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311(a) of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(a)) in order to make more effective the enforcement of domestic laws and international agreements that conserve and manage the living marine resources of the United States.

(b) TERMS.-The agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall include

(1) procedures for identifying and providing the location of vessels that are in violation of domestic laws or international agreements to conserve and manage the living marine resources of the United States;

(2) requirements for the use of the surveillance capabilities of the Department of Defense; and

(3) procedures for communicating vessel locations to the Secretary of Commerce and the Coast Guard.

SEC. 203. TRADE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

It is the sense of the Congress that the President, in carrying out multilateral, bilateral, and regional trade negotiations, should seek

to

(1) address environmental issues related to the negotiations; (2) modify articles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (referred to in this section as "GATT") to take into consideration the national environmental laws of the GATT Contracting Parties and international environmental treaties;

(3) secure a working party on trade and the environment within GATT as soon as possible;

(4) take an active role in developing trade policies that make GATT more responsive to national and international environmental concerns;

(5) include Federal agencies with environmental expertise during the negotiations to determine the impact of the proposed trade agreements on national environmental law; and

(6) periodically consult with interested parties concerning the progress of the negotiations.

TITLE III-FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT IN CENTRAL BERING SEA

SEC. 301.8 SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the "Central Bering Sea Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1992".

SEC. 302.8 PROHIBITION APPLICABLE TO UNITED STATES VESSELS

AND NATIONALS.

(a) PROHIBITION.-Vessels and nationals of the United States are prohibited from conducting fishing operations in the Central Bering Sea, except where such fishing operations are conducted in accordance with an international fishery agreement to which the United States and the Russian Federation are parties.

(b) CIVIL PENALTIES AND PERMIT SANCTIONS.-A violation of this section shall be subject to civil penalties and permit sanctions under section 308 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1858).

16 U.S.C. 1823 note.

SEC. 303. PORT PRIVILEGES DENIAL FOR FISHING IN CENTRAL BERING SEA.

(a) DENIAL OF PORT PRIVILEGES.-The Secretary of the Treasury shall, after December 31, 1992, in accordance with recognized principles of international law

(1) withhold or revoke the clearance required by section 4197 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 91) for any fishing vessel documented under the laws of a nation that is included on a list published under subsection (b); and

(2) deny entry of such fishing vessel to any place in the United States and to the navigable waters of the United States. (b) PUBLICATION OF LIST.-Not later than forty-five days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall publish in the Federal Register a list of nations whose nationals or vessels conduct fishing operations in the Central Bering Sea, except where such fishing operations are in accordance with an international fishery agreement to which the United States and the Russian Federation are parties. The Secretary shall publish as an addendum to the list the name of each vessel documented under the laws of each listed nation which conducts fishing operations in the Central Bering Sea. A revised list shall be published whenever the list is no longer accurate, except that a nation may not be removed from the list unless

(1) the nationals and vessels of that nation have not conducted fishing operations in the Central Bering Sea for the previous ninety days and the nation has committed, through a bilateral agreement with the United States or in any other manner acceptable to the Secretary of Commerce, not to permit its nationals or vessels to resume such fishing operations; or

(2) the nationals and vessels of that nation are conducting fishing operations in the Central Bering Sea that are in accordance with an international fishery agreement to which the United States and the Russian Federation are parties.

(c) NOTIFICATION OF NATION.-Before the publication of a list of nations under subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall notify each nation included on that list and explain the requirement to deny the port privileges of fishing vessels of that nation under subsection (a) as a result of such publication.

SEC. 304.8 DURATION OF PORT PRIVILEGES DENIAL.

Any denial of port privileges under section 303 with respect to any fishing vessel of a nation shall remain in effect until such nation is no longer listed under section 303(b).

SEC. 305.8 RESTRICTION ON FISHING IN UNITED STATES EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE.

