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Personnel detail.

Personnel, employment. 5 USC 101.

5 USC 5101 et seq., 5331. eertain vessels, inspection regulations.

Inspection requirements, violation. Penalty.

Ante, p. 2006.

Ante, p. 1997.

PUBLIC LAW 96-453—OCT. 15, 1980

"(c)(1) The Secretary may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States any information, facilities, or equipment, on a reimbursable basis, necessary to carry out this title. "(2) Upon the request of the Secretary, the head of any department or agency of the United States (including any military department of the United States) may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such department or agency to the Secretary to assist in carrying out this title. "(d) To carry out this title, the Secretary may employ at the Academy any individual as a professor, lecturer, or instructor, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code (governing appointments in the competitive service), and may pay such individual without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title (relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates). "(e)(1) The Secretary of the department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating shall inspect, and prescribe regulations for the inspection of, any vessel of more than 15 gross tons, other than a vessel of the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard, which is used primarily for training or instruction provided by the Academy under section 1303 or by a State maritime academy assisted under section 1304. Any such vessel shall not be subject to inspection under any other law or regulation requiring the inspection of such vessel by the United States Coast Guard. "(2) Any inspection under paragraph (1) shall include inspections of lifesaving and firefighting equipment, structure and arrangement generally, safe loading, and living and working conditions. "(3) Any regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) shall take into account the function, purpose, and use of such vessels, the routes of such vessels, and the number of individusds who may be carried on such vessels. "(4) Any vessel which is described in paragraph (1) may not be used in connection with any training or instruction provided by the Academy under section 1303 or by a State maritime academy assisted under section 1304 as long as such vessel is in violation of any regulations prescribed pursuant to this subsection or does not pass any inspection conducted pursuant to this subsection. ^^(5) Whoever— "(A) refuses to allow, or impedes or interferes with, any inspection required by this subsection; or (B) violates any regulations prescribed under this subsection, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, for each offense.". SEC. 3. (a) Section 209(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1119(b)) is amended— (1) by striking out "State Marine Schools" in clause (7) and inserting in lieu thereof "State maritime academies under section 1304 of this Act"; (2) by striking out "extension and correspondence courses authorized under section 216(c) of this Act; and in clause (9) and inserting in lieu thereof "additional training provided under section 1305 of this Act;"; (3) by redesignating clause (10) as clause (11); and (4) by inserting after clause (9) the following new clause: "(10) expenses necessary to carry out title XIII of this Act; and", (b) Section 905 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1244), is amended by adding after subsection (e) the following new subsections:

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