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Public Law 89-121 AN ACT August 13, 1965 T(» amend the Coninuuiicatious Act of 1934 to conform to the Convention for the [H. R. 7954] Safety of Life a t Sea, London (1960).
Be it enacted by the S-enate and House of Representatives of the Communications United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 3 of the Act of 1934, (Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 153), is amended amendment as follows: _ so Stat. i89. (1) Subsection (w) is amended by adding the following new para- ^definitions. graph at the end thereof: "(5) 'Nuclear ship" means a ship provided with a nuclear powerplant." (2) Subsection (x) is amended to read as follows: "(x) 'Radiotelegraph auto alarm' on a ship of the United States subiect to the provisions of part II of title III of this Act means an ^o%^^l^^n}?^6 <• J
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automatic alarm rece<!vnig apparatus which responds to the radiotele- pp. 512-517. graph alarm signal and has been approved by the Commission. 47 USC 351-362. 'Radiotelegraph auto alarm' on a foreign ship means an automatic alarm receiving apparatus which responds to the radiotelegraph alarm signal and has been approved by the government of the country in which the ship is registered: Provided, That the United States and the country in which the ship is registered are parties to the same treaty, convention, or agreement prescribing the requirements for such apparatus. Nothing in this Act or in any other provision of law shall be construed to require the recognition of a radiotelegraph auto alarm as complying with part II of title III of this Act, on a foreign ship subject to such part, where the country in which the ship is registered and the United States are not parties to the same treaty, convention, or agreement prescribing the requirements for such apparatus." (3) Subsection (y) is amended to read as follows: " (y)(1) 'Operator" on a ship of the United States means, for the purpose of parts II and III of title III of this Act, a person holding a ^° use 381-386 radio operator's license of the proper class as prescribed and issued by the Commission. "(2) 'Operator' on a foreign ship means, for the purpose of part II of title III of this Act, a person holding a certificate as such of the proper class complying with the provisions of the radio regulations annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention in ^^ ^^^ ^'^^• force, or complying with an agreement or treaty between the United States and the country in which the ship is registered." (4)(A) Subsections (aa) through (dd) are redesignated as subsec- 68^s^tat*^707^V29 tions (bb) through (ee), respectively; (B) subsections (ee) and (ff) are repealed; (C) subsection {^g) is redesignated as subsection (ff); (D) subsection (z) is redesignated as subsection (aa); and (E) the following new subsection is inserted immediately after subsection (y): "(z)(1) 'Radio officer' on a ship of the United States means, for the purpose of part II of title III of this Act, a person holding at least a first or second class radiotelegraph operator's license as prescribed and issued by the Commission. When such person is employed to operate a radiotelegraph station aboard a ship of the United States, he is also required to be licensed as a 'radio officer' in accordance with the Act of May 12, 1948 (46 U.S.C. 229a-h). ^2 Stat. 232. "(2) 'Radio officer' on a foreign ship means, for the purpose of part II of title III of this Act, a person holding at least a first or second
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