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
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May 13, 2025 · Engrossed in House
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking section 5 (a)(4), (a)(5), (b)(2), or (b)(3) and inserting paragraph (
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paragraph
(2) or (3) of section 5(b);
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking (7) and inserting (6); and
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking (7) and inserting (
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(a) Order To leave waters upon failure To submit to jurisdiction of Pacific Island Party; procedure applicable. Section 11(a) (16 U.S.C. 973i(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking , all Limited Areas,;
(2) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking paragraph 2 of Article 3 of; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking within the Treaty Area and inserting under the jurisdiction; and
(3) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking section 5 (a)(4), (a)(5), (b)(2), or (b)(3) and inserting paragraph (3) of section 5(a) or paragraph (2) or (3) of section 5(b);
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking (7) and inserting (6); and
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking (7) and inserting (5).
(b) Order of vessel To leave waters where Pacific Island Party investigating alleged Treaty infringement. Section 11(b) (16 U.S.C. 973i(b)) is amended by striking paragraph 7 of Article 5 of.