PUBLIC LAW 97-212—JUNE 30, 1982
96 STAT. 143
Public Law 97-212 97th Congress An Act To improve the operation of the Fishermen's Contingency Fund established to compensate commercial fishermen for damages resulting from oil and gas exploration, development, and production in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
Section 401 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1841) is amended as follows: (1) renumber paragraphs (1) through (7) as paragraphs (2) through (8); and (2) insert immediately before paragraph (2), as renumbered, the following: "(1) 'area affected by Outer Continental Shelf activities' means any geographic area: "(A) which is under oil or gas lease on the Outer Continental Shelf; "(B) where Outer Continental Shelf exploration, development or production activities have been permitted, except geophysical activities; "(C) where pipeline rights-of-way have been granted; or "(D) otherwise impacted by such activities including but not limited to expired lease areas, relinquished rights-ofway and easements, Outer Continental Shelf supply vessel routes, or other areas as determined by the Secretary;".
June 30, 1982 [H.R. 3816]
Fishermen's Contingency Fund, improvement.
SECTION 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF FUND.
Section 402 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1842) is amended to read as follows: ESTABLISHMENT OF FISHERMEN S CONTINGENCY FUND; FEE COLLECTION
" S E C 402. (a)(1) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a Fishermen's Contingency Fund. The Fund shall be available to the Secretary without fiscal year limitations as a revolving fund for the purpose of making payments pursuant to this section. The Fund shall consist of— , "(A) revenues received from investments made under paragraph (3); "(B) amounts collected under subsection (b); and "(C) amounts recovered by the Secretary under section 405(h)(2). The total amount in the Fund that is collected under subsection (b) may at no time exceed $2,000,000; and the total amount in the Fund which is attributable to revenue received under paragraph (3) or recovered by the Secretary under section 405(h)(2) shall be expended prior to amounts collected under subsection (b). Not more than 8
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