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 89 STAT. 808

46 USC 1402 note. 46 USC 1401 °"*®"

PUBLIC LAW 94-150—DEC. 15, 1975 (2) he has instituted and will continue a program to train United States citizens or legally domiciled aliens as fish processors or fishermen; and (3) he is making satisfactory progress, as determined by the Secretary, in employing only United States citizens or legally domiciled aliens on the vessel; the Secretary of Commerce may permit the Seafreeze Atlantic to be operated with fishermen or fish processors who are foreign citizens for such additional periods and under such conditions as he deems appropriate; except that the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 2(a) shall apply during any such additional period. SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall not be construed as an amendment of the United States Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, except to the extent applicable to Seafreeze A tlantic, and any contract with the United States entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to the construction and operation of such vessel shall continue in full force and effect except that the Secretary of Commerce may amend any such contract in such a manner as he deems necessary in order to implement the provisions of this Act. The Secretary may impose such conditions as may be necessary to assure that the provisions of this Act will be complied with by the owner of the Seafreeze Atlantic and may undertake to amend appropriately any documents executed in connection with the construction and operation o,f such vessel, but if the owner does not consent to any such amendment, the Act shall cease to apply. Approved December 15, 1975.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-292 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). SENATE REPORT No. 94-474 (Comm. on Commerce). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): June 16, considered and passed House. Dec. 1, considered and passed Senate.

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