TITLE I--UTROK ATOLL RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING SUPPORT

SEC. 101. UTROK ATOLL RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING SUPPORT.

    (a) In support of radiological monitoring, rehabilitation, and 
resettlement of Utrok Atoll, whose residents were affected by United 
States nuclear testing, the Secretary of Commerce may convey to the 
Utrok Atoll local government without consideration, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to a decommissioned National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship in operable condition.
    (b) The Government of the United States shall not be responsible or 
liable for any maintenance or operation of a vessel conveyed under this 
section after the date of the delivery of the vessel to Utrok.
    (c) Within 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Utrok Atoll local government, in consultation with the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, shall submit a plan for the use 
of the vessel to be conveyed under subsection (a) to the House of 
Representatives Committee on Resources, the House of Representatives 
Committee on Science, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation.

 TITLE II--RATIFICATION OF CERTAIN NOAA APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, AND 
                                ACTIONS

SEC. 201. RATIFICATION OF CERTAIN NOAA APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, AND 
              ACTIONS.

    All action in the line of duty by, and all Federal agency actions 
in relation to (including with respect to pay, benefits, and 
retirement) a de facto officer of the commissioned corps of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who was appointed or 
promoted to that office without Presidential action, and without the 
advice and consent of the Senate, during such time as the officer was 
not properly appointed in or promoted to that office, are hereby 
ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the law, and the 
President alone may, without regard to any other law relating to 
appointments or promotions in such corps, appoint or promote such a de 
facto officer temporarily, without change in the grade currently 
occupied in a de facto capacity, as an officer in such corps for a 
period ending not later than 180 days from the date of enactment of 
this Act.

           TITLE III--INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REAUTHORIZATION

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``International Fisheries 
Reauthorization Act of 2004''.

SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER FISHERMEN'S 
              PROTECTIVE ACT OF 1967.

    Section 7(e) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 
1977(e)) is amended by striking ``2003'' and inserting ``2008''.

SEC. 303. REAUTHORIZATION OF YUKON RIVER SALMON ACT OF 2000.

    Section 208 of the Yukon River Salmon Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 5727) 
is amended by striking ``2000'' and all that follows through ``2003'' 
and inserting ``2004 through 2008''.

SEC. 304. REBUILDING FISH STOCKS.

    Section 105 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2004, is repealed.

                 TITLE IV--PACIFIC ALBACORE TUNA TREATY

SEC. 401. IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in 
section 201, 204, or 307(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1821, 1824, and 1857(2)), 
foreign fishing may be conducted pursuant to the Treaty between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada 
on Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port Privileges, signed at 
Washington May 26, 1981, including its Annexes and any amendments 
thereto.
    (b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Commerce, with the concurrence 
of the Secretary of State, may--
        (1) promulgate regulations necessary to discharge the 
    obligations of the United States under the Treaty and its Annexes; 
    and
        (2) provide for the application of any such regulation to any 
    person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, 
    wherever that person or vessel may be located.
    (c) Enforcement.--
        (1) In general.--The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
    Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) shall be enforced as if 
    subsection (a) were a provision of that Act. Any reference in the 
    Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
    1801 et seq.) to ``this Act'' or to any provision of that Act, 
    shall be considered to be a reference to that Act as it would be in 
    effect if subsection (a) were a provision of that Act.
        (2) Regulations.--The regulations promulgated under subsection 
    (b), shall be enforced as if--
            (A) subsection (a) were a provision of the Magnuson-Stevens 
        Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et 
        seq.); and
            (B) the regulations were promulgated under that Act.

SEC. 402. SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA TREATY ACT AMENDMENT.

    Section 6 of the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 973d(a)) 
is amended by striking ``outside of the 200 nautical mile fisheries 
zones of the Pacific Island Parties.'' and inserting ``or to fishing by 
vessels using the longline method in the high seas areas of the Treaty 
area.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
Title I: Utrok Atoll Radiological Monitoring Support - (Sec. 101) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Utrok Atoll local government a decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship in operable condition, in support of radiological monitoring, rehabilitation, and resettlement of Utrok Atoll, whose residents were affected by U.S. nuclear testing. Declares that the U.S. Government shall not be responsible or liable for any maintenance or operation of a vessel conveyed under Act after delivery of the vessel to Utrok. Directs the Utrok Atoll local government to submit to specified congressional committees a plan for the use of the conveyed vessel.

Title II: Ratification of Certain NOAA Appointments, Promotions, and Actions - (Sec. 201) Ratifies and approves all action in the line of duty by, and all Federal agency actions in relation to, a de facto officer of the NOAA commissioned corps who was appointed or promoted to that office without Presidential action and without the advice and consent of the Senate.

Authorizes the President to appoint or promote such a de facto officer as a corps officer for a period ending not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, without change in the grade currently occupied in a de facto capacity.

Title III: International Fisheries Reauthorization - International Fisheries Reauthorization Act of 2004 - (Sec. 302) Amends the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 to extend through FY 2008 the requirement that the Secretary of State enter agreements to reimburse owners of commercial fishing vessels seized and detained by a foreign country for actual costs, market value of confiscated or spoiled fish, and half of lost gross income.

(Sec. 303) Amends the Yukon River Salmon Act of 2000 to extend through FY 2008 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) travel expenses of members and alternate members of the Yukon River Salmon Panel, U.S. members of a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) under the Pacific Salmon Treaty between the United States and Canada, and members of a specified advisory committee; (2) the U.S. share of expenses incurred by the JTC and any panel established by any agreement between the United States and Canada for restoration and enhancement of salmon originating in Canada; (3) activities by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce for survey, restoration, and enhancement activities related to salmon stocks originating from the Yukon River in Canada, including specified Yukon River salmon stock restoration and enhancement projects; and (4) cooperative salmon research and management projects in the portion of the Yukon River drainage located in the United States that are recommended by the Panel.

(Sec. 305) Repeals a provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 which prohibits funds under that Act from being obligated or expended to implement any measures to reduce overfishing and promote rebuilding of fish stocks managed under the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan other than measures set out in the NOAA final rule relating to provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

Title IV: Pacific Albacore Tuna Treaty - (Sec. 401) Allows foreign fishing to be conducted pursuant to the Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Canada on Pacific Coast Albacore Tuna Vessels and Port Privileges, signed at Washington May 26, 1981, including its Annexes and any amendments thereto. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) promulgate regulations for discharging U.S. obligations under such Treaty; and (2) apply such regulations to any person or vessel subject to U.S. jurisdiction, wherever the person or vessel may be located. Requires enforcement of such provisions as if they were part of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

(Sec. 402) Amends the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 to: (1) make certain prohibitions on South Pacific tuna fishing inapplicable to fishing by vessels using the longline method in the high seas areas of the Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America; and (2) remove such prohibitions' inapplicability to vessels operating outside of the 200 nautical mile fisheries zones of the Pacific Island Parties.
To provide for the conveyance to the Utrok Atoll local government of a decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship, and for other purposes.