An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act so as to strengthen the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health in order to conquer cancer as soon as possible
PL 92-218 (S.1828), enacted 12/23/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 92-216-DEC. 22, 1971 
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Public Law 92-216 
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JOINT RESOLUTION 
December 22, 1971 
[s, J. Res. 184] 
Extending the dates for transmission of the Economic Rejwrt and the report 
of the Joint Economic Committee. 
President's 
Economic Report. 
60 Stat. 24; 
70 Stat. 289. 
62 Stat. 16. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) notwithstanding 
the provisions of section 3 of the Act of February 20,1946, as amended 
(15 U.S.C. 1022), the President shall transmit to the Congress not later 
than February 15,1972, the Economic Report; and (b) notwithstand-
ing the provisions of clause (3) of section 5(b) of the Act of Feb-
ruary 20, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1024(b)), the Joint Economic Committee 
shall file its report on the President's Economic Report with the House 
of Representatives and the Senate not later than March 10, 1972. 
Approved December 22, 1971. 
Public Law 92-217 
December 22, 1971 
J O I N T 
R E S O L U T I O N 
[s. J. Res. 186] 
r)^Q provide for the beginning of the second session of the Ninety-second Congress. 
92nd 
Congress. 
Second session. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the second regular 
session of the Ninety-second Congress shall begin at noon on Tuesday, 
January 18,1972. 
Approved December 22, 1971. 
December 23, 1971 
[S.1828] 
The National 
Cancer Act of 
1971. 
Public Law 92-218 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act so as to strengthen the National Cancer 
Institute and the National Institutes of Health in order more effectively to 
carry out the national effort against cancer. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as "The National Cancer Act of 
1971". 
FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE 
SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds and declares—• 
(1) that the incidence of cancer is increasing and cancer is the 
disease which is the major health concern of Americans today; 
(2) that new scientific leads, if comprehensively and energeti-
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cally exploited, may significantly advance the time when more 
adequate preventive and therapeutic capabilities are available to 
cope with cancer; 
(3) that cancer is a leading cause of death in the United States; 
(4) that the present state of our understanding of cancer is a 
consequence of broad advances across the full scope of the bio-
medical sciences; 
(5) that a great opportunity is offered as a result of recent 
ad\'ances in the knowledge of this dread disease to conduct ener-
getically a national program against cancer; 
(6) that in order to provide for the most effective attack on 
cancer it is important to use all of the biomedical resources of the 
National Institutes of Health; and 
(7) that the programs of the research institutes which com-
prise the National Institutes of Health have made it possible to 
bring into being the most productive scientific community cen-
tered upon health and disease that the world has ever known. 
(b) It is the purpose of this Act to enlarge the authorities of the 
National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health in 
order to advance the national effort against cancer. 
NATIONAL CANCER PROGRAM 
SEC. 3. (a) Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act is Jl.H^'lJ^^J' 
amended by adding after section 406 the following new sections: 
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"NATIONAL CANCER PROGRAM 
"SEC. 407. (a) The Director of the National Cancer Institute shall 
coordinate all of the activities of the National Institutes of Health 
relating to cancer with the National Cancer Program. 
"(b) In carrying out the National Cancer Program, the Director of 
National cancer 
the National Cancer Institute shall: 
" (1) With the advice of the National Cancer Advisory Board, 
plan and develop an expanded, intensified, and coordinated cancer 
research program encompassing the programs of the National 
Cancer Institute, related programs of the other research institutes, 
and other Federal and non-Federal programs. 
"(2) Expeditiously utilize existing research facilities and per-
sonnel of the National Institutes of Health for accelerated explo-
I'ation of opportunities in areas of special promise. 
"(3) Encourage and coordinate cancer research by industrial 
concerns where such concerns evidence a pai-ticular capability for 
sucli research. 
"(4) Collect, analyze, and disseminate all data useful in the 
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer, including the 
establishment of an international cancer research data bank to 
collect, catalog, store, and disseminate insofar as feasible the 
results of cancer research undertaken in any country for the use 
of any person involved in cancer research in any country. 
Institute Direc-
tor, duties. 
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"(5) Establish or support the large-scale production or distri-
bution of specialized biological materials and other therapeutic 
substances for research and set standards of safety and care for 
persons using such materials. 
