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 PUBLIC LAW 97-136—DEC. 29, 1981

95 STAT. 1707

compliance with existing Coast Guard regulations, and such other certificates as are essential to documentation. "(b) The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may also contract or enter into agreements with or utilize the American Bureau of Shipping, or similar American classification society for the review and approval of vessel hull, machinery, piping, and electrical plans. "(c) The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall report to the Congress on the implementation of subsections (a) and (b) within 6 months of the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter for 3 years. Such report shall include the views of the affected industry on the implementation of those subsections.". SEC. 10. Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104 of the Vessel Documentation Act (Public Law 96-694; 94 Stat. 3453) are amended to read as follows: "(1) an individual who is a citizen of the United States, or an association, trust, joint venture, or other entity capable of holding title to a vessel, under the law of the United States, of any State, territory, or possession of the United States, of the District of Columbia, or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, all of the members of which are citizens of the United States; "(2) a partnership whose general partners are citizens of the United States, and the controlling interest in the partnership is owned by citizens of the United States;". SEC. 11. Section 7 of the Act of May 21, 1920 (31 U.S.C. 686), is amended by inserting "Coast Guard," in the first proviso of subsection (a) after "Federal Aviation Agency,". SEC. 12. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize or provide funds for removing facilities of Coast Guard Group Port Angeles from Ediz Hook. SEC. 13. (a) The Congress, in recognition of the heroic efforts that resulted in the saving, under extremely adverse conditions, of the lives of all 510 passengers aboard the motor vessel Prinsendam which caught fire off the coast of Alaska on October 4, 1980, hereby honors and expresses its thanks to the members of the Coast Guard, the individuals of the United States and Canadian Air Forces, and the crew of the tanker Williamsburg and all others who participated directly in this valiant underta^ng, as well as the crew of the Prinsendam. 0^) The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall determine the names and addresses of those individuals honored under subsection (a), and provide the names and addresses to the Clerk of the House of Representatives who shall convey in appropriate language the appreciation of Congress to each such individual for his or her actions in connection with the Prinsendam rescue. SEC. 14. The Coast Guard shall deploy at least one helicopter for search and rescue, as well as other missions of the (]!oast Guard, at each of the following sites: Newport, Oregon; Cordova, Alaska; and Charleston, South Carolina.

Contracts and agreements.

Report to Congress.

46 USC 65b.

Prinsendam, congressional recognition of rescue efforts.

Helicopter deployment.

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