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PUBLIC LAW 93-118-OCT. 4, 1973

[87 STAT.

Public Law 93-118 October 4, 1973 [H. J. R e s. 753]

Continuing appropriations, 1974. Ante, p. 133.

JOINT RESOLUTION Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1974, and for other purposes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That clause (c) of section 102 of the joint resolution of July 1, 1973 (Public Law 93-52), is hereby amended by strikin^r out "September 30, 1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 11, 1973". Approved October 4, 1973. Public Law 93-119

October 4, 1973 [H. R. 5451]

Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1973. 80 Stat. 372. Definitions. Repeal.

AN ACT To amend the Oil Pollution Act, 1961 (75 Stat. 402), as amended, to implement the 1969 and 1971 amendments to 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 this Act may be cited as the "Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1973". SEC. 2. The Oil Pollution Act, 1961 (75 Stat. 402), as amended (33 TT.S.C. 1001-1015), is amended as follows: (1) Section 2 (33 U.S.C. 1001) is amended— (A) by repealing subsection (g); (B) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; (C) by adding a new subsection (c) to read: "(c) The term 'instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content' means the rate of discharge of oil in liters per hour at any instant divided by the speed of the ship in knots at the same instant;"; (D) in subsection (c) (redesignated (d) by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph): (1) by deleting the word "marine"; and (2) by deleting tl^e words "American Society for the Testing of Materials" and substituting therefor the words "American Society for Testing and Materials"; (E) in subsection (e) (redesignated (f) by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph) by changing the period to a semicolon at the end of the first sentence thereof and by amending the second sentence to read "an 'oily mixture' means a mixture with any oil content;"; (F) by amending subsection (h) to read "The term 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating;"; and (G) in subsection (j) by changing the period to a semicolon and by adding the following to the sentence: "except that, for the purpose of this Act 'from the nearest land' off the northeastern coast of Australia means a line drawn from a point on the coast of Australia in latitude 11 degrees south, longitude 142 degrees 08 minutes east to a point in latitude 10 degrees 35 minutes south, longitude 141 degrees 55 minutes east— "thence to a point latitude 10 degrees 00 minutes south, longitude 142 degrees 00 minutes east; "thence to a point latitude 9 degrees 10 minutes south, longitude 143 dearrees 52 minutes east;

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