"(6) Support research in the cancer field outside the United 
States by highly qualified foreign nationals which research can 
be expected to inure to the benefit of the American people; support 
collaborative research involving i^merican and foreign partici-
pants; and support the training of American scientists abroad 
and foreign scientists in the United States. 
"(7) Support appropriate manpower programs of training in 
fundamental sciences and clinical disciplines to provide an 
expanded and continuing manpower base from which to select 
investigators, physicians, and allied health professions personnel, 
for participation in clinical and basic research and treatment pro-
grams relating to cancer, including where appropriate the use of 
training stipends, fellowships, and career awards. 
"(8) Call special meetings of the National Cancer Advisory 
Board at such times and in such places as the Director deems 
necessary in order to consult with, obtain advice from, or to 
secure the approval of projects, programs, or other actions to be 
undertaken without delay in order to gain maximum benefit from 
a new scientific or technical finding. 
"(9) (A) Prepare and submit, directly to the President for 
review and transmittal to Congress, an annual budget estimate 
for the National (^ancer Program, after reasonable opportunity 
for comment (but without change) by the Secretary, the Direc-
tor of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Cancer 
Advisory Board; and (B) receive from the President and the 
Office of Management and Budget directly all funds appropriated 
by Congress for obligation and expenditure by the National 
Cancer Institute. 
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"(c) (1) There is established the President's Cancer Panel (herein-
Membership! 
after iu tliis section referred to as the 'Panel') which shall be composed 
of three persons appointed by the President, who by virtue of their 
training, experience, and background are exceptionally qualified to 
a]>praise the National Cancer Program. At least two of the members 
of the Panel shall be distinguished scientists or physicians. 
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"(2) (A) Members of the Panel shall be appointed for three-year 
terms, except that (i) in the case of tw^o of the members first appointed, 
one shall be appointed for a term of one year and one shall be appointed 
for a term of two years, as designated by the President at the time of 
appointment, and (ii) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occur-
ring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was 
appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term. 
"(B) The President shall designate one of the members to serve as 
Chairman for a term of one year. 
Compensation. 
"(C) Members of the Panel shall each be entitled to receive the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade 
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5 u s e 5332 
note. 
GS-18 of the General Schedule for each day (including traveltime) 
during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties 
vested in the Panel, and shall be allowed travel expenses (including 
a per diem allowance) under section 5703(b) of title 5, United States 
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"(3) The Panel shall meet at the call of the Chairman, but not 
Meetings. 
less often than twelve times a year. A transcript shall be kept of the avIiiTwiIty!^' 
proceedings of each meeting of the Panel, and the Chairman shall 
make such transcript available to the public. 
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"(4) The Panel shall monitor the development and execution of the Presi'dem. ° 
JsFational Cancer Program under this section, and shall report directly 
to the President. Any delays or blockages in rapid execution of the 
Program shall immediately be brought to the attention of the Presi-
dent. The Panel shall submit to the President periodic progress reports 
on the Program and annually an evaluation of the efficacy of the 
Program and suggestions for improvements, and shall submit such 
other reports as the President shall direct. At the request of the 
President, it shall submit for his consideration a list of names of 
persons for consideration for appointment as Director of the National 
Cancer Institute. 
"NATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION CENTERS 
"SEC. 408. (a) The Director of the National Cancer Institute is 
authorized to provide for the establishment of fifteen new centers for 
clinical research, training, and demonstration of advanced diagnostic 
and treatment methods relating to cancer. Such centers may be sup-
ported under subsection (b) or under any other applicable provision 
of law. 
"(b) The Director of the National Cancer Institute, under policies 
established by the Director of the National Institutes of Health and 
after consultation with the National Cancer Advisory Board, is 
authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with public or private 
nonprofit agencies or institutions to pay all or part of the cost of 
planning, establishing, or strengthening, and providing basic oper-
ating support for existing or new centers (including, but not limited 
to, centers established under subsection (a)) for clinical research, 
training, and demonstration of advanced diagnostic and treatment 
methods relating to cancer. Federal payments under this subsection in 
support of such cooperative agreements may be used for (1) construc-
tion (notwithstanding any limitation under section 405), (2) staffing 
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and other basic operating costs, including such patient care costs as 
are required for research, (3) training (including training for allied 
health professions personnel), and (4) demonstration purposes; but 
support under this subsection (other than support for construction) 
shall not exceed $5,000,000 per year per center. Support of a center 
under this section may be for a period of not to exceed three years and 
may be extended by the Director of the National Cancer Institute for 
additional periods of not more than three years each, after review of 
the operations of such center by an appropriate scientific review group 
established by the Director of the National Cancer Institute. 
