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PUBLIC LAW 86-556-JUNE 30, 1960

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(a) the Secretary, or his designee, with the concurrence of the head of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, or his designee, notifies the master that a United States or Canadian registered pilot is not available, or (b) the vessel or its cargo is in distress or jeopardy. Local authority. gjjc. 9. (a) No State, municipal, or other local authority shall have any power to require the use of pilots or to regulate any aspect of pilotage in any of the waters specified in this Act. «*Laker»» (b) Nothing in this Act shall apply to any vessel of the United sels. States which, in its navigation of waters to which this Act is applicable, is required by any other Act to have in its service and on board pilots or other navigating officers licensed by the United States for such waters. (c) The exceptions in section 2(f) applying to Canadian vessels shall be effective only so long as Canada permits enrolled vessels of the United States to be navigated on Canadian waters of the Great Lakes solely by qualified officers licensed by the head of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating. Advisory Com< SEC. 10. (a) The Secretary is authorized to appoint an Advisory mittee. Committee of three public members, each of whom shall have had at least five years of practical experience in maritime operations. The term for which a member may be appointed or reappointed shall not exceed five years. (b) The Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary. The Advisory Committee may review proposed pilotage regulations and policies and make such recommendations as are deemed appropriate. (c) Members of the Advisory Committee shall be compensated at a rate not exceeding $75 per day when actually engaged in the performance of their duties, together with their necessary travel expenses while going to and from meetings and when engaged on business at the call of the Secretary. Use of services, SEC. 11. The Secretary may use, with their consent, the available equipment, etc. services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government, on a reimbursable basis when appropriate. SEC. 12. If a provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. Effective date. SEC. 13. This Act shall become effective upon the date of its enactment, except that the pilotage provisions of this Act shall not become effective until the first day of the fourth month following the issuance of regulations pursuant hereto by the Secretary. Approved June 30, 1960. Public Law 86-556 June 30, 1960 [S. 3072]

Treasury Department. tain cTa! claims.

AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to effect the payment of certain claims against the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum as may be necessary to effect full and final settlement of the following claims against the United States:

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