H.R. 4528

To make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes, and for other purposes.

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One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America

At the Second Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen

H. R. 4528

AN ACT

To make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes, and for other purposes.

1.

Billfish Conservation Act of 2012

Section 4(c)(1) of the Billfish Conservation Act of 2012 (16 U.S.C. 1827a(c)(1)) is amended by inserting and retained after landed.

2.

Shark Conservation Act of 2010

The Act entitled An Act to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks, approved January 4, 2011 (Public Law 111–348; 124 Stat. 3668), is amended—

(1)

by striking section 104 and inserting the following:

104.

Rule of construction

Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title shall be construed as affecting, altering, or diminishing in any way the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to establish such conservation and management measures as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate under sections 302(a)(3) and 304(g) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(3), 1854(g)).

; and

(2)

in section 1, by striking the item relating to section 104 and inserting the following:

Sec. 104. Rule of construction.

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Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.