Sec. 5. Budget requests; reports

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In the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the Department of Commerce for each fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), the Secretary of Commerce shall include a separate statement of the amount requested to be appropriated for that fiscal year for outstanding unfunded fishery resource disasters. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. ) is amended— in section 202(h), by striking paragraph (3); and in section 206— by striking subsections

(e)and (f); and by redesignating subsections

(g)and

(h)as subsections

(e)and (f), respectively. Section 607 of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1826h ) is amended— by inserting

(a)before In general .— The Secretary and indenting appropriately; and by adding at the end the following: In addition to the information described in paragraphs

(1)through

(5)of subsection (a), the report shall include— a description of the actions taken to carry out the provisions of section 206 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1826 ), including— an evaluation of the progress of those efforts, the impacts on living marine resources, including available observer data, and specific plans for further action; a list and description of any new fisheries developed by nations that conduct, or authorize their nationals to conduct, large-scale driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation; and a list of the nations that conduct, or authorize their nationals to conduct, large-scale driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation in a manner that diminishes the effectiveness of or is inconsistent with any international agreement governing large-scale driftnet fishing to which the United States is a party or otherwise subscribes; and a description of the actions taken to carry out the provisions of section 202(h) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1822(h) ). If, at any time, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, identifies any nation that warrants inclusion in the list described under subsection (b)(1)(C), due to large scale drift net fishing, the Secretary shall certify that fact to the President. Such certification shall be deemed to be a certification for the purposes of section 8(a) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 ( 22 U.S.C. 1978(a) ). .

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