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Membership quirements.

PUBLIC LAW 89-551-SEPT. 1, 1966

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the nations of the earth; to preserve the memories and incidents of the two World Wars and the other great hostilities fought to uphold democracy; to cement the ties and comradeship born of service; and to consecrate the efforts of its members to mutual helpfulness and service to their country." SEC. 2. That section 5 of said Act of September 16, 1919 (41 Stat. 285* 36 U.S.C. 45), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. No person shall be a member of this corporation unless he has served in the naval or military services of the United States at some time during any of the following periods: April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918; December 7, 1941, to September 2, 1945; June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953; August 5, 1964, to the date of cessation of hostilities as determined by the Government of the United States, all dates inclusive, or who, being a citizen of the United States at the time of entry therein, served in the military or naval service of any of the governments associated with the United States during said wars or hostilities: Provided, hotoe'ver^ That such person shall have an honorable discharge or separation from such service or continues to serve honorably after any of the aforesaid terminal dates." Approved September 1, 1966, 1:22 p.m.

Public Law 89-551 September 1, 19 66 [H. R. 8 760]

Oil P o l l u t i o n Act, 1961, amendments. 75 Stat. 402.

12 UST 2989.

Definitions.

AN ACT To amend the provisions of the Oil Pollution Act, 1961 (33 U.S.C. 1001-1015), to implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the "Oil Pollution Act, 1961" approved August 30, 1961 (33 U.S.C. 1001-1015), is amended as follows: (1) Section 1 is amended by inserting after the title "International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954" the phrase "as amended," and by changing the designation of the Act from "Oil Pollution Act, 1961" to "Oil Pollution Act, 1961, as amended. (2) Section 2 (33 U.S.C. 1001) is amended— (A) in subsection (a) by changing the semicolon to a comma at the end thereof and by adding "as amended;"; (B) in subsection (c) by changing the reference at the end thereof from "D. 158/53;" to "D. 86/59;"; (C) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: "(e) The term 'oil' means crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil, and lubricating oil, and 'oily' shall be construed accordingly. An 'oily mixture' means a mixture with an oil content of one hundred parts or more in one million parts of mixture." (D) by amending subsection (i) to read as follows: "(i) The term 'ship', subject to the exceptions provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection, means any seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever of American registry or nationality, including floating craft, whether self-propelled or towed by another vessel making a sea voyage; and 'tanker', as a type included within the term 'ship', means a ship in which the greater part of the cargo space is constructed or

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