(a) REGULATIONS.-Within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act, after notice and public comment, the Secretary of Commerce shall issue regulations, under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and any other applicable law, to prohibit

(1) any permitted fishing vessel f harvesting fish in a fishery unde

catching, taking, or aphical authority

of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council if such vessel is owned or controlled by any person that also owns or controls a fishing vessel that is listed on the addendum under section 303(b);

(2) any processing facility from receiving any fish caught, taken, or harvested in a fishery under the geographical authority of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council if such facility is owned or controlled by any person that also owns or controls a fishing vessel that is listed on the addendum under section 303(b); and

(3) any permitted fishing vessel from delivering fish caught, taken, or harvested in a fishery under the geographic authority of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to a processing facility that is owned or controlled by any person that also owns or controls a fishing vessel that is listed on the addendum under section 303(b).

(b) REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS.-The Secretary of Commerce shall require under any regulations issued under subsection (a) the submission of any affidavits, financial statements, corporate agreements, and other documents that the Secretary of Commerce determines, after notice and public comment, are necessary to ensure that all vessels and processing facilities are in compliance with this section.

(c) APPEALS; DURATION OF PROHIBITIONS.-The regulations issued under subsection (a) shall—

(1) establish procedures for a person to appeal a decision to impose a prohibition under subsection (a) on a vessel or processing facility owned or controlled by that person; and

(2) specify procedures for the removal of any prohibition imposed on a vessel or processing facility under subsection (a)—

(A) upon publication of a revised list under section 303(b), and a revised addendum which does not include a fishing vessel owned or controlled by the person who also owns or controls the vessel or facility to which the prohibition applies; or

(B) on the date that is ninety days after such person terminates ownership and control in fishing vessels that are listed on the addendum under section 303(b).

SEC. 306. DEFINITIONS.

In this title, the following definitions apply:

(1) CENTRAL BERING SEA.-The term "Central Bering Sea" means the central Bering Sea area which is more than two hundred nautical miles seaward of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial seas of the United States and the Russian Federation are measured.

(2) FISHING VESSEL.-The term "fishing vessel" means any vessel which is used for-—

(A) catching, taking, or harvesting fish; or

(B) aiding or assisting one or more vessels at sea in the performance of fishing operations, including preparation, supply, storage, refrigeration, transportation, or processing.

7. International Dolphin Conservation Act of 1992

Partial text of Public Law 102–523 [H.R. 5419], 106 Stat. 3425, approved

October 26, 1992

AN ACT To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of State to enter into international agreements to establish a global moratorium to prohibit harvesting of tuna through the use of purse seine nets deployed on or to encircle dolphins or other marine mammals, and for other purposes.

NOTE. This Public Law consisted entirely of amendment to other laws. Section 2 added a new Title III to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (Public Law 92522; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), relating to a global moratorium to prohibit certain tuna harvesting practices. Section 3 amended the Tunas Conventions Act of 1950 and the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988.

8. Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 1

Partial text of Public Law 101-646 [H.R. 5390] 104 Stat. 4761, approved

November 29, 1990

AN ACT To prevent and control infestations of the coastal inland waters of the United States by the zebra mussel and other nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species, to reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program, and for other pur

poses.

"TITLE I-AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND

CONTROL

"Subtitle A-General Provisions

"SECTION 1001.2 SHORT TITLE.

"This title may be cited as the "Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990".

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"Subtitle C-Prevention and Control of Aquatic Nuisance Species

"SEC. 1206.3 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.

"(a) ADVICE.-The Task Force 4 shall provide timely advice to the Secretary of State concerning aquatic nuisance species that infest waters shared with other countries.

"(b)NEGOTIATIONS.-The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Task Force, is encouraged to initiate negotiations with the governments of foreign countries concerning the planning and implementation of prevention, monitoring, research, education, and control programs related to aquatic nuisance species infesting shared water resources.

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"Subtitle E-Cooperative Environmental Analyses

"SEC. 1401.5 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSES.

"The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality, is encouraged to enter into negotiations with the governments of Canada and Mexico to provide for reciprocal en

1This Act was enrolled and printed in its entirety in quotation marks, as shown here. The Act, however, is freestanding.

216 U.S.C. 4701 note.

316 U.S.C. 4726.

4 The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, as established by sec. 1201 of this Act, is directed largely to matters within the United States. See 16 U.S.C. 4721.

516 U.S.C. 4751.

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