16 U.S.C. § 1826h
Biennial report on international compliance
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 1826h, Biennial report on international compliance, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/447233
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The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall provide to Congress, by not later than 2 years after January 12, 2007, and every 2 years thereafter, on June 1 of that year a report that includes—
In addition to the information described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a), the report shall include—
a description of the actions taken to carry out the provisions of section 1826 of this title, including—
If, at any time, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, identifies any nation that warrants inclusion in the list described under subsection (b)(1)(C), due to large scale drift net fishing, the Secretary shall certify that fact to the President. Such certification shall be deemed to be a certification for the purposes of section 1978(a) of title 22.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Fisheries Act of 1995House: 384–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023House: 225–201Senate: no recorded tally