basis’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘harvesting’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘not certified under para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘issued a negative cer-
tification under paragraph (1)’’. 
(5) Section 610 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k) 
is amended as follows: 
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(A) In subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘prac-
tices;’’ and inserting ‘‘practices—’’. 
(B) In subsection (c)(4), by striking all 
preceding subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVE
PROCEDURE.—The Sec-
retary may establish a procedure to authorize, on a 
shipment-by-shipment, shipper-by-shipper, or other 
basis the importation of fish or fish products from 
a vessel of a nation issued a negative certification 
under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines 
that such imports were harvested by practices that 
do not result in bycatch of a protected marine spe-
cies, or were harvested by practices that— 
‘‘(A) are comparable to those of the United 
States, taking into account different conditions; 
and’’. 
SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET 
FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT ACT. 
(a) NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION EFFECTS.—Section 
101 of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1826a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘recognized 
principles of’’ after ‘‘in accordance with’’; 
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(2) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or, as 
appropriate, for fishing vessels of a nation that re-
ceives a negative certification under section 609(d) 
or section 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826)’’ after 
‘‘(1)’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by inserting before 
the period the following: ‘‘, except for the purposes 
of inspecting such vessel, conducting an investiga-
tion, or taking other appropriate enforcement ac-
tion’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘or il-
legal, unreported, or unregulated fishing’’ after 
‘‘driftnet fishing’’; 
(5) in subsection (b)(1)(B) and subsection 
(b)(2), by striking ‘‘or illegal, unreported, or unregu-
lated fishing’’ after ‘‘driftnet fishing’’ each place it 
appears; 
(6) in subsection (b)(3)(A)(i), by inserting ‘‘or 
a negative certification under section 609(d) or sec-
tion 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Mora-
torium 
Protection 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1826j(d), 
1826k(c))’’ after ‘‘(1)(A)’’; 
(7) in subsection (b)(4)(A), by inserting ‘‘or 
issues a negative certification under section 609(d) 
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or section 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(d), 
1826k(c))’’ after ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
(8) in subsection (b)(4)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘or il-
legal, unreported, or unregulated fishing’’ after 
‘‘driftnet fishing’’; and 
(9) in subsection (b)(4)(A)(i), by inserting ‘‘, or 
to address the offending activities for which a nation 
received a negative certification under section 609(d) 
or 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Morato-
rium 
Protection 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1826j(d), 
1826k(c))’’ after ‘‘beyond the exclusive economic 
zone of any nation’’. 
(b) DURATION OF NEGATIVE CERTIFICATION EF-
FECTS.—Section 102 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826b) is 
amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘or illegal, unreported, or unregu-
lated fishing’’; and 
(2) inserting ‘‘or effectively addressed the of-
fending activities for which the nation received a 
negative certification under 609(d) or 610(c) of the 
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(d), 1826k(c))’’ before the pe-
riod at the end. 
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SEC. 103. AMENDMENTS TO NORTH PACIFIC ANADROMOUS 
STOCKS ACT OF 1992. 
(a) UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES.—Section 810 of the 
North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 
5009) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, investiga-
tion,’’ after ‘‘search’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘, investiga-
tion,’’ after ‘‘search’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
PROHIBITIONS
AND
ENFORCE-
MENT.—Section 811 of the Northern Pacific Anadromous 
Stocks Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 5010) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 811. 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. 104. AMENDMENTS TO THE PACIFIC SALMON TREATY 
ACT OF 1985. 
Section 8 of the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3637) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, investigation,’’ after 
‘‘search’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘this title;’’ and inserting 
‘‘this Act;’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, investigation,’’ after 
‘‘search’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (2);’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (2);’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘this title; 
or’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act;’’; and 
(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. 105. AMENDMENTS TO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL 
PACIFIC 
FISHERIES 
CONVENTION 
IMPLE-
MENTATION ACT. 
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Conven-
tion Implementation Act (title V of Public Law 109–479) 
is amended— 
(1) by amending section 506(c) (16 U.S.C. 
6905(c)) to read as follows: 
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‘‘(c) 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).’’; and 
(2) in section 507(a)(2) (16 U.S.C. 6906(a)(2)) 
by striking ‘‘suspension, on’’ and inserting ‘‘suspen-
sion, of’’. 
SEC. 106. AMENDMENTS TO THE ANTARCTIC MARINE LIV-
ING RESOURCES CONVENTION ACT. 
The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention 
Act of 1984 is amended— 
(1) in section 306 (16 U.S.C. 2435)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘which 
he knows, or reasonably should have known, 
was’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, inves-
tigation,’’ after ‘‘search’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, inves-
tigation,’’ after ‘‘search’’; and 
(2) in section 307 (16 U.S.C. 2436)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ be-
fore the first sentence; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(b) REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION 
MEASURES.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
sub-
sections (b), (c), and (d) of section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code, the Secretary of Commerce may 
publish in the Federal Register a final regulation to 
implement any conservation measure for which the 
Secretary of State notifies the Commission under 
section 305(a)(1)— 
‘‘(A) that has been in effect for 12 months 
or less; 
‘‘(B) that is adopted by the Commission; 
and 
‘‘(C) with respect to which the Secretary of 
State, does not notify Commission in accord-
ance with section 305(a)(1) within the time pe-
riod allotted for objections under Article IX of 
the Convention. 
‘‘(2) ENTERING INTO FORCE.—Upon publica-
tion of such regulation in the Federal Register, such 
conservation measure shall enter into force with re-
spect to the United States.’’. 
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SEC. 107. AMENDMENTS TO THE ATLANTIC TUNAS CONVEN-
TION ACT. 
The Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 is 
amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
6(c)(2) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
971d(c)(2)(2))— 
(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 
regulations 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 
subsections (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 
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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 activi-
ties with respect to this Act that are otherwise au-
thorized 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. 108. 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 
follows: 
‘‘(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 sus-
pended; or 
‘‘(2) the vessel is no longer documented under 
the laws of the United States or eligible for such 
documentation.’’. 
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SEC. 109. 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).’’. 
SEC. 110. AMENDMENTS TO THE NORTHERN PACIFIC HAL-
IBUT ACT OF 1982. 
Section 7 of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 
1982 (16 U.S.C. 773e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by redesignating para-
graphs (1) through (6) as subparagraphs (A) 
through (F); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (a) and (b) as 
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (1)(B), as so redesignated, by 
inserting ‘‘, investigation,’’ before ‘‘or inspection’’; 
(4) 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 
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(6) in paragraph (1)(F), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘section.’’ and inserting ‘‘section; or’’. 
SEC. 111. 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 
(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. 112. 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 
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