90 STAT. 1236 Military training student loads.
14 USC 656 note.
14 USC prec.211 note.
Alaska, cargocarrying vessels, exemptions permit. 46 USC 420.
PUBLIC LAW 94-406—SEPT. 10, 1976
SEC. 3. For fiscal year 1977, average military training student loads for the Coast Guard are authorized as follows: (1^ recruit and special training, 4,209 students; (2) flight training, 154 students; (3) professional training in military and civilian institutions, 372 students; and (4) officer acquisition, 1,175 students. SEC. 4. Section 475 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (e) and redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and (2) by amending the redesignated subsection (f) to read as follows: "(f) The authority conferred by subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) may not be utilized after April 1, 1973, unless all reports required by subsection (e) have been filed with the Congress.". SEC. 5. After fiscal year 1977, funds may not be appropriated to or for the use of the Coast Guard (1) for the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard; (2) for acquisition, construction, rebuilding, or improvement of aids to navigation, shore or offshore establishments, vessels, or aircraft, including equipment related thereto; (3) for alteration of obstructive bridges; or (4) for research, development, tests, or evaluation related to any of the above, unless the appropriation of such funds has been authorized by legislation enacted after December 31, 1976. SEC. 6. (a) For each fiscal year after fiscal year 1977, the Congress shall authorize the end strength as of the end of each fiscal year for active duty personnel of the Coast Guard, and no funds may be appropriated for any such fiscal year to or for the use of the active duty personnel of the Coast Guard unless the end strength for such active duty personnel for such fiscal year has been authorized by law. (b) For each fiscal year after fiscal year 1977, the Congress shall authorize the average military training student loads for the Coast Guard. Such authorization shall be required for student loads for the following individual training categories: recruit and specialized training; flight training; professional training in military and civilian institutions; and officer acquisition training. No funds may be appropriated for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1977 for the use of training any military personnel of the Coast Guard in the aforementioned categories unless the average student loads for the Coast Guard for such fiscal year have been authorized by law. SEC. 7. No funds authorized or appropriated for operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard shall be used for enforcement of the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 (46 U.S.C. 1451, et seq.) on Lake Winnipesaukee and Lake Winnisquam, their interconnecting waterways, or the Merrimack River in the State of New Hampshire during fiscal year 1977. SEC. 8. (a) In order to minimize hardships and to aid inhabitants of certain remote areas in the State of Alaska, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating is authorized to issue permits exempting specific cargo-carrying vessels from all or part of the requirements of the following laws and the regulations ISSUGQ. t/llGrGIUlQCI*
(1) section 4417 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 391); (2) section 4417 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 391a); (3) section 4426 of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 404); and (4) section 1 of the Act of August 27, 1935, as amended (46 U.S.C. 88).
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