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 PRIVATE LAW 97-14—MAR. 30, 1982

96 STAT. 2617

Private Law 97-13 97th Congress An Act To revitalize the pleasure cruise industry by clarifying and waiving certain restrictions in the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, to permit the entry of the steamship vessel Oceanic Constitution into the trade.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1156), section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. 883), and any other provision of law, the Secretary of the department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating shall cause the vessel Oceanic Constitution (official Coast Guard numbered 262027) to be documented as a vessel of the United States entitled to engage in the coastwise trade, so long as— (1) the vessel is in compliance with all other requirements for vessels engaging in the coastwise trade, (2) any rebuilding of the vessel or repair work constituting a rebuilding, accomplished after enactment of this Act, shall be effected within the United States, its territories (not including trust territories), or its possessions, (3) the vessel is owned by a citizen or citizens of the United States as defined in the applicable laws prescribing the qualifications for vessels to engage in the coastwise trade, and (4) for hire carriage in such trade is limited to passengers, their accompanying baggage, and one thousand measurement tons of cargo, of forty cubic feet each, per annum in any coastwise trade: Provided, That for hire carriage of cargo in excess of the aforesaid one thousand tons shall be unlawful. SEC. 2. The vessel shall lose the right conferred by section 1 of this Act to engage in the coastwise trade if, during the first twelve months of operation as a vessel of the United States, it operates on a route in the coastwise trade other than the intra-Hawaiian Islands trade. Approved March 2, 1982.

Mar. 2, 1982 [H.R. 3782]

Oceanic Constitution. U.S. Coast Guard documentation of vessel.

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Private Law 97-14 97th Congress An Act For the relief of Dolly Akers, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.

Mar. 30, 1982 [S. 262]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- Dolly Akers. tary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $55,305 to Dolly Akers, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana. Such sum shall be paid to Dolly Akers in full satisfaction of all her claims for damages, including claims for damages against the United States, sustained by her by reason of the loss of the use of certain lands through an administrative error on the part of the United States. SEC. 2. All right, title, and interest of Dolly Akers in the certain lands is extinguished.

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