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
(a) Determination of liability; amount; participation by secretary of state in assessment proceeding. Section 8(a) (16 U.S.C. 973f(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking Code after liable to the United States; and
(2) by striking Except for those acts prohibited by section 5(a) (4), (5), (7), (8), (10), (11), and (12), and section 5(b) (1), (2), (3), and (7) of this Act, the and inserting The.
(b) Waiver of referral to attorney general. Section 8(g) (16 U.S.C. 973f(g)) is amended—
(1) by striking section 5(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), or (13) and inserting paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (11), (12), or (13) of section 5(a); and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking , all Limited Areas closed to fishing, after outside of the Licensing Area.