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PUBLIC LAW 89-552-SEPT. 2, 1966

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(7) Section 10 (33 U.S.C. 1009) is amended by changing the phrase at the end thereof from "and 9"' to "9, and 12." (8) Section 12 (33 U.S.C. 1011) is amended to read as follows: ^^P;^'^^^"''^ "SEC. 12. (a) All sea areas within fifty miles from the nearest land shall be prohibited zones, subject to extensions or reduction effectuated in accordance with the terms of the Convention, which shall be published in regulations prescribed by the Secretary. " (b) With respect to the reduction or extension of the zones described under the terms of the Convention, the Secretary shall give notice thereof by publication of such information in Notices to Mariners issued by the United States Coast Guard and United States Navy." (9) Section 13 (33 U.S.C. 1012) is repealed. «*P«^I(10) Section 17 (33 U.S.C. 1015) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 17. (a) This Act shall become effective upon the date of its Effective date. enactment or upon the date the amended Convention becomes effective as to the United States, whichever is the later date. " (b) Any rights or liabilities existing on the effective date of this Act shall not be affected by the enactment of this Act. Any procedures or rules or regulations in effect on the effective date of this Act shall remain in effect until modified or superseded under the authority of this Act. Any reference in any other law or rule or regulation prescribed pursuant to law to the 'International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954,' shall be deemed ^^ UST 2989. to be a reference to that Convention as revised hj the 'Amendments of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954,' which were adopted by a Conference of Contracting Governments convened at London on April 11, 1962. Any reference in any other law or rule or regulation prescribed pursuant to law to the MOil Pollution Act, 1961,' approved August 30, 1961 (33 U.S.C. 1001-1015), shall be deemed to be a reference to that Act ^s Stat. 402. as amended by this Act." Approved September 1, 1966.

Public Law 89-552 AN ACT

September 2, 19 66

To amend the Organic Act of Guam in order to authorize the legislature thereof to provide by law for the election of its members from election districts.

[H. R. 13298]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 10 of Guam. the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1423), is amended to read as redrstrfctlng." follows:

"SEC. 10. (a) The legislative power and authority of Guam shall be vested in a legislature, consisting of a single house, to be designated the 'Legislature of Guam', herein referred to as the legislature. " (b) The legislature shall be composed of not to exceed twenty-one members, to be known as senators, elected at large, or elected from legislative districts, or elected in part at large and in part from legislative districts, as the laws of Guam may direct: Provided, That any districting and any apportionment pursuant to this authorization and provided for by the laws of Guam shall not deny to any person in Guam the equal protection of the laws: And provmed further, That in any elections to the legislature, every elector shall be permitted to vote for

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