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12 usT 1761. 68^stat^*704^^' 47 USC 351.

47 USC 352.

PUBLIC LAW 89-121-AUGUST 13, 1965

[79 STAT.

class radiotelegraph operator's certificate complying" \vith the provisions of the radio regulations annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention in force."' SEC. 2. (a) The heading of section 351 of the Communications Act ^^ "^^^^ ^^ amended to read as follows: " S H I P RADIO STATIONS AND OPERATIONS".

(b) Subsection (a) of such section 351 is amended to read as follows: u ^^^ Except as provided in section 352 hereof it shall be unlawful— "(1) For any ship of the United States, other than a cargo ship of less than three hundred gross tons, to be navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, or for any ship of the United States or any foreign country, other than a cargo snip of less than three hundred gross tons, to leave or attempt to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage m the open sea, unless such ship is equipped with an efficient radio station in operating condition, as specified by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph, in charge of and operated by one or more radio officers or operators, adequately installed and protected so as to insure proper operation, and so as not to endanger the ship and radio station as hereinafter provided, and, in the case of a ship of the United States, unless there is on board a valid station license issued in accordance with this Act. " (A) Passenger ships irrespective of size and cargo ships of one thousand six hundred gross tons and upward shall be equipped with a radiotelegraph station complying with the provisions of this part; " (B) Cargo ships of three hundred gross tons and upward but less than one thousand six hundred gross tons, unless equipped with a radiotelegraph station complying with the provisions of this part, shall be equipped with a radiotelephone station complying with the provisions of this part. "(2) For any ship of the United States of one thousand six hundred gross tons and upward to be navigated in the open sea outside of a harbor or port, or for any such ship of the Laiited States or any foreign country to leave or attempt to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage in the open sea, unless such ship is equipped with efficient radio direction finding apparatus approved by the Commission, properly adjusted in operating condition as hereinafter provided."* SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (a) of section 352 of the Communications Act of 1934 is amended by striking out paragraph (6) and inserting after paragraph (5) thereof the following new paragraphs: "(6) A ship navigating solely on any bays, sounds, rivers, or protected waters within the jurisdiction of the United States, or to a ship leaving or attempting to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a voyage solely on any bays, sounds, rivers, or protected waters within the jurisdiction of the United States; " (7) A ship navigating solely on the Great Lakes of North America and the River Saint Lawrence as far east as a straight line drawn from Cap des Rosiers to West Point, Anticosti Island, and, on the north side of Anticosti Island, the sixty-third meridian, or to a ship leaving or attempting to leave any harbor or port of the United States for a A'oyage solely on such waters and within such area; "(8) A ship which is navigated during the course of a voyage both on the Great Lakes of North America and in the open sea, during the period while such ship is being navigated within the Great Lakes of

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