14 USC 651. 14 USC 655. 14 USC 829. (36) In section 651 by striking the word “January” and inserting in lieu thereof the word "April". (87) In section 655 by striking the words "United States". (38) In section 829 by striking the words "chapter 5 of Title 47" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Section 305 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 305)". Approved October 18, 1976. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1337 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): July 19, considered and passed House. Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate, amended. Note.-A change has been made in the slip law format to provide for one-time preparation of copy to be used for publication of both slip laws and the United States Statutes at Large volumes. Comments from users are invited by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C. Oct. 21, 1976 [H.R. 10192] U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets, nondiscriminatory appointment; certain coastwise vessels. Vessels Barbara Ann, Bruja Mar, and Mary M. Effective date. Public Law 94-572 94th Congress An Act To amend title 14, United States Code, to provide for the nondiscriminatory appointment of cadets to the United States Coast Guard Academy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (a) of section 182 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the second sentence thereof two new sentences as follows: "All such appointments shall be made without regard to the sex, race, color, or religious beliefs of an applicant. In the administration of this chapter, the Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to insure that female individuals shall be eligible for appointment and admission to the Coast Guard Academy, and that the relevant standards required for appointment, admission, training, graduation, and commissioning of female individuals shall be the same as those required for male individuals, except for those minimum essential adjustments in such standards required because of physiological differences between male and female individuals.". SEC. 2. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4132 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (46 U.S.C. 11), or any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating (1) shall cause the vessels, Barbara Ann (vessel numbered 529835), presently jointly owned, with right of survivorship, by Keith E. and Barbara Malcolm of Marine City, Michigan, and Bruja Mar (vessel numbered 546133), presently owned by Greenwood Marine, Incorporated, a Louisiana corporation, to be documented as vessels of the United States with the privilege of engaging in the coastwise trade, and (2) shall cause the vessel, Mary M (vessel numbered 230483), presently owned by Charles Hammond, Junior, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, to be documented as a vessel of the United States with the privilege of engaging in the American fisheries, such documentation to be conditional upon compliance with all the requirements for such documentation other than the requirement that the vessel be built in the United States. (b) The provisions of this section shall remain in effect for the Barbara Ann so long as the vessel continues in its present joint ownership, or in the ownership of the survivor thereof, and for the Bruja Mar so long as the vessel continues in its present ownership. Approved October 21, 1976. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1109 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): May 18, considered and passed House. Sept. 13, considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 1, House agreed to Senate amendment with an amendment; Senate agreed to Feb. 21, 1977 [HJ. Res 240] 16 USC 1801 note. 16 USC 1821. Fishery Zone Transition Act. 16 USC 1801 note. Public Law 95-6 95th Congress Joint Resolution To give congressional approval to certain governing international fishery agreements negotiated in accordance with the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, and for other purposes. Whereas the Government of the United States of America and the Governments of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Socialist Republic of Romania, the Republic of China, the German Democratic Republic, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Polish People's Republic have signed governing international fishery agreements for the conservation, optimum utilization, and rational management of fisheries subject to the exclusive fishery management jurisdiction of the United States under the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-265) (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"); and Whereas the Act provides that after February 28, 1977, no foreign fishing is authorized within the fishery conservation zone, or for anadromous species or Continental Shelf fishery resources beyond the fishery conservation zone, unless (among other exceptions and requirements) such foreign fishing is authorized and conducted pursuant to a governing international fishery agreement; and Whereas the Act also provides that no governing international fishery agreement shall become effective with respect to the United States before the close of the first 60 calendar days of continuous session of the Congress after the date on which the President transmits to the House of Representatives and to the Senate a document setting forth the text of such governing international agreement; and Whereas the Act further provides that Congress may prohibit the entering into force and effect of any governing international fishery agreement by enactment of a joint resolution originating in either House of Congress during such 60-day period; and Whereas, the sixty-day period will not elapse with respect to any Whereas these governing international fishery agreements substan- SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF CERTAIN GOVERNING INTER- 16 USC 1823 NATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENTS. note. Notwithstanding section 203 of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, the governing international fishery agreement 16 USC 1823. between the Government of the United States of America and— (1) the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States, as contained in the message to Congress from the President of the United States dated January 14, 1974; (2) the Government of the Socialist Republic of Romania Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States, as contained in the message to Congress from the President of the United States dated January 10, 1977; (3) the Government of the Republic of China Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States, as contained in the message to Congress from the President of the United States dated January 10, 1977; (4) the Government of the German Democratic Republic Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States, as contained in the message to Congress from the President of the United States dated January 10, 1977; (5) the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States, as contained in the message to Congress from the President of the United States dated January 10, 1977; and (6) the Government of the Polish People's Republic Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States, as contained in the message to Congress from the President of the United States dated September 16, 1976, is hereby approved by the Congress as a governing international SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGE- The Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended (1) by adding immediately after section 205 the following new section: "SEC. 206. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. note. 16 USC 1826. "(a) DEFINITION.— -For purposes of this section, the term 'governing "Governing international fishery agreement' does not include any governing inter- international national fishery agreement other than a governing international fishery fishery agreement approved by the Congress pursuant to section 2 of the agreement." Fishery Conservation Zone Transition Act, or pursuant to any amend- Supra. ment to such section 2 if the effective date of such amendment is not later than February 28, 1977. "(b) ACTION BY COUNCILS.-Section 204 (b) (5) shall not apply to 16 USC 1824. any application submitted by a foreign nation pursuant to a governing international fishery agreement for permits authorizing fishing during 1977 by vessels of that nation within the fishery conservation zone or for anadromous species or Continental Shelf fishery resources beyond such zone, but each appropriate Council may prepare and submit comments to the Secretary on such application— "(1) if the application has been received by the Council on or before the date of the enactment of this section, within 7 days after such date; or 5 USC app. I. 16 USC 1824. 16 USC 1857. Repeal. "(2) if the application is received by the Council from the Secretary of State after such date of enactment, within 7 days after the date on which the Council receives the application. The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to the actions of any Council in preparing such comments. (c) PERMITS.-Until May 1, 1977, the requirement in section 204 (a) that foreign fishing vessels have on board a valid permit issued under section 204 shall not apply in the case of any foreign fishing vessel for which a permit is issued under an application to which subsection (b) applies. The failure of any such vessel to comply with such requirement before such date shall not be deemed to be a violation of section 307 (1) (A). (d) PERMIT FEES.-Until May 1, 1977, the requirement in section 204(b) (11), regarding the payment of applicable fees before foreign fishing permits are issued, may be waived by the Secretary with respect to permits to be issued under any application to which subsection (b) applies if the Secretary is satisfied that the foreign nation which made the application will pay the applicable fees before such date. Any permit issued under the waiver provided by this subsection shall expire on May 1, 1977, if the Secretary does not receive on or before such date the applicable fees for the permit."; and (2) by amending the table of contents by inserting immediately after "Sec. 205. Import prohibitions." the following: "Sec. 206. Transitional provisions." SEC. 4. REPEAL OF NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES ACT OF 1950. The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Act of 1950 (16 U.S.C. 981-991) is repealed as of March 1, 1977. Approved February 21, 1977. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): Feb. 8, considered and passed House. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 13, No. 9: Note.-A change has been made in the slip law format to provide for one-time preparation of copy to be used for publication of both slip laws and the United States Statutes at Large volumes. 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