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[72 Stat. 623]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 623]

72

STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 85-672-AUG. 18, 1958

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REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 5, (a) As a condition to receiving any payments or the use of any vessel under the provisions of this Act an academy or college shall— (1) provide courses of instruction to youths in navigation and marine engineering, including steam and diesel propulsion, and courses in atomic or nuclear propulsion as soon as practical and possible; and (2) shall agree in writing to conform to such standards in such course, in training facilities, in entrance requirements, and in instructors, as are established by the Secretary after consultation with superintendents of maritime academies and colleges in the United States. (b) As a condition to receiving payment of any amount in excess of $25,000 for any year under the provisions of section 4 of this Act, a maritime academy or college shall agree to admit to such academy or college students resident in other States in such numbers as the Secretary shall prescribe, except that the number of such students prescribed for any academy or college shall not at any time exceed one-third of the student capacity of such academy or college. SUBSISTENCE PAYMENTS

SEC. 6. (a) The Secretary may enter into agreements, with each academy or college with which he contracts under section 4 to make payments, at a rate not in excess of $600 per academic year per student, to such academy or college, with respect to each student attending such academy or college. Such payments (1) shall be used to assist in defraying the cost of uniforms, books, and subsistence for such student, (2) shall commence to accrue on the day such student begins his first term of work at such academy or college, and (3) shall be paid to such academy or college in such installments as the Secretary shall prescribe, while such student is in attendance and until the completion of his course of instruction, but in no event for more than four academic years for any one student. (b) If the Secretary deems it advisable in the case of any such academy or college, he may, in lieu of entering into agreements with such academy or college for payments under this section, enter into such agreements directly with each student at such academy or college and make such payments directly to each such student. DETAILING OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

SEC. 7. When requested by the governor of any State or Territory, the President of the United States is authorized to detail, when in his opinion such detailing can be done without detriment to the public service, proper officers of the Navy or Coast Guard or United States Maritime Service instructors employed under the provisions of section 216 (a) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as superintendents or instructors, or both, at maritime academies or colleges meeting the requirements of this Act. Officers or instructors so detailed shall be compensated by the Federal agency ordinarily compensating them for service as such an officer or instructor. RULES A N D R E G U L A T I O N S

SEC. 8. The Secretary may establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 98395-59-PT. 1-40

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