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PUBLIC LAW 92-163-NOV. 23, 1971

[85 STAT.

Public Law 92-163 November 23, 1971

[H. R, 155]

Vessels, N on-selfpropelled s p e cialty b a r g e s. 49 Stat. 442; 82 Stat. 700.

Report to Congress.

AN ACT To facilitate the transportation of cargo by barges specifically designed for carriage aboard a vessel.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That SECTION 1. Section 27, Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended (46 U.S.C. 883), is further amended by inserting after "(c) empty barges specifically designed for carriage aboard a vessel" the words "and equipment, excluding propulsion equipment, for use with such barges", and by striking out the period at the end of said section 27 and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following: '•''Provided further, That upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury by I'egulation may prescribe, and, if the transporting vessel is of foreign registry, upon his finding, pursuant to information furnished by the Secretary of State, that the government of the nation of registry extends reciprocal privileges to vessels of the United States, the Secretary of the Treasury may suspend the application of this section to the transportation of merchandise between points in the United States (excluding transportation between the continental Uiiited States and noncontiguous states, districts, territories, and possessions embraced within the coastwise laws) which, while moving in the foreign trade of the United States, is transferred from a nonself-propelled barge certified by the owner or operator to be specifically designed for carriage aboard a vessel and regularly carried aboard a vessel in foreign trade to another such barge owned or leased by the same owner or operator, without regard to whether any such barge is under foreign registry or qualified to engage in the coastwise trade." SEC. 2. For a period of five years following the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall at the beginning of each regular session make a report to the Congress regarding activities under this Act, including but not limited to the extent to which foreign governments are extending reciprocal privileges to the vessels of the United States. Approved November 23, 1971.

Public Law 92-164 November 23, 1971 [S. 2339]

Indians. P u e b l o of L a g u n a, N, Mex. Judgment funds.

AN ACT To provide for the disposition of judgment funds on deposit to the credit of the I'neblo of Luguna in Indian Claims Commission, docket numbered 227, 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 unexpended balance of funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Pueblo of Laguna that were appropriated to pay a judgment by the Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 227, and the interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees and expenses, may be advanced or expended or invested for any purpose that is authorized by the tribal governing body and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, including the transfer to the unrestricted funds of the Pueblo of Laguna. SEC. 2. Any part of such funds that may be distributed to members of the jiueblo shall not be subject to Federal or State income tax. Approved November 23, 1971.

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