22 U.S.C. § 1977
Reimbursement for seized commercial fishermen
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 1977, Reimbursement for seized commercial fishermen, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/456322
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The Secretary, upon receipt of an application filed with him at any time after the effective date of this section by the owner of any vessel of the United States which is documented or certificated as a commercial fishing vessel, shall enter into an agreement with such owner subject to the provision of this section and such other terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate. Such agreement shall provide that, if said vessel is seized by a foreign country and detained under the conditions of section 1972 of this title, the Secretary shall guarantee—
Payments made by the Secretary under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this section shall be distributed by the Secretary in accordance with the usual practices and procedures of the particular segment of the United States commercial fishing industry to which the seized vessel belongs relative to the sale of fish caught and the distribution of the proceeds of such sale.
The Secretary shall from time to time establish by regulation fees which shall be paid by the owners of vessels entering into agreements under this section. Such fees shall be adequate (1) to recover the costs of administering this section, and (2) to cover a reasonable portion of any payments made by the Secretary under this section. All fees collected by the Secretary shall be credited to a separate account established in the Treasury of the United States which shall remain available without fiscal year limitation to carry out the provisions of this section. Those fees not currently needed for payments under this section shall be kept on deposit or invested in obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States and all revenues accruing from such deposits or investments shall be credited to such separate account. If a transfer of funds is made to the separate account under section 1975(b)(2) of this title with respect to an unpaid claim and such claim is later paid, the amount so paid shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. All payments under this section shall be made first out of such fees so long as they are available and thereafter out of funds which are hereby authorized to be appropriated to such account to carry out the provisions of this section.
All determinations made under this section shall be final. No payment under this section shall be made with respect to any losses covered by any policy of insurance or other provision of law.
Payments may be made under this section only to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
For the purposes of this section—
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. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Fiscal Year Adjustment ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to extend the provisions of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967, relating to the reimbursement of seized commercial fishermen, until October 1, 1978.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to extend until October 1, 1981, the voluntary insurance program provided by section 7 of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to extend for three additional years the provisions of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 relating to the reimbursement of United States commercial fishermen for certain losses incurred incident to the seizure of their vessels by foreign nations; and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, for fiscal years 1985 through 1988, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program Authorization Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to reauthorize the Fishermen's Protective Act.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to provide Congressional approval of the Governing International Fishery Agreement between the United States and the Government of the German Democratic Republic.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Fishery Conservation Amendments of 1990
- Fisheries Act of 1995House: 384–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Fishermen's Protective Act Amendments of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003House: 352–73Senate: no recorded tally
- To provide for the conveyance to the Utrok Atoll local government of a decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017House: 374–16Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022House: 363–70Senate: no recorded tally