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PUBLIC LAW 90-298-APR. 29, 1968

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priation authorization acts (a) to carry out the provisions of this Act during the fiscal years 1962 to 1972, inclusive; (b) to finance, for not more than two years beyond the end of said period, such grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and studies as may theretofore have been undertaken pursuant to this act; and (c) to finance, for not more than three years beyond the end of said period, such activities as are required to correlate, coordinate, and round out the results of studies and research undertaken pursuant to this Act. Effective July 1, 1968, Foreign commitno new commitments shall be made under authority of this Act for ^onl^' '"^^*""' cooperation with public or private agencies in foreign countries which require the expenditure of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act, but funds so appropriated shall be available to carry out commitments made before said date." SEC. 2. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of the Saline Water Conversion Act (66 Stat. 328), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1951 et seq.), during fiscal year 1969 the sum of $24,556,000 as follows: (a) Research and development operating expenses, not more than $17,274,000; (b) Design, construction, acquisition, modification, operation, and maintenance of saline water conversion test beds and test facilities, not more than $4,292,000; (c) Design, construction, acquisition, modification, operation, and maintenance of saline water conversion modules, not more than $1,175,000; and (d) Administration and coordination, not more than $1,815,000: Provided, That expenditures and obligations under any of these items except the last may be increased by not more than ten per centum if such increase is accompanied by an equal decrease in expenditures and obligations under one or more of the other items, including the last. SEC, 3. I n addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated by this Act, the Secretary may utilize any funds previously appropriated for this program which are not obligated on June 30, 1968, subject to the dollar limitations applicable to the fiscal year 1968 program. Approved April 29, 1968. Public Law 90-298 AN ACT To amend provisions of the Shipping Act, 1916, to authorize the Federal Maritime Commission to permit a common carrier by water in foreign commerce or conference of such carriers to refund a ix»rti<>n of the freight charges.

April 29, 1968 [H. R. 9473]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 18(b) vesseu charges Freight of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. 817 (b)), is amended by changing 75 Stat. 754. the period at the end of subsection (3) thereof to a colon and adding the following proviso: '"''Provided, however, That the Federal Maritime Commission may in its discretion and for good cause shown permit a common carrier by water in foreign commerce or conference of such carriers to refund a portion of freight charges collected from a shipper or waive the collection of a portion of the charges from a shipper where it appears that there is an error in a tariff of a clerical or administrative nature or an error due to inadvertence in failing to file a new tariff and that such refund or waiver will not result in discrimination among shippers: Provided further, That the common carrier by water in foreign commerce or conference of such carriers has, prior to applying for authority to make refund, filed a new tariff with the Federal Maritime Commission which sets forth the rate on which such refund or

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