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(8) $47,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982.

(9) 102 $59,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983.

(10) 102 $64,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984.

(11) 102 $69,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985.

(12) 103 $69,000,000 for fiscal year 1986.
(13) 103 $70,800,000 for fiscal year 1987.
(14) 103 $72,900,000 for fiscal year 1988.
(15) 103 $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1989.

(16) 104 $77,200,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990.

(17) 104 $94,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, of which $6,500,000 shall be used for enforcement and $5,000,000 shall be used to increase research and assessment efforts.

(18) 104 $98,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30. 1992.

(19) 104 $102,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 3. 1993.

102 The authorization figures for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985 were of Public Law 97-453 (96 Stat. 2492).

103 Pars. (12) through (15) were added by sec. 111(a) of Public Law 99

104 Pars. (16) through (19) were added by sec. 119 of the Fishery Cons 990 (Public Law 101-627; 104 Stat. 4459).

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(1) within the jurisdiction of a nation having naturally occurring or artificially established anadromous fish populations of the same species as the imported or export product; or

(2) on the high seas according to an international agreement among nations with jurisdiction over more than 1 percent of the stocks of anadromous fish being so harvested.

(b) ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES.-For the purposes of subsection (a), a valid certificate of legal origin may be issued only by a nation which

(1) is the nation having jurisdiction over the vessel or other means by which the fish or fish product was harvested; and

(2) maintains regular harvests of anadromous fish in a manner consistent with the criteria for lawful harvests set out in subsection (a).

(c) BILATERAL OR MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS.-Efforts undertaken by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection (a) may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be directed toward achieving either bilateral or multilateral agreements, including trade agreements, whichever the Secretary determines to be most likely to result in the earliest possible date or dates of agreement by those nations which individually have in excess of $1,000,000, or the equivalent, in import or export trade in anadromous fish and anadromous fish products.

(d) REGULATIONS.-The Secretary of Commerce shall, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations providing for

(1) the issuance of certificates of legal origin pursuant to agreements under subsection (a) for anadromous fish and anadromous fish products legally harvested by vessels of the United States;

(2) the delegation of the authority to issue certificates of legal origin to States, territories, or possessions of the United States which the Secretary of Commerce determines to have implemented a program which is sufficient to accomplish the purposes of subsection (a); and

(3) an orderly transition to such regulations, sufficient to ensure that United States commerce in anadromous fish and anadromous fish products is not unduly disrupted.

(e) REPORT REQUIRED.-The Secretary of Commerce, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress a report

(1) making recommendations as to the need for the adoption of United States import and export restrictions on anadromous fish and anadromous fish products consistent with subsection (a); and

(2) identifying, evaluating, and making recommendations regarding any specific statutory or regulatory changes that may be necessary for the adoption of such restrictions. (f) CERTIFICATION.-If, at any time following the promulgation of the regulations required by subsection (d), the Secretary of Commerce finds that any nation is engaging in trade in unlawfully taken anadromous fish or anadromous fish products, the Secretary all certify that fact to the President, which certification shall be

deemed to be a certification for the purposes of section 8(a)(1) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1978(a)(1)).

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c. Fishery Conservation Zone Transition Act, as amended

Partial text of Public Law 95-6, (H.J. Res. 240], 91 Stat. 14, approved February 21, 1977; as amended by Public Law 95-8 [HR. 37531, 91 Stat. 18, approved March 3, 1977; Public Law 96-73 [H.R. 5638], 91_Stat. 283, approved July 26, 1977; Public Law 95-219 (H.R. 9794), 91 Stat. 1613, approved December 28, 1977; Public Law 95-314 (H.R. 12571), 92 Stat. 376, approved July 1, 1978; Public Law 97-212 (H.R. 3816], 96 Stat. 143 at 148, approved June 30, 1982; Public Law 98-44 (S. 625], 97 Stat. 216, approved July 12, 1983; and by Public Law 98-364 (H.R. 4997], 98 Stat. 440 at 442, approved July 17, 1984

JOINT RESOLUTION To give congressional approval to certain governing international fishery agreements negotiated in accordance with the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, and for other purposes.

Whereas the Government of the United States of America and the Governments of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Socialist Republic of Romania, the Republic of China, the German Democratic Republic, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Polish People's Republic have signed governing international fishery agreements for the conservation, optimum utilization, and rational management of fisheries subject to the exclusive fishery management jurisdiction of the United States under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-265) (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"); and Whereas the Act provides that after February 28, 1977, no foreign fishing is authorized within the fishery conservation zone, or for anadromous species or Continental Shelf fishery resources beyond the fishery conservation zone, unless (among other exceptions and requirements) such foreign fishing is authorized and conducted pursuant to a governing international fishery agreement; and

Whereas the Act also provides that no governing international fishery agreement shall become effective with respect to the United States before the close of the first 60 calendar days of continuous session of the Congress after the date on which the President transmits to the House of Representatives and to the Senate a document setting forth the text of such governing international agreement; and Whereas the Act further provides that Congress may prohibit the entering into force and effect of any governing international fishery agreement by enactment of a joint resolution originating in either House of Congress during such 60-day period; and Whereas, the sixty-day period will not elapse with respect to any governing international fishery agreement, referred to in the first clause of this preamble, before March 1, 1977, the date on which the fishery conservation zone of the United States takes effect; and Whereas early congressional action on these governing international fishery agreements is necessary in order that fishing

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