PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 425 " (c) REFERENCE TO AUTHORITY TO ADVANCE FUNDS FOR IMME- DIATE SALVAGE OPERATIONS.— For authority for the Secretary of the Navy to advance to private salvage companies such funds as the Secretary considers necessary to provide for the immediate financing of salvage operations, see section 2307(g)(2) of this title. "§ 7363. Settlement of claims "The Secretary of the Navy may settle any claim by the United States for salvage services rendered by the Department of the Navy and may receive payment of any such claim. "§ 7364. Disposition of receipts "Amounts received under this chapter shall be credited to appropriations for maintaining naval salvage facilities. However, any amount received under this chapter in any fiscal year in excess of naval salvage costs incurred by the Navy during that fiscal year shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.". SEC. 1016. VESSELS SUBJi:CT TO REPAIR UNDER PHASED MAINTE- NANCE CONTRACTS. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that any vessel that is covered by the contract referred to in subsection (b) remains covered by that contract, regardless of the operating command to which the vessel is subsequently assigned, unless the vessel is taken out of service for the Department of the Navy. (b) COVERED CONTRACT. — The contract referred to in subsection (a) is the contract entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act for the phased maintenance of AE class ships. SEC. 1017. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO REPAIRS OF VB:SSELS. Section 7310(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting "or Guam" after "the United States" the second place it appears. SEC. 1018. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING NAMING OF AMPfflB- lOUS SHIPS. It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy— (1) should name the vessel to be designated LHD-7 as the U.S.S. Iwo Jima; and (2) should name the vessel to be designated LPD-17, and each subsequent ship of the LPD-17 class, after a Marine Corps battle or a member of the Marine Corps. SEC. 1019. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING NAMING OF NAVAL Joseph Vittori. VESSEL. It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name an appropriate ship of the United States Navy the U.S.S. Joseph Vittori, in honor of Marine Corporal Joseph Vittori (1929-1951) of Beverly, Massachusetts, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions against the enemy in Korea on September 15-16, 1951. SEC. 1020. TRANSFER OF RIVERINE PATROL CRAFT. (a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER VESSEL. —Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (d) of section 7306 of title 10, United States Code, but subject to subsections (b) and (c) of that section, the Secretary of the Navy may transfer a vessel described in subsection (b) 29-194O-96 -15:QL3Part1
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