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 79rH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 82-MAR. 8, 1946 May 27, 1941, uses such vessel pursuant to a taking, or pursuant to a bare-boat charter made, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, the compensation to be paid to the purchaser, his receivers, and trustees, shall in no event be greater than 15 per centum per annum of the statutory sales price as of such date. (d) Section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, shall not apply with respect to (1) any vessel which is eligible for an adjustment under this section, or (2) any vessel described in clause (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a) of this section, the contract for the construction of which is made after September 2, 1945, and prior to the date of enactment of this Act. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS OF ACT SEC. 10. No person shall be eligible to purchase or charter a war- built vessel under this Act, or to receive an adjustment under section 9, unless such person makes an agreement with the Commission binding upon such person and any affiliated interest to the effect that the liability of the United States under any charter party or taking for use, made or effected prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, for the loss, on or after such date of enactment and prior to September 3, 1947, of any vessel owned by such person and under charter to the United States (excluding a vessel with respect to which an adjustment is made under section 9) shall be limited to an amount equal to just compensation as of the date of said loss, determined pursuant to exist- ing law, or such amount as may be mutually agreed upon subsequent to the date of the enactment of this Act as just compensation under the provisions of existing law. NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET SEC. 11. (a) The Commission shall place in a national defense reserve (1) such vessels owned by it as, after consultation with the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy, it deems should be retained for the national defense, and (2) all vessels owned by it on December 31, 1947, for the sale of which a contract has not been made by that time, except those determined by the Commission to be of insufficient value for commercial and national defense purposes to warrant their maintenance and preservation, and except those vessels, the contracts for the construction of which are made after September 2, 1945, under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. A vessel under charter on December 31, 1947, shall not be placed in the reserve until the termination of such charter. Unless otherwise provided for by law, all vessels placed in such reserve shall be preserved and maintained by the Commission for the purpose of national defense. A vessel placed in such reserve shall in no case be used for commercial operation, except that any such vessel may be used during any period in which vessels may be requisitioned under section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended. (b) Any war-built vessel may be made available by the Commis- sion to any State maintaining a marine school or nautical branch in accordance with the Act of July 29, 1941 (Public Law 191, Seventy- seventh Congress; 55 Stat. 607). GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 12. (a) The Commission is authorized to reconvert or restore for normal operation in commercial services, including removal of national defense or war-service features, any vessel authorized to be sold or chartered under this Act. The Commission is authorized to make such replacements, alterations, or modifications with respect to 80634°-47-PT. I-4 55 Stat. 1647. 50 U. S. C., Supp. V, app., note prec. 1 49 Stat. 1999. 46 U. .C.§ 1156. 49 Stat. 1985. 46U. .C. 1101 et seq, Supp V, ch. 27. 49 Stat. 2015 . 46U. .C.i1242; Supp. V, § 1242. 34U. S.C., Supp.V, §§ 1122, 1123a-1123e. Reconversion. etc., of vessels. 49 60 STAT.]

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