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that follows through ‘‘other laws’’ the second place
it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘laws of the
United States and regulations issued pursuant to
such laws’’.
(2)(A) The following provisions are each
amended by striking out ‘‘the effective date of this
Act’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1,
1979’’: sections 3(b), 3(c), 1112(b), and 1321(c)(1).
(B) Section 1321(c)(2) is amended by striking
out ‘‘such effective date’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘October 1, 1979’’.
(C) 
Section 
1231(c)(3)(A) 
(22 
U.S.C.
3671(c)(3)(A)) is amended by striking out ‘‘the day
before the effective date of this Act’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 1979’’.
(3) Section 1102a(h), as redesignated by sec-
tion 3546(1), is amended by striking out ‘‘section
1102B’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section
1102b’’.
(4) Section 1110(b)(2) (22 U.S.C. 3620(b)(2))
is amended by striking out ‘‘section 16 of the Act
of August 1, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680a),’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘section 207 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927)’’.
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(5) Section 1212(b)(3) (22 U.S.C. 3652(b)(3))
is amended by striking out ‘‘as last in effect before
the effective date of section 3530 of the Panama
Canal Act Amendments of 1996’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘as in effect on September 22, 1996’’.
(6) Section 1243(c)(2) (22 U.S.C. 3681(c)(2))
is amended by striking out ‘‘retroactivity’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘retroactively’’.
(7) Section 1341(f) (22 U.S.C. 3751(f)) is
amended by striking out ‘‘sections 1302(c)’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘sections 1302(b)’’.
TITLE XXXVI—MARITIME
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 3601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 1998.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 1998, to be available without fiscal year limita-
tion if so provided in appropriations Act, for the use of
the Department of Transportation for the Maritime Ad-
ministration as follows:
(1) For expenses necessary for operations and
training activities, $70,000,000.
(2) For expenses under the loan guarantee pro-
gram authorized by title XI of the Merchant Marine
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Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1271 et seq.),
$39,000,000 of which—
(A) $35,000,000 is for the cost (as defined
in section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform
Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5))) of loan guar-
antees under the program; and
(B) $4,000,000 is for administrative ex-
penses related to loan guarantee commitments
under the program.
SEC. 3602. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE ANNUAL REPORT RE-
QUIREMENT CONCERNING RELATIVE COST
OF SHIPBUILDING IN THE VARIOUS COASTAL
DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 213 of the Merchant Marine
Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1123), is amended by striking
out paragraph (c).
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is
further amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘on—’’ in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (a) and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘on the following:’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (a) and (b) as
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
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(3) by striking out the semicolon at the end of
each of those paragraphs and inserting in lieu there-
of a period; and
(4) by realigning those paragraphs so as to be
indented 2 ems from the left margin.
SEC. 3603. PROVISIONS RELATING TO MARITIME SECURITY
FLEET PROGRAM.
(a) AUTHORITY
OF CONTRACTORS TO OPERATE
SELF-PROPELLED TANK VESSELS IN NONCONTIGUOUS
DOMESTIC TRADES.—Section 656(b) of the Merchant Ma-
rine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1187e(b)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’, and by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) Subsection (a) shall not apply to operation by
a contractor of a self-propelled tank vessel in a noncontig-
uous domestic trade, or to ownership by a contractor of
an interest in a self-propelled tank vessel that operates
in a noncontiguous domestic trade.’’.
(b) RELIEF FROM DELAY IN CERTAIN OPERATIONS
FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION.—Section 652(c) of the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1187a(c)) is
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The third
sentence of section 901(b)(1) shall not apply to a vessel
included in an operating agreement under this subtitle.’’.
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SEC. 3604. AUTHORITY TO UTILIZE REPLACEMENT VESSELS
AND CAPACITY.
Section 653(d)(1) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936
(46 U.S.C. App. 1187c(d)(1)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(1) a contractor or other person that commits
to make available a vessel or vessel capacity under
the Emergency Preparedness Program or another
primary sealift readiness program approved by the
Secretary of Defense may, during the activation of
that vessel or capacity under that program, operate
or employ in foreign commerce a foreign-flag vessel
or foreign-flag vessel capacity as a temporary re-
placement for the activated vessel or capacity; and’’.
SEC. 3605. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY NATIONAL DEFENSE RE-
SERVE FLEET VESSEL.
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.—The Secretary of
Transportation may convey all right, title, and interest of
the United States Government in and to the vessel GOLD-
EN BEAR (United States official number 239932) to the
Artship Foundation, located in Oakland, California (in
this section referred to as the ‘‘recipient’’), for use as a
multi-cultural center for the arts.
(b) TERMS OF CONVEYANCE.—
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(1) DELIVERY
OF
VESSEL.—In carrying out
subsection (a), the Secretary shall deliver the ves-
sel—
(A) at the place where the vessel is located
on the date of conveyance;
(B) in its condition on that date; and
(C) at no cost to the United States Gov-
ernment.
(2) ADDITIONAL TERMS.—The Secretary may
require such additional terms in connection with the
conveyance authorized by this section as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate.
(c) OTHER UNNEEDED EQUIPMENT.—The Secretary
may convey to the recipient of the vessel conveyed under
this section any unneeded equipment from other vessels
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, for use to restore
the vessel conveyed under this section to museum quality.
SEC. 3606. DETERMINATION OF GROSS TONNAGE FOR PUR-
POSES OF TANK VESSEL DOUBLE HULL RE-
QUIREMENTS.
Section 3703a of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) For purposes of this section, the gross tonnage
of a vessel for which a tonnage certificate was issued or
accepted by the Secretary under this title before July 1,