Sec. 4. Amendments relating to highly migratory species
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Section 102 ( 16 U.S.C. 1812 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall ensure participation for, and consider the interests of, United States territories and their fishing communities in managing highly migratory species that frequent the exclusive economic zone adjoining such territories. . Section 503 of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6902 ) is amended by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following: The United States shall be represented on the Commission by 5 United States Commissioners. The President shall appoint individuals 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 in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Of the Commissioners appointed under paragraph (1)— one shall be an officer or employee of the Department of Commerce; one shall be the chairman or another member of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; one shall be the chairman or another member of the Pacific Fishery Management Council; and one shall be a resident of American Samoa, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands who is not a member of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council. The term of a Commissioner shall be 3 years. A Commissioner who is appointed as a member of the Pacific Fishery Management Council or Western Pacific Fishery Management Council and whose term on that Council ends during his or her term as Commissioner may complete the current term as Commissioner but shall not be eligible for reappointment. An individual appointed under paragraph
(1)shall not be eligible to serve more than 2 consecutive terms as a Commissioner. Appointments under paragraph (2)(D) shall be rotated among residents of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands to ensure equal representation of such territories. The United States Commissioners may adopt such rules of procedure as they find necessary and to select a chairman from among such Commissioners who are officers or employees of the United States Government. . Section 204(e)(7) ( 16 U.S.C. 1824(e)(7) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by inserting except as provided in subparagraph (D), after
(A); in subparagraph (B)— by inserting except as provided in subparagraph (D), after
(B); and by striking and after the semicolon at the end; in subparagraph (C)— by inserting except as provided in subparagraph (D), after
(C); and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: in the case of funds that are attributable to a particular U.S. Participating Territory under section 113 of division B of Public Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 603) and any regulation approving or otherwise giving effect to such agreement, or any subsequent agreement, the Treasury of the U.S. Participating Territory to which those funds are attributed under this Act. . Section 113(b) of division B of Public Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 603) is amended— by striking Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council and inserting Secretary ; by adding and after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1); in paragraph (2)— by striking use and inserting transfer ; by striking only ; and by striking ; and and inserting or for such other purposes as the government of the U.S. Participating Territory determines. ; and by striking paragraph (3).
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Amendments relating to highly migratory species
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-55
Stat.125 Stat. 603
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