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 100 STAT. 448

Commerce and trade.

Commerce and trade.

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PUBLIC LAW 99-307—MAY 19, 1986

at the end thereof the following: "except that the term does not include a common carrier engaged in ocean transportation by ferry boat, ocean tramp, or chemical parcel-tanker. As used in this paragraph, 'chemical parcel-tanker' means a vessel whose cargo-carrying capability consists of individual cargo tanks for bulk chemicals that are a permanent part of the vessel, that have segregation capability with piping systems to permit simultaneous carriage of several bulk chemical cargoes with minimum risk of cross-contamination, and that has a valid certificate of fitness under the International Maritime Organization Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk."; and (2) in paragraph (18), by striking all from the semicolon and substituting a period. SEC. 12. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell two obsolete vessels to Coast Line Company and for other purposes", approved June 3, 1980 (Public Law 96-260; 94 Stat. 435), the Secretary of Transportation shall permit the vessels Pictor, United States official number 243529, Procyon, United States official number 244022, and Zelima, United States official number 248207, to be scrapped in the foreign market if^ (1) the purchaser of such vessels and the country in which such vessels are to be scrapped are acceptable to the Secretary of Transportation; and (2) the seller of any such vessel agrees in writing to reimburse the United States a reasonable amount, acceptable to the Secretary of Transportation, of not less than one-half of the profits realized from such sale. SEC. 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any agreement with the United States Government, the vessels Paul Bunyan, United States official number 602272, and John Henry, United States official number 599294, may be sold to a foreign purchaser or purchasers if— (1) the person desiring to sell the vessel submits to the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Navy a written offer under which the Secretary of Transportation may elect to acquire either or both vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet or the Secretary of the Navy may elect to acquire either or both vessels for the Ready Reserve Fleet, under the same terms and conditions as those offered by the foreign ^*'' purchaser or purchasers; and J (2) neither Secretary elects to acquire the vessel within 60 ""' days after the date on which a written offer is submitted to the Secretaries under paragraph (1) of this subsection. Approved May 19, 1986. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 739: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-389 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). SENATE REPORTS: No. 99-284 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 131 (1985): Dec. 3, considered and passed House. May 1, House concurred in Senate amendments. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 22 (1986): May 19, Presidential statement.
 * . Vol. 132 (1986): Apr. 24, considered and passed Senate, amended.

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