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52 Stat. 1040. 21 USC 3 0 1. Contracts.

A c c e s s to records.

Disposition.

63 Stat. 37^. 40 USC 471 note.

Appropriation.

Expiration.

PUBLIC LAW 89-701-NOV. 2, 1966

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Act until the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall have certified that fish protein concentrate produced from whole fish complies with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act. (b) The Secretary may operate and maintain or contract for the operation and maintenance of such plants. Each operation and maintenance contract shall provide, in addition to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems desirable, for the compilation by the contractor of complete records, including cost data, with respect to the operation, maintenance, and engineering of the plants. The records so compiled shall be made available to the public and to the Congress by the Secretary at periodic and reasonable intervals. Access by the public to the plants shall be assured during all phases of their operation subject to such reasonable restrictions as to time and place as the Secretary may require or approve. (c) All contracts entered into pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall include a clause to the effect that the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives shall until the expiration of three years after final payment have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his subcontractors engaged in the performance of and involving transactions related to such contracts or subcontracts. (d) Each plant constructed or leased under this Act, and its equipment, upon the expiration of a period deemed adequate by the Secretary for experiment and demonstration purposes, shall, as promptly as practicable, be disposed of in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. as amended. (e) The Secretary may acquire lands or interests therein, patents, licenses, technical data, inventions, secret processes, supplies, and equipment by purchase, license, lease, or donation to carry out the provisions of this section. SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,000,000 for the construction of one experiment and demonstration plant. There is also authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $1,555,000 annually for a period of five fiscal years, beginning with the fiscal year 1968, for the leasing of one additional experiment and demonstration plant, for the operation and maintenance of experiment and demonstration plants leased or constructed under this Act, and for conducting the program authorized by this Act. Sums appropriated under this section are authorized to remain available until expended. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to amend, repe^il, or otherwise modify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to carry out fish protein concentrate research mider any other provision of law. SEC. 4. The Secretary shall cooperate with public and private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals in carrying out the program authorized by this Act. SEC. 5. The authority of the Secretary under this Act shall expire at the expiration of five years from the date of enactment of this Act. Approved November 2, 1966, Anchorage, Alaska.

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