PROHIBITED ACTS.

SEC. 113. PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) Section 307(1)(J)(i) (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)(J)(i)) is amended— (1) by striking “plan,” and inserting “plan”; and (2) by inserting before the semicolon the following: “, or in the absence of any such plan, is smaller than the minimum possession size in effect at the time under a coastal fishery management plan for American lobster adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission under the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (16 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.)”. (b) Section 307(1)(K) (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)(K)) is amended— (1) by striking “knowingly steal or without authorization, to” and inserting “to steal or attempt to steal or to negligently and without authorization”; and (2) by striking “gear, or attempt to do so;” and insert (c) Section 307(1)(L) (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)(L)) is amended to read as follows: 110 STAT. 3598 “(L) to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, sexually harass, bribe, or interfere with any observer on a vessel under this Act, or any data collector employed by the National Marine Fisheries Service or under contract to any person to carry out responsibilities under this Act;”. (d) Section 307(1) (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)) is amended— (1) by striking “or” at the end of subparagraph (M); (2) by striking “pollock.” in subparagraph (N) and inserting “pollock; or”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(O) to knowingly and willfully fail to disclose, or to falsely disclose, any financial interest as required under section 302(j), or to knowingly vote on a Council decision in violation of section 302(j)(7)(A).”. (e) Section 307(2)(A) (16 U.S.C. 1857(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows: “(A) in fishing within the boundaries of any State, except— “(i) recreational fishing permitted under section 201(i); “(ii) fish processing permitted under section 306(c); or “(iii) transshipment at sea of fish or fish products within the boundaries of any State in accordance with a permit approved under section 204(d);”. (f) Section 307(2)(B) (16 U.S.C. 1857(2)(B)) is amended— (1) by striking “(j)” and inserting “(i)”; and (2) by striking “204(b) or (c)” and inserting “204(b), (c), or(d)” (g) Section 307(3) (16 U.S.C. 1857(3)) is amended to read as follows: “(3) for any vessel of the United States, and for the owner or operator of any vessel of the United States, to transfer at sea directly or indirectly, or attempt to so transfer at sea, any United States harvested fish to any foreign fishing vessel, while such foreign vessel is within the exclusive economic zone or within the boundaries of any State except to the extent that the foreign fishing vessel has been permitted under section 204(d) or section 306(c) to receive such fish;”. (h) Section 307(4) (16 U.S.C. 1857(4)) is amended by inserting “or within the boundaries of any State” after “zone”.