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House) at any time, and in the same manner 

 and to the same extent as in the case of any 

 other rule of that House. 

 (2) Definition. — For purposes of this sub- 

 section, the term "fishery agreement resolution" 

 refers to a joint resolution of either House of 

 Congress — 



(A) the effect of which is to prohibit the 

 entering into force and effect of any governing 

 international fishery agreement the text of 

 which is transmitted to the Congress pursuant 

 to subsection (a) ; and 

 (B) which is reported from the Committee on 

 Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of 

 Representatives or the Committee on Commerce 

 or the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

 Senate, not later than 45 days after the date on 

 which the document described in subsection (a) 

 relating to that agreement is transmitted to the 

 Congress. 



(3) Placement on calendar. — Any fishery agree- 

 ment resolution upon being reported shall immedi- 

 ately be placed on the appropriate calendar. 



(4) Floor consideration in the house. — 



(A) A motion in the House of Representatives 

 to proceed to the consideration of any fishery 

 agreement resolution shall be highly privileged 

 and not debatable. An amendment to the motion 

 shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to 

 move to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

 is agreed to or disagreed to. 



(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on 

 any fishery agreement resolution shall be limited 

 to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided 

 equally between those favoring and those op- 

 posing the resolution. A motion further to limit 

 debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in 

 order to move to recommit any fishery agreement 

 resolution or to move to reconsider the vote by 

 which any fishery agreement resolution is agreed 

 to or disagreed to. 



(C) Motions to postpone, made in the House 

 of Representatives with respect to the consid- 

 eration of any fishery agreement resolution, and 

 motions to proceed to the consideration of other 

 business, shall be decided without debate. 



(D) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

 relating to the application of the Rules of the 

 House of Representatives to the procedure relat- 

 ing to any fishery agreement resolution shall be 

 decided without debate. 



(E) Except to the extent specifically provided 

 in the preceding provisions of this sut)section, 

 consideration of any fishery agreement resolution 

 shall be governed by the Rules of the House of 

 Representatives applicable to other bUls and 

 resolutions in similar circumstances. 



(5) Floor Consideration in the Senate. — 

 (A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the 



consideration of any fishery agreement resolution 

 shall be privileged and not debatable. An amend- 

 ment to the motion shall not be in order, nor 

 shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote 

 by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. 



(B) Debate in the Senate on any fishery agree- 

 ment resolution and on all debatable motions 

 and appeals in connection therewith shall be 

 limited to not more than 10 hours. The time shall 

 be equally divided between, and controlled by, 

 the majority leader and the minority leader or 

 their designees. 



(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable mo- 

 tion or appeal in connection with any fishery 

 agreement resolution shall be limited to not more 

 than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 

 controlled by, the mover of the motion or appeal 

 and the manager of the resolution, except that if 

 the manager of the resolution is in favor of any 

 such motion or appeal, the time in opposition 

 thereto shall be controlled by the minority leader 

 or his designee. The majority leader and the 

 minority leader, or either of them, may allot ad- 

 ditional time to any Senator during the consid- 

 eration of any debatable motion or appeal, from 

 time under their control with respect to the ap- 

 plicable fishery agreement resolution. 



( D) A motion in the Senate to further limit de- 

 bate is not debatable. A motion to recommit any 

 fishery agreement resoltuion is not in order. 



SEC. 204. permits FOR FOREIGN FISHING 



(a) In General. — After February 28, 1977, no for- 

 eign fishing vessel shall engage in fishing within 

 the fishery conservation zone, or for anadromous 

 species or Continental Shelf fishery resources be- 

 yond such zone, unless such vessel has on board a 

 valid permit issued under this section for such 

 vessel. 



(b) Applications and Permits Under Governing 

 International Fishery Agreements. — 



(1) Eligibility.— Each foreign nation with 

 which the United States has entered into a gov- 

 erning international fishery agreement shall sub- 

 mit an application to the Secretary of State each 

 year for a permit for each of its fishing vessels 

 that wishes to engage in fishing described in sub- 

 section (a) . 



(2) Forms. The Secretary, in consultation with 

 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 

 department in which the Coast Guard is operating, 

 shall prescribe the forms for permit applications 

 submitted under this subsection and for permits 

 issued pursuant to any such application. 



(3) Contents. — Any application made under 

 this subsection shall specify — 



(A) the name and official number or other 

 identification of each fishing vessel for which a 

 permit is sought, together with the name and 

 address of the owner thereof; 



(B) the tonnage, capacity, speed, processing 

 equipment, type and quantity of fishing gear, 

 and such other pertinent information with re- 

 spect to characteristics of each such vessel as the 

 Secretary may require ; 



(C) each fishery in which each vessel wishes 

 to fish; 



(D) the amount of fish or tonnage of catch 

 contemplated for each vessel during the time 

 such permit is in force; and 



