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 96 STAT. 1954

Appropriation authorization. 16 USC 3608.

PUBLIC LAW 97-389—DEC. 29, 1982

(a), (b), (c), and (d) of the Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1861 (a), (b), (c), and (d), respectively) apply. SEC. 309. There are authorized to be appropriated from time to time such sums as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes and provisions of the Convention and this title, including— (1) necessary travel expenses of the Commissioners and alternate Commissioners in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulation and sections 5701, 5702, 5704 through 5708, and 5731 of title 5, United States Code; and (2) the United States contribution to the Organization as provided in Article 16 of the Convention, not to exceed $50,000 for fiscal year 1983, and not to exceed, for each succeeding fiscal year, the amount assessed by the Organization for the United States for such year. TITLE IV—GOVERNING INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENTS

Effective date. 16 USC 1823 note.

16 USC 1823 note. M^x> '.'Ji

SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing international fishery ^ e e m e n t entered into between the Government of the United States and the Government of Japan pursuant to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) signed at Washington on September 10, 1982, is approved, and shall become effective on January 1, 1983. SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing international fishery agreement entered into between the Government of the United States and the Government of Spain pursuant to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) signed on July 29, 1982, is approved. TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 501. Notwithstanding the failure of the vessels named below to meet the requirements contained in sections 111 and 112 of the 46 USC 65i, 65j. Vessel Documentation Act, as amended (46 U.S.C. 65 (i) and (j)), and section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, as amended (46 U.S.C. 883), on the date of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall cause the vessel Centurion (officially numbered 236815), owned by Joseph B. Simoncelli, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and the vessel Ellen Ruth (officially numbered 282354) owned by Jefferson B. Bruton, of Isle of Palms, South Carolina, to be documented as vessels of the United States upon compliance with all other requirements of law, with the privilege of engaging in the coastwise trade. SEC. 502. The Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (41 Stat. 988), as amended (46 U.S.C. 861 et seq.), is amended by adding at the end of section 27: "For the purposes of this section, after December 31, 46 USC 883. 1983, or after such time as an appropriate vessel has been constructed and documented as a vessel of the United States, the transportation of hazardous waste, as defined in section 1004(5) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6903(5)), from a point in the United States for the purpose of the incineration at sea of that waste shall be deemed to be transportation by water of merchandise between points in the United Stat^: Provided, however, That the provisions of this sentence shall not

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