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Maritime a c a d emies, v e s s e l s. 72 Stat. 6 2 2.

PUBLIC LAW 92-54-JULY 12, 1971

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(e) maritime training at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, $7,300,000; and (f) financial assistance to State marine schools, $2,370,000. SEC. 2. Section 3 of the Maritime Academy Act of 1958 (46 U.S.C. 1382) is amended by inserting a new subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) In any case where the Secretary has not, prior to the enactment of this subsection, furnished a suitable vessel to a State as authorized by subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary may, in lieu of furnishing such a vessel, repair, recondition and equip (including all apparel, charts, books, and mstruments of navigation) as necessary, a vessel which is owned by a State on the date of enactment of this subsection, for use as a training vessel for a maritime academy or college meeting the requirements of this Act." Approved July 9, 1971.

Public Law 92-54 July 12, 1971 [S. 31]

Emergency Employment Act of 1971.

AN ACT To provide (luring times of high unemployment for programs of public service employment for unemployed persons, to assist States and local communities in providing needed public services, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vnited States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the "Emergency Employment Act of 1971". STATEMENT OF F I N D I N G S A N D PURPOSES

SEC. 2. The Congress finds and declares that— (1) times of high unemployment severely limit the work opportunities available to the general population, especially lowincome persons and migrants, persons of limited English-speaking ability, and others from socioeconomic backgrounds generally associated with substantial unemployment and underemployment; (2) expanded work opportunities fail, in times of high unemployment, to keep pace with the increased number of persons in the labor force, including the many young persons who are entering the labor force, persons who have recently been separated from military service, and older persons who desire to remain in, enter, or reenter the labor force; (3) in times of high unemployment, many low-income persons are unable to secure or retain employment, making it especially difficult to become self-supporting and thus increasing the number of welfare recipients; (4) many of the persons who have become unemployed or underemployed as a result of technological changes or as a result of shifts in the pattern of Federal expenditures, as in the defense, aerospace, and construction industries, could usefully be employed

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