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PUBLIC LAW 85-602-AUG. 8, 1958

than February 1, 1960". Section 7 is further amended by striking out the last sentence thereof which reads as follows: "The Commission shall cease to exist, and all authority conferred by this Act shall terminate, thirty days after the date of submission of the final report," and inserting in lieu thereof; "The Commission shall cease to exist for all intents and purposes, and all authority conferred by this Act shall and does terminate thirty days after the date of the submission of the final report or on March 1, 1960, whichever date occurs first." (c) Section 8 of such Act is amended by striking out "$75,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$300,000". ApprovedAugust 8, 1958.

Termination.

Appropriation.

Public Law 85-602 AN ACT To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 11 o. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by substituting a colon for the period at the end thereof and adding the following: '•''Provided, hawever, That as the term is used in subsection 170 1., it shall mean any such occurrence outside of the United States rather than within the United States." SEC. 2. Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "1. The Commission is authorized until August 1, 1967, to enter into an agreement of indemnification with any person engaged in the design, development, construction, operation, repair, and maintenance or use of the nuclear-powered ship authorized by section 716 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and designated the 'nuclear ship Savannah'. I n any such agreement of indemnification the Commission may require such person to provide and maintain financial protection of such a type and in such amounts as the Commission shall determine to be appropriate to cover public liability arising from a nuclear incident in connection with such design, development, construction, operation, repair, maintenance or use and shall indemnify the person indemnified against such claims above the amount of the financial protection required, in the maximum amount provided by subsection e. including the reasonable costs of investigating and settling claims and defending suits for damage." SEC. 2. Section 170 e. of the Atomic Energy act of 1954, as amended, is amended by deleting the second sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The Commission or any person indemnified may apply to the appropriate district court of the United States having venue in bankruptcy matters over the location of the nuclear incident, except that in the case of nuclear incidents caused by ships of the United States outside of the United States, the Commission or any person indemnified may apply to the appropriate district court of the United States having venue in bankruptcy matters over the location of the principal place of business of the shipping company owning or operating the ship, and upon a showing that the public liability from a single nuclear incident will probably exceed the limit of liability imposed by this section, shall be entitled to such orders as may be appropriate for enforcement of the provisions of this section, including an order limiting the liability of the persons indemnified, orders staying the payment of claims and the execution of court judgments, orders apportioning the payments to be made to

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Nuclear ship Savannah. 71 Stat. 576. 42 USC 2014.

71 Stat. 576. 42 USC 2210.

I n d e mnijfic ation agreements.

70 Stat. 731. 46 USC 1206.

L i m i t a t i o n of liability. 42 USC 2210.

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