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(3) by striking subsection (d).
(e) Section 308 (16 U.S.C. 1418) is repealed.
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents in the first
section of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 is amended
by striking the items relating to title III and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
‘‘TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL DOLPHIN CONSERVATION PROGRAM
‘‘Sec. 301. Findings and policy.
‘‘Sec. 302. International Dolphin Conservation Program.
‘‘Sec. 303. Regulatory authority of the Secretary.
‘‘Sec. 304. Research.
‘‘Sec. 305. Reports by the Secretary.
‘‘Sec. 306. Permits.
‘‘Sec. 307. Prohibitions.’’.
SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO THE TUNA CONVENTIONS ACT.
(a) Section 3(c) of the Tuna Conventions Act (16 U.S.C. 952(c))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) at least one shall be either the Administrator, or an appro-
priate officer, of the National Marine Fisheries Service; and’’.
(b) Section 4 of the Tuna Conventions Act (16 U.S.C. 953)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 4. GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY
SUBCOMMITTEE.
‘‘(a) APPOINTMENTS; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; COMPENSATION.—
The Secretary, in consultation with the United States Commis-
sioners, shall—
‘‘(1) appoint a General Advisory Committee which shall
be composed of not less than 5 nor more than 15 persons
with balanced representation from the various groups partici-
pating in the fisheries included under the conventions, and
from nongovernmental conservation organizations;
‘‘(2) appoint a Scientific Advisory Subcommittee which shall
be composed of not less than 5 nor more than 15 qualified
scientists with balanced representation from the public and
private 
sectors, 
including 
nongovernmental 
conservation
organizations;
‘‘(3) establish procedures to provide for appropriate public
participation and public meetings and to provide for the con-
fidentiality of confidential business data; and
‘‘(4) fix the terms of office of the members of the General
Advisory Committee and Scientific Advisory Subcommittee, who
shall receive no compensation for their services as such mem-
bers.
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The General Advisory
Committee shall be invited to have representatives attend all
nonexecutive meetings of the United States sections and shall
be given full opportunity to examine and to be heard on all
proposed programs of investigations, reports, recommendations,
and regulations of the Commission. The General Advisory
Committee may attend all meetings of the international
commissions to which they are invited by such commissions.
‘‘(2) SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE.—
‘‘(A) ADVICE.—The Scientific Advisory Subcommittee
shall advise the General Advisory Committee and the
Commissioners on matters including—
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‘‘(i) the conservation of ecosystems;
‘‘(ii) the sustainable uses of living marine resources
related to the tuna fishery in the eastern Pacific Ocean;
and
‘‘(iii) the long-term conservation and management
of stocks of living marine resources in the eastern
tropical Pacific Ocean.
‘‘(B) OTHER
FUNCTIONS
AND
ASSISTANCE.—The Sci-
entific Advisory Subcommittee shall, as requested by the
General Advisory Committee, the United States Commis-
sioners, or the Secretary, perform functions and provide
assistance required by formal agreements entered into by
the United States for this fishery, including the Inter-
national Dolphin Conservation Program. These functions
may include—
‘‘(i) the review of data from the Program, including
data received from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission;
‘‘(ii) recommendations on research needs, including
ecosystems, fishing practices, and gear technology
research, including the development and use of selec-
tive, environmentally safe and cost-effective fishing
gear, and on the coordination and facilitation of such
research;
‘‘(iii) 
recommendations 
concerning 
scientific
reviews and assessments required under the Program
and engaging, as appropriate, in such reviews and
assessments;
‘‘(iv) consulting with other experts as needed; and
‘‘(v) recommending measures to assure the regular
and timely full exchange of data among the parties
to the Program and each nation’s National Scientific
Advisory Committee (or its equivalent).
‘‘(3) ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS.—The Scientific Advisory
Subcommittee shall be invited to have representatives attend
all nonexecutive meetings of the United States sections and
the General Advisory Subcommittee and shall be given full
opportunity to examine and to be heard on all proposed pro-
grams of scientific investigation, scientific reports, and scientific
recommendations of the commission. Representatives of the
Scientific Advisory Subcommittee may attend meetings of the
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission in accordance with
the rules of such Commission.’’.
(c) BYCATCH REDUCTION.—The Tuna Conventions Act (16 U.S.C.
951 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘SEC. 15. REDUCTION OF BYCATCH IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL
PACIFIC OCEAN.
‘‘The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of Commerce and acting through the United States Commissioners,
shall seek, in cooperation with other nations whose vessel fish
for tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, to establish standards
and measures for a bycatch reduction program for vessels fishing
for yellowfin tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The bycatch
reduction program shall include measures—
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‘‘(1) to require, to the maximum extent practicable, that
sea turtles and other threatened species and endangered species
are released alive;
‘‘(2) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the
harvest of nontarget species;
‘‘(3) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the
mortality of nontarget species; and
‘‘(4) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the
mortality of juveniles of the target species.’’.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TAKE EFFECT WHEN IDCP IN FORCE.—
Sections 3 through 7 of this Act (except for section 304 of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 as added by section 6
of this Act) shall become effective upon—
(1) certification by the Secretary of Commerce that—
(A) sufficient funding is available to complete the first
year of the study required under section 304(a) of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as so added; and
(B) the study has commenced; and
(2) certification by the Secretary of State to Congress that
a binding resolution of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission or other legally binding instrument establishing
the International Dolphin Conservation Program has been
adopted and is in force.
(b) SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding subsection (a),
the Secretary of Commerce may issue regulations under—
(1) subsection (f)(2) of the Dolphin Protection Consumer
Information Act (16 U.S.C. 1385(f)(2)), as added by section
5(b) of this Act;
(2) section 303(a) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1413(a)), as added by section 6(c) of this
Act,
at any time after the date of enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.