,,ic  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of       
,,representatives  ,october #c1 #bjag   
,referred to the ,committee on ,natural 
,resources  ,,an ,,act  ,to make        
technical amendments to certain marine  
fish conservation statutes1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,billfish          
,conservation ,act of #bjab ,section    
#d7;c77#a7 of the ,billfish             
,conservation ,act of #bjab 7#af        
,u4,s4,c4 #ahbg;a7c77#a77 is amended by 
inserting and retained after landed4    
#b4 ,shark ,conservation ,act of #bjaj  
,the ,act entitled ,an ,act to amend the
 ,high ,seas ,driftnet ,fishing         
,moratorium ,protection ,act and the    
,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery             
,conservation and ,management ,act to   
improve the conservation of sharks1     
approved ,january #d1 #bjaa 7,public    
,law #aaa-cdh2 #abd ,stat4 #cffh71 is   
amended--  7#a7 by striking section #ajd
 and inserting the following3  #ajd4    
,rule of construction ,nothing in this  

title or the amendments made by this    
title shall be construed as affecting1  
altering1 or diminishing in any way the 
authority of the ,secretary of ,commerce
 to establish such conservation and     
management measures as the ,secretary   
considers necessary and appropriate     
under sections #cjb7;a77#c7 and #cjd7;g7
 of the ,magnuson-,stevens ,fishery     
,conservation and ,management ,act 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aheb7;a77#c71 #ahed7;g774  2 
and  7#b7 in section #a1 by striking the
 item relating to section #ajd and      
inserting the following3  ,sec4 #ajd4   
,rule of construction4  4  ,passed the  
,senate ,october #b1 #bjag4;,julie ,e4  
,adams1,secretary