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President Bush Signs the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 12, 2007

President Bush Signs the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Reauthorization Act of 2006


˙˙˙˙˙ Fact Sheet: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Reauthorization Act

Today I have signed into law H.R. 5946, the "Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006." The Act sets a
firm deadline to end overfishing in America; contributes to replenishing
America's fish stocks; strengthens enforcement of America's fishing laws;
and implements inter-national agreements on fishery management and the
protection of polar bears.

The executive branch shall construe provisions of the Act that purport to
direct or burden the conduct of negotiations by the executive branch with
foreign governments or international organizations in a manner consistent
with the President's constitutional authority to conduct the Nation's
foreign affairs, including the authority to determine which officers shall
negotiate for the United States with a foreign country, when, in
consultation with whom, and toward what objectives, and to supervise the
unitary executive branch. Such provisions include subsections 609(c) and
610(b) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act, as
enacted by section 403 of the Act; section 408 of the Act; and section 505
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as enacted by section 902 of
the Act.

Subsection 505(a) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as enacted
by section 902 of the Act, purports to condition the authority granted to
the President to make appointments upon prior consideration of
recommendations from particular sources and purports to limit the
qualifications of the pool of persons from whom the President may select
appointees in a manner that rules out a large portion of those persons best
qualified by experience and knowledge to fill the positions. Also,
provisions of the Act, such as section 303A(c)(6)(D)(i) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act, as enacted by section 106 of the Act,
purport to give significant governmental authority of the United States to
individuals who are not appointed in accordance with the Appointments
Clause of the Constitution. The executive branch shall construe these
provisions in a manner consistent with the Appointments Clause.

The executive branch shall construe section 510 of the Act, relating to
notifications regarding certain entry and transit of specified portions of
the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, in a manner consistent, to the
maximum extent permissible, with treaties to which the United States is a
party and other international obligations of the United States.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

January 12, 2007.

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