96 STAT. 2486
PUBLIC LAW 97-453—JAN. 12, 1983
publicity. Timely notice of each regular meeting shall also be published in the Federsil Register. t "(D) Interested persons shall be permitted to present oral or written statements regarding the matters on the agenda at meetings. "(E) Minutes of each meeting shall be kept and shall contain a n record of the persons present, an accurate description of matters discussed and conclusions reached, and copies of all statements filed. Public "(F) Subject to the procedures established by the Council availability. under paragraph (4), and the guidelines prescribed by the Secretary under section 303(d), relating to confidentiality, the ieirsc isss. administrative record, including minutes required under subparagraph (E), of each meeting, and records or other documents which were made available to or prepared for or by the Council, committee, or panel incident to the meeting, shall be available for public inspection and copying at a single location in the offices of the Council. Closed meetings. "(3)(A) Each Council, scientific and statistical committee, and advisory panel— (i) shall close any meeting, or portion thereof, that concerns matters or information that bears a national security classification; and "(ii) may close any meeting, or portion thereof, that concerns matters or information that pertains to national security, employment matters, or briefings on litigation in which the Council is interested; and if any meeting or portion is closed, the Council, committee, or panel concerned shall publish notice of the closure in local newspapers in the major fishing ports within its region (and in other major, affected fishing ports), including the time and place of the meeting. Subparagraphs (D) and (F) shall not apply to any meeting or portion thereof that is so closed. (4) Each Council shall establish appropriate procedures applicable to it and to its committee and advisory paneld for ensuring the confidentiality of the statistics that may be submitted to it by Federal or State authorities, and may be voluntarily submitted to it by private persons; including, but not limited to, procedures for the restriction of council employee access and the prevention of conflicts of interest; except that such procedures must, in the case of statistics submitted to the CouncU by a State, be consistent with the laws and regulations of that State concerning the confidentiality of such statistics.". Publication in Federal
SEC. 6. CONTENTS OF PLANS.
Section 303 (16 U.S.C. 1853) is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (b) is amended— o: (A) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (6); (B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
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(C) by inserting immediately after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: "(7) assess and specify the effect which the conservation and management measures of the plan will have on the stocks of naturally spawning anadromous fish in the region; and". (2) Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows: "(c) PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—The proposed regulations which the Council deems necessary or appropriate for purposes of carrying out
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