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PUBLIC LAW 88-307-MAY 14, 1964

[78 STAT.

Public Law 88-307 May 14, 1964 [S. 1005]

Communications Act of 1934, amendment. Nonbroadcast operations. 74 Stat. 890.

AN ACT To amend paragraph (2)((i) of subsection 309(e) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, by granting the Federal Comnuniications Commission additional authority to grant special temporary authorizations for sixty days for certain nonbroadcast operations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph f2)(G) of subsection 309(c) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (47 U.S.C. 309(c)(2)(G)), is amended to read as follows: " (G) a special temporary authorization for nonbroadcast operation not to exceed thirty days where no application for regular operation is contemplated to be filed or not to exceed sixty days pending the filing of an application for such regular operation, or". Approved May 14, 1964.

Public Law 88-308 May 20, 1964 [S. 1988]

F i s h i n g in territorial waters of U.S. Prohibition.

Secretary of Treasury. Authority.

International organization engaged in fishery research.

AN ACT To prohibit fishing in the territorial waters of the United States and in certain other areas by vessels other than vessels of the United States and by persons in charge of such vessels.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Cnited States of America in Congress assemMed, That it is unlawful for any vessel, except a vessel of the United States, or for any master or other person in charge of such a vessel, to engage in the fisheries within the territorial waters of the United States, its territories and possessions and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or within any waters in which the United States has the same rights in respect to fisheries as it has in its territorial waters or to engage in the taking of any Continental Shelf fishery resource which appertains to the United States except as provided in this Act or as expressly provided by an international agreement to which the United States is a party. However, sixty days after written notice to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of intent to do so, the Secretary of the Treasury may authorize a vessel other than a vessel of the United States to engage in fishing for designated species within the territorial waters of the United States or within any waters in which the United States has the same rights in respect to fisheries as it has in its territorial waters or for resources of the Continental Shelf which appertain to the United States upon certification by the Secretaries of State and of the Interior that such permission would be in the national interest and upon concurrence of any State, Commonwealth, territory, or possession directly affected. The authorization in this section may be granted only after a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that the country of registry, documentation, or licensing extends substantially the same fishing privileges for a fishery to vessels of the United States. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretaries of the Treasury and of the Interior, may permit a vessel, other than a vessel of the United States, owned or operated by an international organization of which the United States is a member, to engage in fishery research within the territorial waters of the United States or within any waters in which the United States has the same rights in respect to fisheries as it has in its territorial waters, or for

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