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 120 STAT. 1692

PUBLIC LAW 109–304—OCT. 6, 2006

the vessel or other property or preventing or minimizing damage to the environment. ‘‘(b) COMMON OWNERSHIP OF VESSELS.—The right to remuneration for aid or salvage services is not affected by common ownership of the vessels giving and receiving the aid or salvage services. ‘‘(c) TIME LIMIT ON BRINGING ACTIONS.—A civil action to recover remuneration for giving aid or salvage services must be brought within 2 years after the date the aid or salvage services were given, unless the court in which the action is brought is satisfied that during that 2-year period there had not been a reasonable opportunity to seize the aided or salvaged vessel within the jurisdiction of the court or within the territorial waters of the country of the plaintiff’s residence or principal place of business. ‘‘(d) NONAPPLICATION.—This section does not apply to a vessel of war or a vessel owned by the United States Government appropriated only to a public service. ‘‘CHAPTER 803—ICE AND DERELICTS ‘‘Sec. ‘‘80301. ‘‘80302. ‘‘80303.

International agreements. Patrol services. Speed of vessel in ice region.

‘‘§ 80301. International agreements ‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The President may make agreements with interested maritime countries to— ‘‘(1) maintain in the North Atlantic Ocean a service of ice patrol, of study and observation of ice and current conditions, and of assistance to vessels and their crews requiring assistance within the limits of the patrol; ‘‘(2) maintain a service of study and observation of ice and current conditions in the waters affecting the set and drift of ice in the North Atlantic Ocean; and ‘‘(3) take all practicable steps to ensure the destruction or removal of derelicts in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, east of the line drawn from Cape Sable to a point in latitude 34 degrees north, longitude 70 degrees west, if the destruction or removal is necessary. ‘‘(b) PAYMENT BETWEEN COUNTRIES.—The President may include in an agreement under subsection (a) a provision for— ‘‘(1) payment to the United States Government by other countries for their proportionate share of the expense of maintaining the services; or ‘‘(2) contribution by the Government for its proportionate share if the agreement provides for another country to maintain the services. ‘‘§ 80302. Patrol services ‘‘(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—Unless the agreements made under section 80301 of this title provide otherwise, an ice patrol shall be maintained during the entire ice season in guarding the southeastern, southern, and southwestern limits of the region of icebergs in the vicinity of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The patrol shall inform trans-Atlantic and other passing vessels by radio and other available means of the ice conditions and the extent of the dangerous region. During the ice season, there shall be maintained a service of study of ice and current conditions,

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