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95TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I REPORT
2d Session I No. 95-1029
FISHERMEN'S PROTECTIVE ACT AMENDMENTS
MAnICH 31, 1978.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. MURPHY of New York, from the Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 10878]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 10878) to extend until October 1, 1981, the
voluntary insurance program provided by section 7 of the Fishermen's
Protective Act of 1967, having considered the same, report favorably
thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill as amended
do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
That section 7 (e) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1977 (e)),
is amended by striking out October 1, 1978 and inserting in lieu thereof Octo-
ber 1, 1981.
SEc. 2. Section 8 of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1978)
is amended-
(1) by amending subsection (a) thereof-
(A) by inserting (1) immediately before When, and
(B) by striking out the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:
(2) When the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior finds
that nationals of a foreign country, directly or indirectly, are engaging in trade
or taking which diminishes the effectiveness of any international program for
endangered or threatened species, the Secretary making such finding shall certify
such fact to the President.
(3) Upon receipt of any certification made under paragraph (1) or (2), the
President may direct the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit the bringing
or the importation into the United States of fish products (if the certification
is made under paragraph (1)) or wildlife products (if the certification is made
under paragraph (2)) from the offending country for such duration as the
President determines appropriate and to the extent that such prohibition is
sanctioned by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.;
(2) by amending subsection (b)-
(A) by inserting or the Secretary of the Interior immediately after
Secretary of Commerce, and
(B) by inserting or wildlife products immediately after fish prod-
ucts each place it appears therein;
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