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 PUBLIC LAW 97-136—DEC. 29, 1981

95 STAT. 1705

Public Law 97-136 97th Congress An Act To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.

Dec. 29, 1981 [S. 831]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representative of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That funds are Coast Guard, appropriation authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast authorization. Guard for fiscal year 1982 as follows: (1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, including expenses related to the Capehart housing debt reduction, $1,404,800,000. (2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $537,200,000. (3) For the alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States, constituting obstructions to navigation, $17,500,000. (4) For research, development, test, and evaluation, $29,730,000 of which sufficient funds shall be made available to continue in operation a Coast Guard research and development center through the end of the 1982 fiscal year: Provided, That the Coast Guard submits its research, development, test, and evaluation program plan, including the continuation or operation of a research and development center, for fiscal year 1982 to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate for approval before implementation. SEC. 2. For fiscal year 1982, the Coast Guard is authorized an end-of- Active duty year strength for active duty personnel of 42,224. This end-of-year personnel. strength shall not include members of the Ready Reserve called to active duty under the authority of section 712 of title 14, United States Code. Military SEC. 3. For fiscal year 1982, the Coast Guard is authorized average training military training student loads as follows: students loads. (1) For recruit and special training, 3,660 student-years. (2) For flight training, 118 student-years. (3) For professional training in military and civilian institutions, 655 student-years. (4) For officer acquisition, 1,038 student-years. SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal 1982 Civilian end-of-year civilian personnel strength of the Coast Guard shall be at personnel. least 5 484 SEC. 5. The Act of October 3, 1980 (Public Law 96-376; 94 Stat. 1509), is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) of the first section, by striking out "$1,248,367,000" and substituting "$1,337,207,000"; and (2) in section 2, by striking out "39,600" and substituting "39,819".

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