amendments to pacific salmon treaty act of 1985

amendments to pacific salmon treaty act of 1985 Sec. 306. (a) Definitions.—Section 2 of the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3631) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (j) as subsections (i) through (k), respectively; and (2) by inserting immediately after subsection (g) the following new subsection: “(h) ‘Special areas’ means the areas referred to as eastern special areas in Article 3(1) of the Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Maritime Boundary, signed June 1, 1990; in particular, the term refers to those areas east of the maritime boundary, as defined in that Agreement, that lie within 200 nautical miles of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Russia is measured but beyond 200 nautical miles of the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of the United States is measured.”. (b) Rulemaking.—Section 7(a) of the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3636(a)) is amended by inserting “and special areas” immediately after “Exclusive Economic Zone”.