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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Asset Forfeiture Fund Reform and
Distribution Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ASSET FORFEITURE FUND REFORM.

(a) In General.--Section 311(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(e)) is amended--
(1) by striking ''(1) Notwithstanding'' and inserting
''(1)(A) Notwithstanding''; and
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ''may pay from'' and inserting
''shall use each of the''; and
(B) by striking ''(16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.)--'' and
all that follows through the end of the paragraph and
inserting the following: ''(16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.), to
make a payment, in the amount of the sum received--
''(i) if the violation occurred in a State, to such State;
''(ii) if the violation did not occur in a State, to the
State in which the vessel involved in the violation is
homeported; or
''(iii) if the violation did not occur in a State and did
not involve a vessel, to the State which is most directly
affected by the violation.
''(B) Amounts paid to a State under subparagraph (A) shall be used
for research and monitoring activities as determined appropriate by the
head of the agency of the State that is responsible for management of
marine fisheries. Such activities may include--
''(i) fishery research and independent stock assessments,
including cooperative research;
''(ii) socioeconomic assessments, including socioeconomic
conditions of fishing communities;
''(iii) data collection, including creation of an
information system that will enable timely audit and
transmission of data for utilization by researchers and other
collaborating institutions;
''(iv) compensation for the costs of analyzing the economic
impacts of fishery management decisions and to analyze
potential methods to provide targeted compensation to fisherman
that have been harmed by such management decisions;
''(v) at-sea and shoreside monitoring of fishing;
''(vi) preparation of fishery impact statements; and
''(vii) other activities that a Regional Fishery Management
Council of which the State is a member considers to be
necessary to rebuild or maintain sustainable fisheries, ensure
healthy ecosystems, provide socioeconomic economic assistance,
or maintain fishing communities.''.
(b) Rule of Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to amounts received under section 311(e) of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1861(e)) after September 30, 2011.
(c) Transition Rule.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may use any amount received
as a fisheries enforcement penalty before October 1, 2011, to
reimburse appropriate legal fees and costs to a covered person
in an amount not to exceed $200,000 per covered person.
(2) Timing.--
(A) Submission of application.--A covered person
seeking reimbursement of appropriate legal fees and
costs under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary
an application for such reimbursement--
(i) in the case of a covered person
described in paragraph (4)(B)(i), not later
than December 31, 2011; and
(ii) in the case of a covered person
described in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), not later
than 1 year after the date on which the
Secretary directed that such covered person
shall receive a remittance of a fisheries
enforcement penalty.
(B) Determination.--Not later than 60 days after
receiving an application under paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall make a final determination on whether
to provide such reimbursement and the amount of any
such reimbursement.
(3) Remaining funds.--The Secretary shall use--
(A) 80 percent of the amounts described in
paragraph (1) remaining after all reimbursements have
been made under such paragraph, for fishery stock
assessments in the fishery management region that the
Secretary determines to be appropriate; and
(B) 20 percent of such amounts to make payments to
States in accordance with section 311(e)(1) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(e)(1)).
(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) The term ''appropriate legal fees and costs''
means the legal fees and costs incurred by a covered
person--
(i) that the Secretary determines were
appropriately incurred by the covered person in
successfully challenging a fisheries
enforcement penalty; and
(ii) that were incurred not later than 30
days after the date on which the Secretary
directed that such penalty shall be remitted to
the covered person.
(B) The term ''covered person'' means--
(i) a person that the Secretary directed
shall receive a remittance of a fisheries
enforcement penalty in the Decision Memorandum;
or
(ii) a person that--
(I) received a Notice of Violation
and Assessment issued on or after March
17, 1994, for a fisheries enforcement
penalty that was settled or otherwise
resolved prior to February 3, 2010;
(II) paid such fisheries
enforcement penalty;
(III) submitted a complaint prior
to May 7, 2011, seeking remittance of
such civil penalty; and
(IV) the Secretary directed shall
receive a remittance of a fisheries
enforcement penalty or a portion of
such remittance.
(C) The term ''Decision Memorandum'' means the
Secretarial Decision Memorandum issued by the Secretary
on May 17, 2011, entitled ''Decisions regarding Certain
NOAA Fisheries Enforcement Cases Based on Special
Master Swartwood's Report and Recommendations''.
(D) The term ''fisheries enforcement penalty''
means any fine, penalty, or forfeiture of property
imposed for a violation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.) or of any other marine resource law enforced by
the Secretary, including the Lacey Act Amendments of
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.).
(E) The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary of
Commerce.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES IN THE NATIONAL OCEANIC
AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (referred to in
this section as ''NOAA'') may not assign any proceeding required to be
conducted in accordance with sections 556 and 557 of title 5 to an
individual who has served as an administrative law judge for NOAA for a
period of five or more years if such proceeding pertains to the same
fishery management region to which the majority of such proceedings
that the individual presided over within the period pertained.
(b) Reassignment After Five Years.--Subsection (a) does not apply
to an individual who has not served as an administrative law judge for
NOAA within a five-year period ending on the date of the assignment
described in such subsection.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT REGION.

In this Act, the term ''fishery management region'' means a region
under the jurisdiction of a Regional Fishery Management Council
established under section 302 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852).
Output:
Asset Forfeiture Fund Reform and Distribution Act of 2011 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) or the Secretary of the Treasury, after September 30, 2011, to use each of the sums received as fines, penalties, and forfeitures of property for violations of any provisions of such Act, or of any other fishery resource law enforced by the Secretary, to make a payment to: (1) the state in which the violation occurred, (2) the state in which the vessel involved in the violation is homeported if the violation did not occur in a state, or (3) the state most directly affected by a violation neither occurring in a state nor involving a vessel. (Current law authorizes using such sums for certain civil and criminal enforcement costs.)

Directs states to use such amounts for specified research and monitoring activities.

Sets forth transitional rules authorizing the Secretary to use such amounts received before October 1, 2011, to reimburse appropriate legal fees and costs, up to $200,000 per person, to specified persons the Secretary directed to receive a remittance of at least a portion of a fisheries enforcement penalty.

Prohibits the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from assigning specified rulemaking or adjudication proceedings to an individual who has served as an NOAA administrative law judge for at least a five-year period if such proceeding pertains to the same fishery management region to which the majority of such proceedings that the individual presided over within the period pertained.