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PACIFIC INSULAR AREAS FISHERIES AMENDMENTS 



Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands draft 

 May 24, 1995 



A BILL 

 To provide for fisheries conservation and management in the 

 Pacific insular areas, and for other purposes. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

 the United States of America in Congress assembled, 



SEC. 101. REFERENCE 



(a) This Act may be cited as the "Pacific Insular Areas 

 Fisheries Act of 1995". 



(b) As used in this Act, "Magnuson Act" means the Magnuson 

 Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq . 



SEC. 102. POLICY 



Subsection (c) of section 2 of the Magnuson Act (16 U.S.C. 

 1801(c)) is amended — 



(a) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (5); 



(b) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (6) 

 and inserting in lieu thereof " ; and"; and 



(c) by adding after paragraph (6) the following new 

 paragraph: 



"(7) Aware of the unique historical, cultural, legal, 

 political, and geographical circumstances of the Pacific 

 insular areas of. the United States, including the importance 

 of fisheries resources to their - economic growth, to 

 recognize the special interests of the inhabitants of the 

 Pacific insular areas in their fishery resources and to 

 assure that the fishery resources adjacent to such areas, 

 including those within the exclusive economic zone, be 

 explored, exploited, conserved, and managed by and for the 

 benefit of the people of each such area." 



SEC. 10 3. DEFINITIONS 



Section 3 of the Magnuson Act (16 U.S.C. 1802) is amended — 



(a) by redesignating subsections (16) to (32) as subsections 

 (17) to (33), respectively; and 



(b) by inserting after subsection (14) the following new 

 subsection: 



"(15) The term "Pacific insular area" means American 

 Samoa, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

 Islands. " 



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