ENFORCEMENT.

SEC. 115. ENFORCEMENT. (a) The second sentence of section 311(d) (16 U.S.C. 1861(d)) is amended— (1) by striking “Guam, any Commonwealth, territory, or” and inserting “Guam or any”; and (2) by inserting a comma before the period and the following: “and except that in the case of the Northern Mariana Islands, the appropriate court is the United States District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands”. (b) Section 311(e)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1861(e)(1)) is amended— (1) by striking “fishery” each place it appears and inserting “marine”; (2) by inserting “of not less than 20 percent of the penalty collected or $20,000, whichever is the lesser amount,” after “reward” in subparagraph (B), and (3) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following: “(E) claims of parties in interest to property disposed of under section 612(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1612(b)), as made applicable by section 310(c) of this Act or by any other marine resource law enforced by the Secretary, to seizures made by the Secretary, in amounts determined by the Secretary to be applicable to such claims at the time of seizure; and”. (c) Section 311(e)(2) (16 U.S.C 1861(e)(2)) is amended to read as follows: “(2) Any person found in an administrative or judicial proceeding to have violated this Act or any other marine resource law enforced by the Secretary shall be liable for the cost incurred in the sale, storage, care, and maintenance of any fish or other property lawfully seized in connection with the violation.”. 110 STAT. 3600 (d) Section 311 (16 U.S.C. 1861) is amended by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h), and by inserting the following after subsection (f): “(g) Enforcement in the Pacific Insular Areas.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Governors of the Pacific Insular Areas and the Western Pacific Council, shall to the extent practicable support cooperative enforcement agreements between Federal and Pacific Insular Area authorities.”. (e) Section 311 (16 U.S.C. 1861), as amended by subsection (d), is amended by striking “201(b), (c),” in subsection (i)(1), as redesignated, and inserting “201(b) or (c), or section 204(d),”.