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 53 STAT.] 76TH CONG., Isr SESS.-CHS. 417, 418 -AUG. 4, 1939 foreign cost of such vessel as the gross revenue derived from the domestic trade bears to the gross revenue derived from the entire voyages completed during the preceding year." SEC. 13. Section 806 of such Act, as amended, is amended by add- ing at the end thereof a new subsection to read as follows: "(d) Whoever knowingly and willfully violates any order, rule, or regulation of the United States Maritime Commission made or issued in the exercise of the powers, duties, or functions transferred to it or vested in it by this Act, as amended, for which no penalty is otherwise expressly provided, shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $500. If such violation is a con- tinuing one, each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense." SEC. 14 . Paragraph (8) of section 1104 (a) of such Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the word "or" before the des- ignation "(c)", and by inserting before the period at the end of the paragraph a semicolon and the following: "or (d) in the fishing trade or industry". Approved, August 4, 1939. [CHAPTER 418] AN ACT To provide a feasible and comprehensive plan for the variable payment of con- struction charges on United States reclamation projects, to protect the invest- ment of the United States in such projects, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the pur- pose of providing for United States reclamation projects a feasible and comprehensive plan for an economical and equitable treatment of repayment problems and for variable payments of construction charges which can be met regularly and fully from year to year dur- ing periods of decline in agricultural income and unsatisfactory conditions of agriculture as well as during periods of prosperity and good prices for agricultural products, and which will protect ade- quately the financial interest of the United States in said projects, obligations to pay construction charges may be revised or undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this Act. SEC. 2. As used in this Act- (a) The term "Federal reclamation laws" shall mean the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. (b) The term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of the Interior. (c) The term "project' shall mean any reclamation or irrigation project including incidental features thereof, authorized by the Federal reclamation laws, or constructed by the United States pur- suant to said laws, or in connection with which there is a repayment contract executed by the United States, pursuant to said laws, or any project constructed or operated and maintained by the Secretary through the Bureau of Reclamation for the reclamation of arid lands or other purposes. (d) The term "construction charges" shall mean the amounts of principal obligations payable to the United States under water-right applications, repayment contracts, orders of the Secretary, or other forms of obligation entered into pursuant to the Federal reclamation laws, excepting amounts payable for water rental or power charges, operation and maintenance and other yearly service charges, and excepting also any other operation and maintenance, interest, or 1187 49 Stat. 2014. 46 U. S. C., Supp. IV, § 1224, 1228. Penalty provisions. Violation of rules, etc., of Commission. Ship mortgage in- surance. Eligibility provi- sions. Vessels in fishing trade or industry. 52 Stat. 970. 46 U. S. C., Supp. IV,§ 1274. August 4, 1939 [H. R. 694] [Public, No. 260] Reclamation Proj- ect Act of 1939. Purposes of Act. Definitions. "Federal reclama- tion laws." 32 Stat. 38S. 43U.S.C.ch.12; Supp. IV, ch. 12 . "Secretary." " Project. " " Construction charges."

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