"CANCER CONTROL PROGRAMS 
"SEC. 409. (a) The Director of the National Cancer Institute shall 
establish programs as necessary for cooperation with State and other 
health agencies in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer. 
"(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
Appropriation. 
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[85 STAT. 
section $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1972, $30,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1974. 
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80 Stat. 416. 
AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR 
"SEC. 410. The Director of the National Cancer Institute (after con-
sultation with the National Cancer Advisory Board), in carrying out 
his functions in administering the National Cancer Program and 
without regard to any other provision of this Act, is authorized— 
"(1) if authorized by the National Cancer Advisory Board, to 
obtain (in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, but without regard to the limitation in such section on the 
number of days or the period of such service) the services of not 
more than fifty experts or consultants who have scientific or pro-
fessional qualifications; 
" (2) to acquire, construct, improve, repair, operate, and main-
tain cancer centers, laboratories, research, and other necessary 
facilities and equipment, and related accommodations as may be 
necessary, and such other real or personal property (including 
patents) as the Director deems necessary; to acquire, without 
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regard to the Act of March 3, 1877 (40 U.S.C. 34), by lease or 
otherwise through the Administrator of General Services, build-
ings or parts of buildings in the District of Columbia or communi-
ties located adjacent to the District of Columbia for the use of 
the National Cancer Institute for a period not to exceed ten years; 
"(3) to appoint one or more advisory committees composed of 
such private citizens and officials of Federal, State, and local gov-
ernments as he deems desirable to advise him with respect to his 
functions; 
" (4) to utilize, with their consent, the services, equipment, per-
sonnel, information, and facilities of other Federal, State, or local 
public agencies, with or without reimbursement therefor; 
" (5) to accept voluntary and uncompensated services; 
"(6) to accept unconditional gifts, or donations of services, 
money, or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or 
intangible; 
" (7) to enter into such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, 
or other transactions, without regard to sections 3648 and 3709 of 
the Revised Statutes of the United States (31 U.S.C. 529, 41 
U.S.C. 5), as may be necessary in the conduct of his functions, 
with any public agency, or with any person, firm, association, 
corporation, or educational institution; and 
" (8) to take necessary action to insure that all channels for the 
dissemination and exchange of scientific knowledge and informa-
tion are maintained between the National Cancer Institute and 
the other scientific, medical, and biomedical disciplines and 
organizations nationally and internationally. 
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SCIENTIFIC R E V I E W ; 
REPORTS 
Regulation. 
ug^,^ ^^QJ^ (^^^ rpj^^ Director of the National Cancer Institute 
shall, by regulation, provide for proper scientific review of all research 
grants and programs over which he has authority (1) by utilizing, to 
the maximum extent possible, appropriate peer review groups estab-
lished within the National Institutes of Health and composed prin-
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cipally of non-Federal scientists and other experts in the scientific and 
disease fields, and (2) when appropriate, by establishing, with the 
approval of the National Cancer Advisory Board and the Director of 
the National Institutes of Health, other formal peer review groups as 
may be required. 
"(b) The Director of the National Cancer Institute shall, as soon p^/„^°''' 1° . 
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as practicable after the end of each calendar year, prepare m consulta- congress. 
tion with the National Cancer Advisory Board and submit to the 
President for transmittal to the Congress a report on the activities, 
progress, and accomplishments under the National Cancer Program 
during the preceding calendar year and a plan for the Program during 
the next five years. 
"NATIONAL CANCER ADVISORY BOARD 
"SEC. 410B. (a) There is established in the National Cancer Insti- 
Membership. 
tute a National Cancer Advisory Board (hereinafter in this section 
referred to as the 'Board') to be composed of twenty-three members 
as follows: 
"(1) The Secretary, the Director of the Office of Science and 
Technology, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the 
chief medical officer of the Veterans' Administration (or his 
designee), and a medical officer designated by the Secretary of 
Defense shall be ex officio members of the Board. 
" (2) Eighteen members appointed by the President. 
