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 93 STAT. 846

46 USC 1160 note.

46 USC 1156.

PUBLIC LAW 96-111—NOV. 15, 1979 (B) for hire carriage in such trade is limited to passengers, their accompanying baggage, and one thousand measurement tons of cargo, of forty cubic feet each, per annum in any coastwise trade: Provided, That for hire carriage of cargo in excess of the aforesaid one thousand tons shall be unlawful. SEC. 2. Section 2 of Public Law 92-296 (86 Stat. 140), as amended by Public Law 94-536 (90 Stat. 2497), is further amended by inserting after the words "American flag" the following: "in the coastwise and/ or foreign commerce of the United States and/or between foreign ports notwithstanding the provision of section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936: Provided, That for hire carriage in coastwise commerce of the United States is limited to passengers, their accompanying baggage, and one thousand measurement tons of cargo, of forty cubic feet each, per annum in any single coastwise trade: Provided further, That for hire carriage of cargo in excess of the aforesaid one thousand tons shall be unlawful,". SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1156), and any other provision of law or of prior contract with the United States, the steamship Mariposa and the steamship Monterey, may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, be allowed to remain under the American flag and operate totally in both the coastwise and foreign commerce of the United States and/or between foreign ports: Provided, That for hire carriage in the domestic commerce of the United States is limited to passengers, their accompanying baggage, and one thousand measurement tons of cargo, of forty cubic feet each, per annum in any single coastwise trade: Provided further. That for hire carrigige of cargo in excess of the aforesaid one thousand tons shall be unlawful. In the event the operator should elect to transfer either or both vessels to foreign flag operation, nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting these vessels in such circumstances to have any rights or ability whatsoever to operate in the United States coastwise trades. Approved November 15, 1979.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-559 accompanying H.R. 5472 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). SENATE REPORT No. 96-298 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 125 (1979): Sept. 6, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 30, H.R. 5472 considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 1281, amended, passed in Heu. Nov. 1, Senate agreed to House amendments.

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