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84 STAT. 1104

be, in the succeeding year, on any approved projects, and if unexpended or unobligated at the end of such year is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior in carrying on the research program of the Fish and Wildlife Service in respect to fish of material value for sport or recreation."

SEC. 204. This title may be cited as the "Federal Aid in Fish Citation of Restoration Act Amendments of 1970".

Approved October 23, 1970.

title.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT

No. 91-1272 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries).
SENATE REPORT No. 91-1289 (Comm. on Commerce).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 116 (1970):

July 20, considered and passed House.

Oct. 9, considered and passed Senate, amended.
Oct. 13, House concurred in Senate amendments.

86-974 O 73 - 5

91st Congress, H. R. 14678
October 27, 1970

An Act

To strengthen the penalties for illegal fishing in the territorial waters and the contiguous fishery zone of the United States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to prohibit fishing in the territorial waters of the United States and in certain other areas by vessels other than vessels of the United States and by persons in charge of such vessels”, approved May 20, 1964 (16 U.Š.C. 1082), is amended

(1) by striking out "$10,000" in subsection (a) thereof and inserting in lieu thereof "$100,000", and

(2) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following new sentence: "For the purposes of this Act, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that all fish found aboard a vessel seized in connection with such violation of this Act were taken or retained in violation of this Act."

SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 3(a) of such Act of May 20, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1083), is amended to read as follows: "Enforcement of the provisions of this Act is the joint responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, and each such Secretary may, by agreement with any other Federal department or agency, utilize the equipment (including aircraft and vessels) of that department or agency to carry out such enforcement."

SEC. 3. Such Act of May 20, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1081-1085), is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury may pay to any person, other than an officer of the United States or a person authorized to function as a Federal law enforcement agent under this Act, compensation of not more than $5,000 if such person submits to any such officer or authorized person original information concerning any violation, perpetrated or contemplated, of this Act and such information leads to any penalty or forfeiture incurred for violation of this Act."

Approved October 27, 1970.

U.S. territorial waters.

Illegal fishing, penalties.

78 Stat. 195.

84 STAT. 1296 84 STAT. 1297

Enforcement responsibility.

Informers,
reward.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 91-1430 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries).
SENATE REPORT No. 91-1320 (Comm. on Commerce).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 116 (1970):

Sept. 21, considered and passed House.

Oct. 14, considered and passed Senate.

91st Congress, H. R. 16745
January 5, 1971

An Act

To limit, in the case of certain special service vessels, the application of the duties imposed on equipments and repair parts purchased for, and repairs made to, United States vessels in foreign countries.

84 STAT. 1944

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 466 U.S. service of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 466. EQUIPMENT AND REPAIRS OF VESSELS.

expenses

"(a) The equipments, or any part thereof, including boats, purchased for, or the repair parts or materials to be used, or the of repairs made in a foreign country upon a vessel documented under the laws of the United States to engage in the foreign or coasting trade, or a vessel intended to be employed in such trade, shall, on the first arrival of such vessel in any port of the United States, be liable to entry and the payment of an ad valorem duty of 50 per centum on the cost thereof in such foreign country; and if the owner or master of such vessel shall willfully and knowingly neglect or fail to report, make entry, and pay duties as herein required, such vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be seized and forfeited. For the purposes of this section, compensation paid to members of the regular crew of such vessel in connection with the installation of any such equipments or any part thereof, or the making of repairs, in a foreign country, shall not be included in the cost of such equipment or part thereof, or of such repairs.

vessels.
Equipment
and repairs,
duty exemption.
46 Stat. 719.
19 USC 257,

258.

"(b) If the owner or master of such vessel furnishes good and Conditions.

sufficient evidence that

"(1) such vessel, while in the regular course of her voyage, was compelled, by stress of weather or other casualty, to put into such foreign port and purchase such equipments, or make such repairs, to secure the safety and seaworthiness of the vessel to enable her to reach her port of destination;

"(2) such equipments or parts thereof or repair parts or materials, were manufactured or produced in the United States, and the labor necessary to install such equipments or to make such repairs was performed by residents of the United States, or by members of the regular crew of such vessel; or

"(3) such equipments, or parts thereof, or materials, or labor, were used as dunnage for cargo, or for the packing or shoring thereof, or in the erection of temporary bulkheads or other similar devices for the control of bulk cargo, or in the preparation (without permanent repair or alteration) of tanks for the carriage of liquid cargo;

then the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to remit or refund Duties
such duties, and such vessel shall not be liable to forfeiture, and no refund.
license or enrollment and license, or renewal of either, shall here-
after be issued to any such vessel until the collector to whom applica-
tion is made for the same shall be satisfied, from the oath of the
owner or master, that all such equipments or parts thereof or materials
and repairs made within the year immediately preceding such applica-
tion have been duly accounted for under the provisions of this section,

(61)

84 STAT. 1945

Shrimp

vessels.

46 Stat. 734. 19 USC 1514.

Repeals.

and the duties accruing thereon duly paid; and if such owner or master shall refuse to take such oath, or take it falsely, the vessel shall be seized and forfeited.

"(c) In the case of any vessel designed and used primarily for purposes other than transporting passengers or property in the foreign or coasting trade which arrives in a port of the United States two years or more after its last departure from a port of the United States, the duties imposed by this section shall apply only with respect to (1) fish nets and netting, and (2) other equipments, and parts thereof, and repair parts and materials purchased, or repairs made, during the first six months after the last departure of such vessel from a port of the United States."

SEC. 2. (a) The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall apply with respect to entries made in connection with arrivals of vessels on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(b) Upon request therefor filed with the customs officer concerned on or before the ninetieth day after the date of the enactment of this Act, any entry in connection with the arrival of a vessel used primarily for the catching of shrimp

(1) which was made after January 1, 1969, and before the date of the enactment of this Act, and

(2) with respect to which there would have been no duty if the amendment made by the first section of this Act applied to such entry,

shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry had been made on the day after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. Effective with respect to entries made in connection with arrivals of vessels on or after the date of the enactment of this Act (or treated under section 2 as made on the day after such date), sections 3114 and 3115 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (19 U.S.C. 257 and 258) are repealed.

Approved January 5, 1971.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 91-1136 (Comm. on Ways and Means).
SENATE REPORT No. 91-1474 (Comm. on Finance).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 116 (1970):

June 22, considered and passed House.

Dec. 18, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Public Law 92-21
92nd Congress, H. R. 5352

June 1, 1971

An Act

To amend the Act to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1971 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Commerce.

85 STAT. 75

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Maritime May 13, 1970 (84 Stat. 207; Public Law 91-247) is amended by strik- programs. ing out of paragraph (b) the figure $193,000,000 and inserting in lien Appropriation thereof the figure $273,000,000.

Approved June 1, 1971.

authorization.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

HOUSE REPORT No. 92-63 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries).
SENATE REPORT No. 92-106 (Comm. on Commerce).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 117 (1971):

Apr. 20, considered and passed House.
May 18, considered and passed Senate.

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