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TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL 
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 601. CONSERVATION COMMISSIONER OF THE ATLAN-
TIC TUNAS CONVENTION ACT. 
(a) APPOINTMENT
AND PROCEDURE
OF COMMIS-
SIONERS.—Section 3(a) of the Atlantic Tunas Convention 
Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971a(a)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT AND NUMBER; RULES OF PROCE-
DURE; TERM.— 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The President shall ap-
point four Commissioners to serve as delegates of the 
United States to the Commission as follows: 
‘‘(A) One Commissioner shall be a Federal 
employee who shall serve as Chair. 
‘‘(B) Three Commissioners shall not be Fed-
eral employees, of whom— 
‘‘(i) one shall have knowledge and ex-
perience regarding commercial fishing in 
the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, or Car-
ibbean Sea; 
‘‘(ii) one shall have knowledge and ex-
perience regarding recreational fishing in 
the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, or Car-
ibbean Sea; and 
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‘‘(iii) one shall have knowledge and ex-
perience in marine conservation, shall rep-
resent the public interest in marine con-
servation and non-consumptive uses of the 
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and 
Carribean Sea. 
‘‘(2) TERM OF APPOINTMENT.— 
‘‘(A) LENGTH
OF
TERM.—The term of a 
Commissioner appointed under paragraph (1) 
shall be three years. 
‘‘(B) CONSECUTIVE TERMS.—No individual 
appointed under paragraph (1) shall serve more 
than two consecutive terms as Commissioner. 
‘‘(C) PLEASURE OF THE PRESIDENT.—Each 
Commissioner appointed under paragraph (1) 
shall serve at the pleasure of the President. 
‘‘(3) 
REPRESENTATION
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—At meetings of the 
Commission, Council, any Panel, or any other 
function as provided for in the Convention, the 
United States shall be represented by the Com-
missioner described in paragraph (1)(A) and two 
Commissioners described in paragraph (1)(B). 
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‘‘(B) PROCEDURES FOR ROTATION.— The 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary, shall establish procedures under which 
the Commissioners appointed described in para-
graph (1)(B) rotate in representing the United 
States to the Commission. 
‘‘(C) 
RIGHT
TO
PARTICIPATION.—Each 
Commissioner appointed under paragraph (1) 
may— 
‘‘(i) attend all meetings of the Commis-
sion, Council, any Panel, or any other func-
tion as provided for in the Convention; and 
‘‘(ii) participate fully in all United 
States preparatory activity for any activity 
relating to the Convention.’’. 
(b) REGULATION MAY NOT DECREASE ALLOCATION OR 
QUOTA.—Section 6(c)(3) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 971d(c)(3)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘or decreasing’’. 
SEC. 602. CONSERVATION COMMISSIONER TO THE WEST-
ERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC FISHERIES CON-
VENTION. 
Section 503(a) of the Western and Central Pacific 
Fisheries Convention Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 
6902(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The United States shall be 
represented on the Commission by 5 United States 
Commissioners. The President shall appoint individ-
uals to serve on the Commission at the pleasure of the 
President. In making the appointments, the President 
shall select Commissioners from among individuals 
who are knowledgeable or experienced concerning 
highly migratory fish stocks and commercial fishing 
in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean— 
‘‘(A) one of whom shall be an officer or em-
ployee of the Department of Commerce; 
‘‘(B) one of whom shall be the chairman or 
a member of the Western Pacific Fishery Man-
agement Council; 
‘‘(C) one of whom shall be the chairman or 
a member of the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council; and 
‘‘(D) one of whom shall be an individual 
with knowledge and experience in marine con-
servation who shall represent the public interest 
in marine conservation and non-consumptive 
uses of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. 
‘‘(2) RULES
OF
PROCEDURE.—The Commis-
sioners shall be entitled to adopt such rules of proce-
dures as they find necessary and to select a chairman 
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from among members who are officers or employees of 
the United States Government.’’. 
SEC. 603. CONSERVATION COMMISSIONER TO THE INTER- 
AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION. 
Section 3(a) of the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (16 
U.S.C. 952) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) COMMISSIONERS.— 
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—The President shall ap-
point four individuals to represent the United States 
on the Commission. 
‘‘(2) REMOVAL.—The Commissioners appointed 
under paragraph (1) shall be subject to supervision 
and removal by the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—In making an appoint-
ment under paragraph (1), the President shall select 
Commissioners from among individuals who are 
knowledgeable or experienced concerning highly mi-
gratory fish stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific 
Ocean— 
‘‘(A) one of whom shall be an officer or em-
ployee of the Department of Commerce; and 
‘‘(B) one of whom shall be a an individual 
with knowledge and experience in marine con-
servation, and who shall represent the public in-
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terest in marine conservation and non-consump-
tive uses of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENTS.—The Presi-
dent may not appoint more than two Commissioners 
under paragraph (1) who reside in a State other than 
a State whose vessels maintain a substantial fishery 
in the area of the Convention.’’. 
SEC. 604. APPLICATION OF ANNUAL CATCH LIMIT AND AC-
COUNTABILITY MEASURES REQUIREMENT. 
Section 104(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (16 
U.S.C. 1853 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATES; APPLICATION TO CERTAIN 
SPECIES.—The amendment made by subsection (a)(10)— 
‘‘(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), shall 
apply to any management plan for a stock of fish 
prepared by any Council or the Secretary, including 
a management plan governing a stock of fish man-
aged under an international agreement in which the 
United States participates; and 
‘‘(2) shall not apply to a management plan for 
a stock of fish for a species that has a life cycle of 
approximately 1 year unless the Secretary has deter-
mined such stock of fish is subject to overfishing with 
respect to such species; and 
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‘‘(3) shall not limit or otherwise affect the re-
quirements of section 301(a)(1) or 304(e) of the Mag-
nuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 605. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
the following amounts to carry out the provisions of this 
Act: 
(1) For fiscal year 2023, $698,142,000. 
(2) For fiscal year 2024, $714,200,000. 
(3) For fiscal year 2025, $730,626,000. 
(4) For fiscal year 2026, $747,431,000. 
(5) For fiscal year 2027, $764,621,000. 
(6) For fiscal year 2028, $782,207,000. 
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Union Calendar No. 502 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4690 
[Report No. 117–685, Part I] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and 
for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 30, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
DECEMBER 30, 2022 
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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