A bill to authorize the employment of certain foreign citizens on the vessel Seafreeze Atlantic, Official No. 517242.
PL 94-150 (H.R.5197), enacted 12/15/1975

PUBLIC LAW 94-150—DEC. 15, 1975 
89 STAT. 807 
Public Law 94-150 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize the employment of certain foreign citizens on the vessel 
Seafreeze 
Atlantic, Official Number 517242. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Congress 
finds that the purposes and objectives of the United States Fishing 
Fleet Improvement Act, as amended (46 U.S.C. 1401-1413) are not 
being fulfilled in the case of the large stern trawler Seafreeze Atlantic^ 
Official Number 517242 (hereafter referred to in this Act as the 
''''Seafreeze Atlantic'''')^ a vessel of advanced design built under the 
provisions of that Act, because of the unavailability of skilled United 
States citizens or skilled aliens legally domiciled in the United States 
who can be employed as fish processors and fishermen aboard such 
vessel. 
SEC. 2. (a) Notwithstanding any requirement of item (5), section 2, 
of the United States Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, of any other 
provision of law, or of any provision of any contract to which the 
United States is a party, during the four-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the owner of the Seafreeze Atlantic 
may employ foreign citizens as crew members of such vessel for service 
as fish processors and fishermen if at all times during such four-year 
period— 
(1) the master and all of the officers of the vessel are citizens 
of the United States; 
(2) citizens of the United States and aliens legally domiciled 
in the Ignited States comprise not less than 40 percent of the 
crew ; 
(3) any foreign citizen so employed is only used as a fisherman 
or fish processor aboard the vessel; and 
(4) the owner of the vessel undertakes to hire and train United 
States citizens or aliens legally domiciled in the United States as 
fish processors or fishermen aboard the vessel in order to assure 
a future supply of available United States citizens or aliens 
legally domiciled in the United States who will be qualified as 
fish processors or fishermen aboard advanced design trawlers. 
(b) If at any time during such four-year period the Secretary of 
Commerce finds that the owner of the Seafreeze Atlantic is not in com-
pliance with one or more of the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1) 
through (4) of subsection (a), the Secretary may prohibit the owner 
from employing foreign citizens as crew members of such vessel for 
such period of time as the Secretary deems appropriate. 
SEC. 3. Section 2(a) of this Act shall cease to apply at the close of 
the four-year period referred to in such section; except that if the 
owner of the Seafreeze Atlantic provides evidence satisfactory to the 
Secretary of Commerce that— 
(1) qualified fish processors or fishermen who are citizens of the 
United States or aliens legally domiciled in the United States will 
not be available in sufficient number for employment on the ves-
sel after the close of such period; 
Dec. 15, 1975 
[H.R. 5197] 
Seafreeze Atlantic. 
Certain foreign 
citizens, 
employment. 
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note. 
Conditions. 
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note. 
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note. 
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PUBLIC LAW 94-150—DEC. 15, 1975 
(2) he has instituted and will continue a program to train 
United States citizens or legally domiciled aliens as fish proces-
sors or fishermen; and 
(3) he is making satisfactory progress, as determined by the 
Secretary, in employing only United States citizens or legally 
domiciled aliens on the vessel; 
the Secretary of Commerce may permit the Seafreeze Atlantic to be 
operated with fishermen or fish processors who are foreign citizens for 
such additional periods and under such conditions as he deems appro-
priate; except that the conditions set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3) of section 2(a) shall apply during any such additional period. 
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SEC. 4. The provisions of this Act shall not be construed as an 
note. 
amendment of the United States Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, 
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except to the extent applicable to Seafreeze A tlantic, and any con-
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tract with the United States entered into before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act with respect to the construction and operation of 
such vessel shall continue in full force and effect except that the Secre-
tary of Commerce may amend any such contract in such a manner 
as he deems necessary in order to implement the provisions of this 
Act. The Secretary may impose such conditions as may be necessary 
to assure that the provisions of this Act will be complied with by the 
owner of the Seafreeze Atlantic and may undertake to amend appro-
priately any documents executed in connection with the construction 
and operation o,f such vessel, but if the owner does not consent to 
any such amendment, the Act shall cease to apply. 
Approved December 15, 1975. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-292 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-474 (Comm. on Commerce). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 121 (1975): 
June 16, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 1, considered and passed Senate.