Not more than twelve of the appointed members of the Board shall 
be scientists or physicians and not more than eight of the appointed 
members shall be representatives from the general public. Tlie scien-
tists and physicians appointed to the Board shall be appointed from 
persons who are among the leading scientific or medical authorities 
outstanding in the study, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer or in fields 
related thereto. Each appointed member of the Board shall be 
appointed from among persons who by virtue of their training, 
experience, and background are especially qualified to appraise the 
programs of the National Cancer Institute. 
"(b) (1) Appointed members shall be appointed for six-year terms, 
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except that of the members first appointed six shall be appointed for a 
term of two years, and six shall be appointed for a term of four years, 
as designated by the President at the time of appointment. 
"(2) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to 
expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall 
serve only for the remainder of such term. Appointed members shall 
be eligible for reappointment and may serve after the expiration of 
their terms until their successors have taken office. 
"(3) A vacancy in the Board shall not affect its activities, and 
twelve members thereof shall constitute a quorum. 
"(4) The Board shall supersede the existing National Advisory go^^cancef'^'^^" 
Cancer Council, and the appointed members of the Council serving on co'tLcnr'supei-
the effective date of this section shall serve as additional members of sedure. 
the Board for the duration of their terms then existing, or for such 
shorter time as the President may prescribe. 
"(c) The President shall designate one of the appointed members to 
serve as Chairman for a term of two years. 
" (d) The Board shall meet at the call of the Director of the National 
Cancer Institute or the Chairman, but not less often than four times a 
year and shall advise and assist the Director of the National Cancer 
Institute with respect to the National Cancer Program. 
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Report to 
President and 
Congress. 
Compensation. 
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
80 Stat. 499; 
83 Stat. 190. 
Ante, p . 781, 
58 Stat. 707; 
Infra. 
42 u s e 282. 
42 u s e 283. 
Supra, 
" (e) The Director of the National Cancer Institute shall designate 
a member of the staff of the Institute to act as Executive Secretary of 
the Board. 
"(f) The Board may hold such hearings, take such testimony, and 
sit and act at such times and places as the Board deems advisable to 
investigate programs and activities of the National Cancer Program. 
"(g) The Board shall submit a report to the President for trans-
mittal to the Congress not later than January 31 of each year on the 
progress of the National Cancer Program toward the accomplishment 
of its objectives. 
"(h) Members of the Board who are not officers or employees of the 
United States shall receive for each day they are engaged in the per-
formance of the duties of the Board compensation at rates not to 
exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for GS-18 of the 
General Schedule, including traveltime; and all members, while so 
serving away from their homes or regular places of business, may be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in 
the same manner as such expenses are authorized by section 5703, 
title 5, United States Code, for person in the Government service 
employed intermittently. 
"(i) The Director of the National Cancer Institute shall make 
available to the Board such staff, information, and other assistance 
as it may require to carry out its activities. 
"AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
"SEC. 410C. For the purpose of carrying out this part (other than 
section 409), there are authorized to be appropriated $400,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; $500,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1973; and $600,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1974." 
(b) (1) Section 402 of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(b) Under procedures approved by the Director of the National 
Institutes of Health, the Director of the National Cancer Institute 
may approve grants under this Act for cancer research or training— 
" (1) in amounts not to exceed $35,000 after appropriate review 
for scientific merit but without the review and recommendation 
by the National Cancer Advisory Board prescribed by section 
403(c), and 
"(2) in amounts exceeding $35,000 after appropriate review 
for scientific merit and recommendation for approval by such 
Board as prescribed by section 403 (c)." 
(2) Section 402 of such Act is further amended— 
(A) by inserting " (a)" immediately after "Sec. 402."; and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), 
and (g) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7), 
respectively. 
(3) Section 403(c) of such Act is amended by striking out "In 
carrying out" and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in 
section 402 (b), in carrying out". 
REPORT TO CONGRESS 
Ante, p. 779. 
SEC. 4. (a) The President shall carry out a review of all admin-
istrative processes under which the National Cancer Program, estab-
lished under part A of title I V of the Public Health Service Act, will 
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operate, including the processes of advisory council and peer group 
reviews, in order to assure the most expeditious accomplishment of 
the objectives of the Program. Within one year of the date of enact- 
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ment of this Act the President shall submit a report to Congress of the 
findings of such review and the actions taken to facilitate the conduct 
of the Program, together with recommendations for any needed 
legislative changes. 
