Act of August 8, 1980, To clarify the authority to establish lines of demarca- tion dividing the high seas and inland waters. (Public Law No. 324, Act of August 8, 1980, To amend the Shipping Act, 1916, to exempt collective bargaining and related agreements from regulation by the Federal Mari- time Commission. (Public Law No. 325, 96th Cong.) Act of August 29, 1980, To amend title III of the Marine Protection, Re- search, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. (Public Law No. 332, 96th Cong.) - Act of September 4, 1980, To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1981, 1982, and 1983 for the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975. (Public Act of September 15, 1980, To facilitate increased enforcement by the Coast Guard of laws relating to the importation of controlled substances. (Pub- Act of September 26, 1980, To provide for the development of aquaculture in the United States. (Public Law No. 362, 96th Cong.). Act of September 29, 1980, To assist the States in developing fish and wild- life conservation plans and actions. (Public Law No. 366, 96th Cong.) ___ Act of October 3, 1980, To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1981. (Public Law No. 376, 96th Cong.) Act of October 6, 1980, To amend certain inspection and manning laws applicable to small vessels carrying passengers or freight for hire. (Public Law No. 378, 96th Cong.). Act of October 6, 1980, To establish a Towing Safety Advisory Committee in the Department of Transportation. (Public Law No. 380, 96th Cong.) __ Act of October 6, 1980, To amend section 204 of the Marine Protection, Re- search, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations for title II of such act for fiscal year 1980. (Public Law No. 381, 96th Cong.) ---- Act of October 7, 1980, To authorize the documentation of certain vessels as vessels of the United States. (Public Law No. 387, 96th Cong.). Act of October 14, 1980, To amend the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971, to promote recreational boating safety through the development, admin- istration and financing of a national recreational boating safety improve- ment program. (Public Law No. 451, 96th Cong.). Act of October 15, 1980, To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to revise and reenact the laws pertaining to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. (Public Law No. 453, 96th Cong.). Act of October 15, 1980, To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 and a supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 1980 for certain mari- time programs of the Department of Commerce. (Public Law No. 459, Act of October 15, 1980, To provide for the coordination of federally sup- ported and conducted research efforts regarding the Chesapeake Bay. (Public Law No. 460, 96th Cong.) Act of October 17, 1980, To improve coastal zone management in the United Act of October 21, 1980, To implement the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, Act of December 22, 1980, To provide for the conservation and enhancement of the salmon and steelhead resources of the United States. (Public Law Act of December 22, 1980, To reauthorize title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act. (Public Law No. 572, 96th Cong.). Act of December 24, 1980, To unify the rules for preventing collisions on the inland waters of the United States. (Public Law No. 591, 96th Cong.)___ Act of December 24, 1980, To revise and improve the laws relating to the Public Law 91-15 91st Congress, H.R. 8794 May 23, 1969 An Act To amend the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1968 to continue the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Develop ment, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (f) of section 3 of the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966 (33 U.S.C. 1102(f)) is amended by striking out “June 30, 1969" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1970". SEC. 2. Section 9 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1108) is amended by striking out “$1,500,000" and inserting in lieu thereof “$1,200,000”. Approved May 23, 1969. 83 STAT. 10 National Council LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT: No. 91-139 (Comm. on Merchant Marine & Fisheries) CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 115 (1969): Apr. 21: Considered and passed House. May 14: Considered and passed Senate. Public Law 91-40 An Act To amend section 502 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, relating to constructiondifferential subsidies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso in the second sentence of subsection (b) of section 502 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1152(b)), is amended by striking out "June 30, 1969,", and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1970,". Approved July 8, 1969. 83 STAT, 44 Vessels. sion. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 91-303 (Comm. on Merchant Marine & Fisheries). June 16: Considered and passed House. Public Law 91-135 91st Congress, H. R. 11363 An Act To prevent the importation of endangered species of fish or wildlife into the United States; to prevent the interstate shipment of reptiles, amphibians, and other wildlife taken contrary to State law; and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purposes of sections 2 through 5 of this Act, the term (1) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior; (2) "fish or wildlife" means any wild mammal, fish, wild bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, or crustacean, or any part, products, egg, or offspring thereof, or the dead body or parts thereof; (3) “United States" includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and Guam; and (4) "person" means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership. SEC. 2. Except as provided in section 3 of this Act, whoever imports from any foreign country into the United States any species or subspecies of fish or wildlife which the Secretary has determined, in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this Act, to be threatened with worldwide extinction, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of this Act. SEC. 3. (a) A species or subspecies of fish or wildlife shall be deemed to be threatened with worldwide extinction whenever the Secretary determines, based on the best scientific and commercial data available to him and after consultation, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, with the foreign country or countries in which such fish or wildlife are normally found and, to the extent practicable, with interested persons and organizations and other interested Federal agencies, that the continued existence of such species or subspecies of fish or wildlife is, in the judgment of the Secretary, endangered due to any of the following factors: (1) the destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment, or the threatened destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment, of its habitat, or (2) its overutilization for commercial or sporting purposes, or (3) the effect on it of disease or predation, or (4) other natural or man-made factors affecting its continued existence. After making such determination, the Secretary shall promulgate and from time to time he may revise, by regulation, a list in the Federal Register of such fish or wildlife by scientific, common, and commercial name or names, together with his determination. The Secretary shall at least once every five years conduct a thorough review of any such list to determine what, if any, changes have occurred relative to the continued existence of the species or subspecies of fish or wildlife then on the list and to determine whether such fish or wildlife continue to be threatened with worldwide extinction. Upon completion of such review, he shall take appropriate action consistent with the purposes of this Act. The Secretary shall, upon the request of any interested person, also conduct such review of any particular listed species or subspecies at any other time if he finds and publishes his finding that such person has presented substantial evidence to warrant such a review. (b) In order to minimize undue economic hardship to any person importing any species or subspecies of fish or wildlife which are determined to be threatened with worldwide extinction under this section, under any contract entered into prior to the date of publication of such determination in the Federal Register of such species or subspecies, the 83 STAT. 275 Fish or wild life. Importation of endangered species, prevention. Species threatened with extinction. Determination by Interior Secretary. Publication in Federal Regis ter. Economic hardship. Filing of application. |