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 PUBLIC LAW 96-112—NOV. 16, 1979

93 STAT. 849

SEC. 5. Subsection D(a)(5) of section 30 of the Merchant Marine Act, Merchant 1920 (46 U.S.C. 922(a)(5)) is amended to read as follows: Marine Act "(5) The mortgagee is a State, the District of Columbia, the amendment. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the United States, or is a citizen of the United States, and for the purposes of this Act the Reconstruction Finance Corporation shall, in addition to those designated in sections 37 and 38 of this Act, be 46 USC 888,802, deemed a citizen of the United States." ^^^• Approved November 16, 1979.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-169 accompanying H.R. 2462 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries) and No. 96-556 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 96-105 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 125 (1979): May 24, considered and passed Senate. July 20, 27, H.R. 2462 considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 640, amended, passed in lieu. Nov. 2, House agreed to conference report. Nov. 5, Senate agreed to conference report.

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