(b) The President shall request of the Congress without delay such 
additional appropriations (including increased authorizations) as are 
required to pursue immediately any development in the National 
Cancer Program requiring prompt and expeditious support and for 
which regularly appropriated funds are not available. 
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS 
SEC. 5. Title IV of the Public Health Service Act is amended by 
adding after part F the following new part: 
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Additional 
appropriations. 
42 u s e 281. 
"PART G—^ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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DIRECTORS OF INSTITUTES 
"SEC. 454. The Director of the National Institutes of Health and the 
Director of the National Cancer Institute shall be appointed by the 
President. Except as provided in section 407(b) (9), the Director of 
the National Cancer Institute shall report directly to the Director of 
the National Institutes of Health." 
Ante, p. 779. 
CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 6. (a)(1) Section 217 of the Public Health Service Act is 
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amended (A) by striking out "National Advisory Cancer Council," 
each place it occurs in subsection (a), and (B) by striking out "can-
cer," m subsections (a) and (b) of such section. 
(2) Sections 301(d), 301(i), 402, and 403(c) of such Act are each 
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amended by striking out "National Advisory Cancer Council" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "National Cancer Advisory Board". 
(3) Section 403 (b) of such Act is amended by striking out "National 
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Cancer Advisory Council" and inserting in lieu thereof "National 
Cancer Advisory Board". 
(4) Section 404 of such Act is amended— 
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(A) by striking out "council" in the matter preceding para-
graph (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "National Cancer Advi-
sory Board", and 
(B) by striking out "COUNCIL" in the section heading and 
inserting in lieu thereof "BOARD". 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 7. (a) This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect sixty days after the date of enactment of this Act or on 
such prior date after the date of enactment of this Act as the President 
shall prescribe and publish in the Federal Register. 
(b) The first sentence of section 454 of the Public Health Service 
Act (added by section 5 of this Act) shall apply only with respect to 
appointments made after the effective date of this Act (as prescribed 
by subsection (a)). 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
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Ante, 
p . 783. 
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), members of 
the National Cancer Advisory Board (authorized under section 41 OB 
of the Public Health Service Act, as added by this Act) may be 
appointed, in the manner provided for in such section, at any time after 
the date of enactment of this Act. Such officers shall be compensated 
from the date thev first take office, at the rates provided for in such 
section-llOB. 
Approved December 23, 1971. 
December 23, 1971 
[H. R. 3304] 
Public Law 92-219 
AN ACT 
To amend the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 to enhance the effectiveness of 
international fishery conservation programs. 
Fishermen's 
Protective Act 
of 1967, amend-
ment. 
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note. 
Fishery 
products, importa-
tion restriction. 
Pt s. 
61 Stat. 
5,.6 . 
Notification to 
Congress. 
Penalties. 
Forfeiture. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Fishermen's 
Protective Act of 1967 (68 Stat. 883. as amended; 82 Stat. 729), is 
amended by inserting- at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 8. (a) When the Secretary of Commerce determines that 
nationals of a foreign country, directly or indirectly, are conducting 
fishing operations in a manner or under circumstances which diminish 
the effectiveness of an international fishery conservation program, 
the Secretary of Commerce shall certify such fact to the President. 
Upon receipt of such certification, the President may direct the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to prohibit the bringing or the importation into 
the United States of fish products of the offending country for such 
duration as he determines appropriate and to the extent that such 
prohibition is sanctioned by the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
Trade. 
" (b) Within sixty days following certification by the Secretary of 
Commerce, the President shall notify the Congress of any action taken 
by him pursuant to such certification. In the event the President fails 
to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit the importation 
of fish products of the offending country, or if such prohibition does 
not cover all fish products of the offending country, the President shall 
inform the Congress of the reasons therefore. 
"(c) It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction 
of the United States knowingly to bring or import into, or cause to be 
imported into, the United States any fish products prohibited by the 
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to this section. 
"(d) (1) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall 
be fined not more than $10,000 for the first violation, and not more 
than $25,000 for each subsequent violation. 
"(2) All fish products brought or imported into the United States 
in violation of this section, or the monetary value thereof, may be 
forfeited. 
"(3) All provisions of law relating to the seizure, judicial for-
feiture, and condemnation of a cargo for violation of the customs 
laws, the disposition of such cargo or the proceeds from the sale