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PUBLIC LAW 91-469-OCT. 21, 1970
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determined thereunder, unless the Commission" and inserting in lieu thereof ", unless the Secretary of Commerce". SEC. 19. Section 605(c) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1175 (c)), is amended as follows: (1) By striking out of the first sentence the words "on a service, route, or line" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "in an essential service". (2) By striking out of the first sentence the words "in such service, route, or line". (3) By striking out of the first sentence the words "a service, route, or line" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "an essential service". (4) By striking out of the first sentence the words "competitive services, routes, or lines," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "such essential service". (5) By striking in the first sentence the words "line serving the route," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "operator serving such essential service,". SEC. 20. Section 606 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1176), is amended as follows: (1) By striking out of subdivision (3) the words "the service, route, or line" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "an essential service". (2) By striking out of subdivision (4) the words "on such service, route, or line" and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "in such an essential service^". (3) By striking out of subdivision (4) the words "service, route, or line", wherever they appear, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "essential service". (4) By striking out subdivision (5) in its entirety. (5) By redesignating subdivision (6) as subdivision (5). (6) By striking out of redesignated subdivision (5) the words "the vessel'services, routes, and lines" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "essential services". (7) By striking out of redesignated subdivision (5) the word "cruises" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "services". (8) By striking out of redesignated subdivision (5) the words "thfe most" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "an". (9) By striking out of redesignated subdivision (5) the words "but with due regard to the wage and manning scales and working conditions prescribed by the Commission as provided in title III ". (10) By redesignating subdivision (7) as subdivision (6). (11) By striking out of redesignated subdivision (6) the words "the operator shall use" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "an operator who receives subsidy with respeot to subsistence of officers and crews shall use as such subsistence items"; by striking out "505 (a) " and inserting in lieu thereof "505"; by striking out of that subdivision the words "and equipment"; by striking out of that subdivision the words "and the operator shall perform repairs to subsidized vessels within the continental limits of the United States," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "and an operator who receives subsidy with respect to repairs shall perform such repairs within any of the United States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,"; and by striking the last sentence thereof. SEC. 21. (a) Section 607 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1177), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 607. (a) Agreement Rules. "Any citizen of the United States owning or leasing one or more eligible vessels (as defined in subsection (k)(l)) may enter into an
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