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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 198, 199-MAY 17, 18, 1944 approved March 11, 1941, as amended, is amended by striking out "June 30, 1944" wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1945"; by striking out "July 1, 1947" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1948"; and by striking out "July 1, 1944" and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1945"; and subsection (b) of section 6 of such Act is amended by striking out "June 30, 1947" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1948". SEC. 2. Subsection (b) of section 3 is amended by striking out the period after the word "satisfactory" and inserting the following: ": Provided, however, That nothing in this paragraph shall be con- strued to authorize the President to assume or incur any obligations on the part of the United States with respect to post-war economic policy, post-war military policy or any post-war policy involving international relations except in accordance with established consti- tutional procedure." Approved May 17, 1944. [CHAPTER 199] AN ACT To amend the Act of April 29, 1943, to authorize the return to private ownership of Great Lakes vessels and vessels of one thousand gross tons or less, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,That the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the return to private ownership of certain vessels formerly used or suitable for use in the fisheries or industries related thereto", approved, April 29, 1943 (Public Law 44, Seventy-eighth Congress; 57 Stat. 69), is amended to read as follows: "That any vessel formerly used or suitable for use in the fisheries or industries related thereto, any vessel of one thousand gross tons (determined in accordance with the provisions of section 77 bf title 46 of the United States Code) or less, and any vessel employed on the Great Lakes during the year preceding its acquisition by the United States, the title to which has been or may hereafter be acquired by the United States through purchase or requisition except any vessel seventeen years of age or older traded in under the provisions of section 510, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, or any other provision of law may be returned to private ownership in accordance with the provisions of this Act. "SEC. 2. Every such vessel shall, upon determination by the department or agency having possession thereof that the vessel is no longer needed or can be spared by such department or agency without detriment to its service, be made available to the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration (hereinafter referred to as the Admin- istrator), who shall notify the owner from whom such vessel was purchased or requisitioned that the vessel may be returned to such owner upon repayment to the United States of the compensation paid therefor less such allowances as the Administrator may deem reason- able (1) to cover the cost of such reconditioning as the Administrator after consultation with the owner deems necessary to restore the vessel to condition and utility at least as good as when acquired by the United States (ordinary wear and tear excepted), and (2) to com- pensate such owner for the use of the vessel by the United States, and upon compliance with such other terms and conditions as the Adminis- trator may prescribe. The determination of such allowances by the Administrator shall be final notwithstanding any other provision of law. 223 Time extension. 65 Stat. 32, 33; 57 Stat. 20 . 22 U. S. C., Supp. III, §§412(c), 415 (b). 55 Stat. 32 . 22 U. . C., Supp. III, § 412 (b). Obligations involv- ing post-war policy. May 18, 1944 [H. R. 3261] [Public Law 305] Return to private ownership of certain vessels. 50 U. S. C., Supp. m, app. i§ 1301-1304. Exception. 53 Stat. 1183 . 46 U. S. C. §1160; Supp. III, 1160 note. Notification by War Shipping Administra- tion. Return of vessel, re- quirement.

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