104 STAT. 2996 PUBLIC LAW 101-595—NOV. 16, 1990 Merchfint Mariner Memorial Act of 1990. Nonprofit organizations. Non-Vessel- Operating Common Carrier Amendments of 1990. 46 USC app. 1701 note. (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking "the Secretary shall insure that the Republic of Panama reimburse the Secretary" and inserting in lieu thereof "The Secretary shall be reimbursed". SEC. 709. MERCHANT MARINER MEMORIAL. (a) SHORT TITLE.—T h is section may be cited as the "Merchant Mariner Memorial Act of 1990". (b) VESSEL CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY. —(1) Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of Transportation may convey to any group of not less than two and not more than three nonprofit organizations, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States Government in a vessel which— (A) is in the National Defense Reserve Fleet on the date of enactment of this section; (B) is of not less than 4,000 displacement tons; (C) has no usefulness to the Government; and (D) is scheduled to be scrapped. (2) As a condition of conveying a vessel to a group of nonprofit organizations pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall require that each nonprofit organization in the group— (A) before the date of that conveyance, enter into an agreement with the other nonprofit organizations in that group which requires— (i) the sale of the vessel for scrap purposes; and (ii) the equal division of the proceeds of the sale among the nonprofit organizations in that group; (B) use its share of those proceeds for the expenses directly related to acquiring land for, designing, berthing, refurbishing, repairing, or constructing a memorial to merchant mariners; (C) have raised, before the date of enactment of this section, at least $100,000 from non-Federal sources for use for establishing a memorial to merchant mariners; and (D) agree to any other conditions the Secretary considers appropriate. (3)(A) A nonprofit organization may apply to the Secretary for a conveyance under this section individually or as a member of a group of nonprofit organizations. (B) The Secretary shall designate, for purposes of this section, groups of not less than two and not more than three nonprofit organizations which apply individually under this section. (C) A nonprofit organization may not be a member of more than one group of nonprofit organizations for purposes of this section. (c) DEUVERY.— The Secretary shall deliver a vessel conveyed under this section to a group of nonprofit organizations— (1) at a place where the vessel is located on the date of the approval of the conveyance, (2) in its condition on that date, and (3) without cost of the Government. (d) EXPIRATION.—The authority of the Secretary under this section to convey vessels shall expire two years after the date of enactment of this section. SEC. 710. NON-VESSEL-OPERATING COMMON CARRIERS. (a) SHORT TITLE.— Th is section may be cited as the Operating Common Carrier Amendments of 1990.". 'Non-Vessel-
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