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 PUBLIC LAW 98-623—NOV. 8, 1984

98 STAT. 3405

manner, consistent with the purposes of this title, as may be prescribed by regulation. (e) APPLICATION OF CUSTOMS LAWS.—All provisions of law relating to the seizure, forfeiture, and condemnation of property (including vessels) for violation of the customs laws, the disposition of such property or the proceeds from the sale thereof, and the remission or mitigation of such forfeiture, shall apply to the seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, and the compromise of claims, under the provisions of this title, insofar as such provisions of law are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this title; except that all powers, rights, and duties conferred or imposed by the customs laws upon any officer or employee of the Customs Service may, for the purposes of this title, also be exercised or performed by the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, or by such officers or employees of the United States as each Secretary may designate. SEC. 311. JURISDICTION OF COURTS.

16 USC 2440.

The district courts of the United States shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any case or controversy arising under the provisions of this title or of any regulation promulgated under this title. Research and SEC. 312. FEDERAL AGENCY COOPERATION. development. (a) RESPONSIBIUTIES.—(1) For the purpose of carrying out the 16 USC 2441. policies and objectives of the Convention or to implement any decision of the Commission— (A) the Director of the National Science Foundation, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies of the United States, shall continue to support basic research investigations of the Antarctic marine ecosystem as a part of the United States Antarctic Program; (B) the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Science and Director of the National Science Foundation, the Secretary of technology. State and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall design and conduct the program of directed scientific research as set forth in paragraph 2 supplemental to and coordinated with the United States Antarctic Program; and (C) the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may furnish facilities and personnel to the Commission in order to assist the Commission in carrying out its functions. (2)(A) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and other appropriate Federal officials, shall prepare a plan, which shall be updated annually, for conducting the directed research program required under paragraph (I)(B) for each period of three consecutive fiscal years occurring during the period beginning on October 1, 1985, and ending on September 30, 1991. The plan shall— (i) describe priority directed research needs for the implementation of the Convention; (ii) identify which of those needs are to be fulfilled by the United States; and (iii) specify the design of the research referred to in paragraph (I)(B) and the funds, personnel, and facilities required for the

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