IC
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 396
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 3, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
AN ACT
To make technical amendments to certain marine fish conservation statutes, and for other purposes.
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
.
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—
by striking section 104 and inserting the following:
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
in section 1, by striking the item relating to section 104 and inserting the following:
Sec. 104. Rule of construction.
.
Passed the Senate October 2, 2017.
Julie E. Adams,
Secretary