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(2) NOMINATIONS.-The Governor of Alaska and the Governor of Washington shall each nominate 10 persons for purposes of paragraph (1).

(c) PAY.-Members of the advisory body established pursuant to this section shall receive no pay by reason of their service as members of the advisory body.

(d) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.-The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.) shall not apply to an advisory body established pursuant to this section. SEC. 6.2 USE OF VESSEL IDENTIFICATION EQUIPMENT.

(a) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, as appropriate, shall exercise their authority under section 201(c)(2)(C) of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1821) to require the use of transponders or other such appropriate position-fixing and identification equipment on any vessel other than a vessel of the United States engaged in fishing in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone.

(b) The Secretary of Commerce, after consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall report to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the results of their compliance with subsection (a).

2 16 U.S.C. 1821 note.

f. Governing International Fishery Agreement with German Democratic Republic

Partial text of Public Law 100–350 [H.R. 4621], 102 Stat. 660, approved June 27, 1988

AN ACT To provide Congressional approval of the Governing International Fishery Agreement between the United States and the Government of the German Democratic Republic.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1.1 APPROVAL OF GIFA WITH GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. That notwithstanding section 203 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1823), the extension of the governing international fishery agreement between the Government of the United States of American and the Government of the German Democratic Republic, as contained in the message to Congress from the President of the United States, dated May 3, 1988

(1) is approved by Congress as a governing international fishery agreement for the purposes of such Act; and

(2) shall enter into force and effect with respect to the United States on the date of enactment of this Act.

116 U.S.C. 1823 note.

g. Governing International Fishery Agreement with Japan Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States

Title I of Public Law 100-220 [United States-Japan Fishery Agreement Approval Act of 1987; H.R. 3674], 101 Stat. 1458, approved December 29, 1987

AN ACT To provide congressional approval of the Governing International Fishery Agreements between the United States and Japan; to implement the provisions of Annex V to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973; to reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program Act; to improve efforts to monitor, assess, and reduce the adverse impacts of driftnets; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I-APPROVAL OF GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN

SEC. 1001.1 APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT.

Notwithstanding section 203 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1823), the governing international fishery agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Japan Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States, as contained in the Message to Congress from the President of the United States dated November 17, 1987

(1) is approved by Congress as a governing international fishery agreement for purposes of such Act, and

(2) shall enter into force and effect with respect to the United States on the date of the enactment of this Act.

116 U.S.C. 1823 note.

h. Governing International Fishery Agreement with South Korea Partial text of Public Law 100-66 [United States-Korea Fishery Agreement; Sea Grant College Fellowship Program; H.R. 2480], 101 Stat. 384, approved July 10, 1987

AN ACT To extend temporarily the governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1.1 EXTENSION OF GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SOUTH KOREA.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the governing international fishery agreement entered into between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Korea on July 26, 1982, shall remain in force and effect with respect to the United States until the closing date of the sixty-day period referred to in section 203(a) 2 of such Act that applies with respect to any new governing international fishery agreement between the United States and the Republic of Korea that is transmitted to the Congress under section 203(a) after May 1, 1987, or November 1, 1987, whichever is earlier.

1 16 U.S.C. 1823 note.
2 For text, see page 23.

i. Governing International Fishery Agreements with Iceland and the European Economic Community

Title I of Public Law 98-623 [H.R. 6342], 98 Stat. 3394, approved November 8, 1984 AN ACT To approve governing international fishery agreements with Iceland and the EEC; to establish national standards for artificial reefs; to implement the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I-APPROVAL OF GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENTS WITH ICELAND AND THE EEC Notwithstanding section 203 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1823)—

(1) the governing international fishery agreement between the Government of the United States and the European Economic Community Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States, as contained in the Message to Congress from the President of the United States dated August 27, 1984, is hereby approved by Congress as a governing international fishery agreement for purposes of that Act, and may enter into force with respect to the United States in accordance with the terms of Article XIX of the agreement after the date of the enactment of this title, upon signature of the agreement by both parties; and

(2) the governing international fishery agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Iceland Concerning Fisheries off the Coasts of the United States, as contained in the message to Congress from the President of the United States dated September 28, 1984, is hereby approved by Congress as a governing international fishery agreement for purposes of that Act, and may enter into force with respect to the United States in accordance with the terms of Article XVI of the agreement after the date of the enactment of this title.

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