Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/880

 93 STAT. 848

46 USC 1126.

Merchant Marine Act, amendment.

PUBLIC LAW 96-112—NOV. 16, 1979 request until October 1, 1984. The Secretary of Commerce may prescribe rules and regulations consistent with the purpose of subparagraph (B). (3) For expenses necessary for research and development activities, not to exceed $16,360,000, (4) For maritime education and training expenses, not to exceed $31,372,000; including not to exceed $17,132,000 for maritime training at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York; $10,285,000 for financial assistance to State marine schools; $1,998,000 for fuel oil for State marine school training vessels; and $1,957,000 for supplementary training courses authorized under section 216(c) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936. (5) For operating expenses, not to exceed $35,598,000; including not to exceed $6,377,000 for reserve fleet expenses; and $29,221,000 for other operating expenses. SEC. 3. There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1980, in addition to the amounts authorized by section 2 of this Act, such additional supplemental amounts for the activities for which appropriations are authorized under section 2 of this Act, as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, or other employee benefits authorized by law, and for increased costs for public utilities, food service, and other expenses of the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. SEC. 4. Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. 883) is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting the following new proviso: ": Provided further, That until April 1, 1984, and notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any vessel documented under the laws of the United States and owned by persons who are citizens of the United States may, when operated upon a voyage in foreign trade, transport merchandise in cargo vans, lift vans, and shipping-tanks between points embraced within the coastwise laws for transfer to or when transferred from another vessel or vessels, so documented and owned, of the same operator when the merchandise movement has either a foreign origin or a foreign destination; but this proviso (1) shall apply only to vessels which that same operator owned, chartered or contracted for the construction of prior to the date of the enactment of this proviso, and (2) shall not apply to movements between points in the contiguous United States and points in Hawaii, Alaska, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and United States territories and possessions.".

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