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 94 STAT. 1056 Appropriation authorizations.

50 USC app. 1744. Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 96-331—AUG. 28, 1980

SEC. 4. Any funds appropriated pursuant to authorizations contained in the Acts of October 21, 1975 (89 Stat. 611; Public Law 94-121), July 14, 1976 (90 Stat. 937; Public Law 94-362), August 2, 1977 (91 Stat. 419; Public Law 95-86), and October 10, 1978 (92 Stat. 1021; Public Law 95-431) are authorized to be used for preservation work on the nuclear ship Savannah. Expenditures authorized by the preceding sentence for the preservation of the nuclear ship Savannah shall not exceed that amount which the Secretary of Commerce, in the Secretary's discretion, determines to be necessary to make the vessel suitable for use by the Patriots Point Development Authority pursuant to section 1 of this Act. No part of any funds authorized to be expended by this section shall be obligated or expended except in connection with work which the Secretary of Commerce determines would otherwise be performed on the nuclear ship Savannah if the vessel were to be laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet pursuant to section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 49). SEC. 5. Funds appropriated pursuant to authorizations contained in title III of the Act of September 24, 1979 (93 Stat. 416; Public Law 96-68), are authorized to be expended to tow the nuclear ship Savannah to a site at Patriots Point at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Beginning in fiscal year 1981 there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to inspect and maintain the hull of the nuclear ship Savannah below the waterline during the term of the charter and any renewals thereof. Approved August 28, 1980.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1220 accompanying H.R. 5867 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). SENATE REPORT No. 96-478 (Comm. on Commerce, Science, and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 125 (1979): Dec. 18, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 126 (1980): Aug. 18, considered and passed House, in lieu of H.R. 5867.

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