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 98 STAT. 1734 Appropriation authorizations.

12 USC 2285. 26 USC 103A note. 26 USC 103A.

PUBLIC LAW 98-454—OCT. 5, 1984

agreement of the Secretary. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for payment to the Federal Financing Bank such sums as are necessary to pay (1) the repurchase payment required under the fifth paragraph of the December 31, 1980, note from the Guam Power Authority to the Federal Financing Bank and any subsequent repurchase payments required under the second refinancing agreement, and (2) the interest rate differential between the seyen per centum to be paid by the Guam Power Authority and the second refinancing agreement and the interest rate that would otherwise be determined in accordance with the above cited section 6 of the Federal Financing Bank Act.". SEC. 204. (a) The Governor of any possession of the United States may for calendar years 1984 and 1985 proclaim a formula (different from that provided by section 103A(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954) for allocating the State ceiling under such section among the governmental units in such possession having authority to issue qualified mortgage bonds (as defined in section 103A(c) of such Code). (b) The authority provided by subsection (a) shall not apply after the effective date of any legislation with respect to the allocation of the State ceiling enacted by the legislature of the possession after the date of the enactment of this Act. TITLE III

97 Stat. 501.

Fish and fishing. Vessels. 97 Stat. 586.

Fish and fishing. Vessels. 97 Stat. 587.

Vessels. 46 USC app. 46 USC 12101 et seq.

SEC. 301. Title 46, United States Code, is amended— (a) in section 2101 add a new paragraph (3a) to read as follows: "(3a) 'citizen of the United States' means a national of the United States as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)) or an individual citizen of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands who is exclusively domiciled in the Northern Mariana Islands within the meaning of section 1005(e) of the Covenant to establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America (48 U.S.C. 1681 note)."; (b) in section 12106 add the following at the end: "(c) A coastwise license to engage in the coastwise trade of fisheries products between places in Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands may be issued for a vessel that— "(1) is less than two hundred gross tons; "(2) was not built in the United States; "(3) is eligible for documentation; and "(4) otherwise qualifies under the laws of the United States to be employed in the coastwide trade."; and (c) in section 12108 add the following at the end: "(c) A fishery license to engage in fishing in the territorial sea and fishery conservation zone adjacent to Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands may be issued to a vessel that— "(1) is less than two hundred gross tons; "(2) was not built in the United States; "(3) is eligible for documentation; and "(4) otherwise qualifies under the laws of the United States to be employed in the fisheries.". SEC. 302. A vessel that is or was last documented under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, may be sold, chartered, leased, mortgaged, or transferred by any other means to a citizen of the

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