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 PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981

95 STAT. 753

for a consideration who is not a shipper or consignee or a seller or purchaser of shipments to foreign countries, nor has any beneficial interest therein, nor directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by such shipper or consignee or by any person having such a beneficial interest. By June 1, 1983, the Federal Maritime Commission shall submit a report to Congress evaluating the enforceability of this section and describing any reasons why this section should not be made permanent law. SEC. 1609. The Secretary of Comirierce shall conduct a study comparing the relative costs of repairing and outfitting the training vessel Bay State with the costs of reactivating and converting the steamship Tulare of the United States Naval Reserve Fleet, in order to aid in the determination of the appropriate vessel for use as the training ship of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. This study shall be completed and submitted to the Congress within ninety days of enactment of this Act. SEC. 1610. The Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by adding a new section 615 to read as follows: "SEC, 615. (a) The Secretary of Commerce may, until September 30, 1983, authorize an operator receiving or applying for operating differential subsidy under this title to construct, reconstruct, or acquire its vessels of over five thousand deadweight tons in a foreign shipyard if the Secretary finds and certifies in writing that such operator's application for construction differential subsidy cannot be approved due to the unavailability of funds in the construction differential subsidy account. Vessels constructed, reconstructed, or modified pursuant to this section shall be deemed to have been United States built for the purposes of this title, section 901(b) of this Act, and section 5(7) of the Port and Tanker Safety Act of 1978 (46 U.S.C. 391(a)(7)): Provided, That the provisions of section 607 of this Act shall not apply to vessels constructed, reconstructed, modified, or acquired pursuant to this section. "(b) The provisions of this section shall be effective for fiscal year 1983 only if the President in his annual budget message for that year requests at least $100,000,000 in construction differential subsidy or proposes an alternate program that would create equivalent merchant shipbuilding activity in privately owned United States shipyards and the Secretary reports to Congress on the effect such action will have on the shipyard mobilization base at least thirty days prior to making the certification referred to in subsection (a).".

Report to Congress. Study, submittal to Congress.

46 USC 1185.

46 USC 1241. 46 USC 391a.

TITLE XVII—CIVIL SERVICE AND POSTAL SERVICE PROGRAMS; GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS GENERALLY Subtitle A—Civil Service Programs 4.8 PERCENT PAY CAP ON FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

SEC. 1701. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 5 USC 5305 overall percentage of the adjustment of the rates of pay under the note. General Schedule or any other statutory pay system under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code, which is to become effective with the first applicable pay period commencing on or after October 1, 1981, shall not exceed 4.8 percent.

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