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§ 7704. Authority of the Secretary of Commerce
(a) Promulgation of regulations
(1) Authority
(2) Regulations of straddling stocks
(b) Rule of construction
(c) Additional authority
The Secretary may conduct, and may request and utilize on a reimbursed or nonreimbursed basis the assistance, services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of other Federal departments and agencies in—
(1) scientific, research, and other programs under this chapter;
(2) fishing operations and biological experiments for purposes of scientific investigation or other purposes necessary to implement the North Pacific Fisheries Convention;
(3) the collection, utilization, and disclosure of such information as may be necessary to implement the North Pacific Fisheries Convention, subject to sections 552 and 552a of title 5 and section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1881a(b));
(4) the issuance of permits to owners and operators of United States vessels to engage in fishing activities in the Convention Area seaward of the exclusive economic zone of the United States, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, including the period of time that a permit is valid; and
(5) if recommended by the United States Commissioners, the assessment and collection of fees, not to exceed 3 percent of the ex-vessel value of fisheries resources harvested by vessels of the United States in fisheries conducted in the Convention Area, to recover the actual costs to the United States to carry out the functions of the Secretary under this chapter.
(d) Consistency with other laws
(e) Judicial review of regulations
(1) In general
(2) Responses
(3) Copies of administrative record
(4) Expedited hearings
(Pub. L. 114–327, title I, § 104, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1979.)