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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5915. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1094. PROTECTING U.S. FISHERS FROM ILLEGAL FOREIGN
FLAGS.
(a) Short Title.—This section may be cited as the
“Protecting U.S. Fishers from Illegal Foreign Flags Act of
2026”.
(b) Amendments to the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium
Protection Act.—Section 609 of the High Seas Driftnet
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the
following:
“(E) Any nation that allows vessels to be operated under
the laws of the nation without confirming a genuine link (as
described in Article 5(1) of the United Nations Convention on
the High Seas, done at Geneva on April 29, 1958 and entered
into force September 30, 1962) between the nation and the
persons or entities with beneficial ownership and control of
the vessel, and that, as a result, fails to effectively
exercise flag state responsibilities as described in
subparagraphs (A) through (C).”; and
(2) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) and
inserting the following:
“(2) Secretary to amend term within legislative
guidelines.—Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of the Protecting U.S. Fishers from Illegal Foreign
Flags Act of 2026, the Secretary shall amend the definition
of the term `illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing'
published at part 300.201 of title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of such
Act) to be consistent with section 3532(6) of the Maritime
SAFE Act (16 U.S.C. 8001(6)).”.