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PUBLIC LAW 91-279-JUNE 12, 1970
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Public Law 91-279 AN ACT To extend the provisions of the United States Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, as amended, and for other purposes.
jyj^g j2, 1970 [H. R. 4813]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 2 pi^hinFi^r of the United States Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, as amended (46 improvfrnenrAct, U.S.C. 1402), is amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof a amendments. new sentence to read as follows: "Any citizen of the United States may yg stat? 6i4. ' apply to the Secretary for a construction subsidy to aid in the remodeling of any vessel in accordance with this Act." (b) Clause (1) of section 2 of the United States Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1402(1)), is amended by inserting after the words "and suitable" a comma and the words "in the case of a new fishing vessel and, when appropriate, a remodeled vessel,". (c) Clause (2) of section 2 of the United States Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1402(2)), is amended by deleting the word "new" from said clause. (d) Clause (7) of section 2 of the United States Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1402(7)), is amended to read as follows: "(7) the vessel will be modern in design and equipment, be capable, when appropriate, to operate in expanded areas, and will not operate in a fishery if such operation would cause economic hardship to operators of efficient vessels already operating in that fishery unless such vessel will replace a vessel of the applicant operating in the same fishery during the twenty-four-month period immediately preceding the date an application is filed by the applicant, and having a comparable fishing capacity of the replacement vessel, and". SEC. 2. Section 3 of the United States Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1403), is amended by changing the words "after notice and hearing," to "after notice and opportunity for a public hearing,". SEC. 3. Section 5 of the United States Fishing Fleet Improve- tio^°^survey™y'^' ment Act, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1405), is amended to read as follows: Mariume Admin"SEC. 5. (a) Within sixty days after the date of enactment of this ist^ator. subsection, and from time to time thereafter, the Martime Administrator shall survey foreign shipyards to determine the estimated difference between the cost of constructing various classes of new fishing vessels engaged in the fisheries of the United States in such shipyards, and the cost of remodeling various classes of vessels in such shipyards, and the cost of constructing or remodeling such vessels in a shipyard of the United States. "(b) The Secretary may pay, from funds appropriated under this construction Act for fiscal year 1970 and subsequent fiscal years with respect to t^j^n!' ^' ^"'*^" any new fishing vessel for which an application is received in such years and approved under section 3 of this Act, a construction subsidy '*^ "^^ ^^^^' of not less than 35 per centum and not more than 50 per centum of the lowest responsible bid for the construction of such vessel in a shipyard of the United States, as determined and certified to the Secretary by the Maritime Administrator, excluding the costs, if any, of any feature incorporated in the vessel for national defense uses which costs shall be paid by the Department of Defense in addition to such subsidy. The amount of such subsidy for each such vessel shall be determined and certified to the Secretary by the Maritime Administrator based on the periodic survey conducted under subsection (a) of this section. " (c) The Secretary may pay, from funds appropriated under this £^^^8^""^"* °^ Act for fiscal year 1970 and subsequent fiscal years with respect to any
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