‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION FOR ACTIONS OF NATION.— 
Taking into account the factors described under sec-
tion 609(a)(1), the Secretary shall also identify, and 
list in such report, a nation— 
‘‘(A) if it is violating, or has violated at 
any point during the preceding three 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 effectiveness of 
such measures; or 
‘‘(B) if it is failing, or has failed at any 
point during the preceding three years, to effec-
tively 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 inter-
national fishery management agreements.’’. 
(3) PERIOD OF FISHING PRACTICES SUPPORTING 
IDENTIFICATION.—Section 610(a)(1) of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826k(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘calendar 
year’’ and replacing with ‘‘three years’’. 
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(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) Section 609(f) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j) 
is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’; 
and 
(B) striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’. 
(2) Section 610(f) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k) 
is amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2010’’; 
and 
(B) striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’. 
(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’’; 
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(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: 
(A) In subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘prac-
tices;’’ and inserting ‘‘practices—’’. 
(B) In subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘, 
and which, in the case of pelagic longline fish-
ing, includes mandatory use of circle hooks, care-
ful handling and release equipment, and train-
ing and observer programs’’. 
(C) In subsection (c)(4), by striking all pre-
ceding subparagraph (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE.—The Secretary 
may establish a procedure to authorize, on a ship-
ment-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 
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in bycatch of a protected marine species, or were har-
vested by practices that— 
‘‘(A) are comparable to those of the United 
States, taking into account different conditions; 
and’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET FISH-
ERIES 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’’; 
(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 Mor-
atorium 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 investigation, or 
taking other appropriate enforcement action’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘or il-
legal, unreported, or unregulated fishing’’ after 
‘‘driftnet fishing’’; 
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(5) in subsection (b)(1)(B) and subsection (b)(2), 
by striking ‘‘or illegal, unreported, or unregulated 
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 section 
610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium 
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) or 
section 610(c) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Mor-
atorium 
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 na-
tion’’. 
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