H.R. 531
South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025
Sponsor: Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
1 cosponsor
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025
This bill revises federal requirements for U.S. commercial fishing vessels operating in the South Pacific. The changes reflect amendments to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty that were agreed to at Nadi, Fiji, on December 3, 2016. The treaty details mutual obligations of the United States and 16 Pacific Island countries when U.S. fishing vessels operate in the region.
Text of the bill
Where this section came from
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Jan 16, 2025 · Introduced in House Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources, Jan 16, 2025
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May 13, 2025 · Engrossed in House
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(a) Prohibited disclosure of certain information.
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Except as provided in subsection (b), the
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(c) Savings clause.
(1) In general. Nothing in this section shall be construed to adversely affect the authority of Congress, including a Committee or Member thereof, to obtain any record or information.
(2) No negative implication. The absence of a provision similar to paragraph (1) in any other provision of law shall not be construed to limit the ability of Congress, including a Committee or Member thereof, to obtain any record or information.
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Section 12 (16 U.S.C. 973j) is amended to read as follows:
12. Reporting
(a) Prohibited disclosure of certain information. Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall keep confidential and may not disclose the following information (and such information shall be exempt from disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code):
(1) Information provided to the Secretary by the Administrator that the Administrator has designated confidential.
(2) Information collected by observers.
(3) Information submitted to the Secretary by any person in compliance with the requirements of this Act.
(b) Permitted disclosure of certain information. The Secretary may disclose information described in subsection (a)—
(1) if disclosure is ordered by a court;
(2) if the information is used by a Federal employee—
(A) for enforcement; or
(B) in support of the homeland and national security missions of the Coast Guard as defined in section 888 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 468);
(3) if the information is used by a Federal employee or an employee of the Fishery Management Council for Treaty administration or fishery management and monitoring;
(4) to the Administrator, in accordance with the requirements of the Treaty and this Act;
(5) to the secretariat or equivalent of an international fisheries management organization of which the United States is a member, in accordance with the requirements or decisions of such organization, and insofar as possible, in accordance with an agreement that prevents public disclosure of the identity of any person that submits such information;
(6) if the Secretary has obtained written authorization from the person providing such information, and disclosure does not violate other requirements of this Act; or
(7) in an aggregate or summary form that does not directly or indirectly disclose the identity of any person that submits such information.
(c) Savings clause
(1) In general. Nothing in this section shall be construed to adversely affect the authority of Congress, including a Committee or Member thereof, to obtain any record or information.
(2) No negative implication. The absence of a provision similar to paragraph (1) in any other provision of law shall not be construed to limit the ability of Congress, including a Committee or Member thereof, to obtain any record or information.