Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/220

 96 STAT. 1582

Report to Congress. 14 USC 81 note.

Contracts, authority. 14 USC 81 note.

PUBLIC LAW 97-322—OCT. 15, 1982

(3) For professional training in military and civilian institutions, six hundred andfifty-fivestudent-years. (4> For officer acquisition, one thousand thirty-eight studentyears. SEC. 105. (a) Section 81 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The Coast Guard may establish, maintain, and operate aids to maritime navigation under paragraph (1) of this section by contract with any person, public body, or instrumentality.". (b) Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this title, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit a report to the Congress evaluating— (1) the exercise by contract of the authority of the Coast Guard under section 81 of title 14, United States Code, to establish, maintain, and operate aids to navigation, including a discussion of any problems involved in exercising such authority by contract, the reasons for exercising or failing to exercise such authority by contract in particular areas, and the feasibility of expanding the exercise of such authority by contract; and (2) the advantages and disadvantages of increasing the ratio of civilian to military employees assigned to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of aids to navigation on the inland waterways of the United States. (c) Any authority to enter into contracts provided in this section shall be available only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for that purpose. SEC. 106. Subsections (e) and (f) of section 475 of title 14, United States Code, are repealed. SEC. 107. (a) Section 502(b) of the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525(b)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "This subsection shall not apply to any bridge over waters which are not subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and which are not used and are not susceptible to use in their natural condition or by reasonable improvement as a means to transport interstate or foreign commerce.". (b) Section 9 of the Act of March 3, 1899, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes" (33 U.S.C. 401) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The approval required by this section of the location and plans or any modification of plans of any bridge or causeway shall not apply to any bridge or causeway over waters which are not subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and which are not used and are not susceptible to use in their natural condition or by reasonable improvement as a means to transport interstate or foreign commerce.". (c) The first section of the Act of March 23, 1906, entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters" (33 U.S.C. 491) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "This section shall not apply to any bridge over waters which are not subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and which are not used and are not susceptible to use in their natural condition or by reasonable improvement as a means to transport interstate or foreign commerce.". SEC. 108. (a) Section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain

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