An Act to exempt certain vessels engaged in the fishing industry from the requirements of certain laws
PL 90-397 (S.2047), enacted 07/11/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-397-JULY 11, 1968 
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Public Law 90-397 
AN A C T 
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To exempt certain vessels engaged in the fishing industry from the requirements 
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of certain laws. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
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United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 4426 of ^J^l^^^"^^ ^^^' 
the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. 404) is amended Exemption from 
by adding at the end thereof the following sentences: "As used herein, certain laws. 
the phrase 'engaged in fishing as a regular business' includes cannery 
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tender or fishing tender vessels of not more than five hundred gross 
tons used in the salmon or crab fisheries of the States of Oregon, Wash-
ington, and Alaska which are engaged exclusively in (1) the carriage 
of cargo to or from vessels in the fishery or a facility used or to be 
used in the processing or assembling of fishery products, or (2) tne 
transportation of cannery or fishing personnel to or from operating 
locations. The exemption of the foregoing sentence for cannery tender 
or fishing tender vessels shall continile in force for five years from the 
effective date of this amendment.'' 
SEC. 2. Section 1 of the Act of August 27, 1935 (46 U.S.C. 88), is LoadUnes. 
amended by designating the existing section as subsection (a) and by 
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jvdding a new subsection (b) as follows: 
"(b) All cannery tender or fishing tender vessels of not more than 
five hundred gross tons used in the salmon or crab fisheries of the 
States of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska except those constructed 
after the effective date of this subsection or those converted to either 
of such services after five years from the effective date of this sub-
section are exempt from the requirements of this Act." 
SEC. 3. The first proviso of section 1 of the Act of June 20, 1936 (46 . intemai combus-
U.S.C. 367), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following "4'c) s'tlt"l544. 
sentences: "As used herein, the phrase 'any vessel engaged in the fish-
ing, oystering, clamming, crabbing, or any other branch of the fishery 
or kelp or sponge industries' includes cannery tender or fishing tender 
vessels of not more than five hundred gross tons used in the salmon 
or crab fisheries of the States of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska 
which are engaged exclusively in (1) the carriage of cargo to or from 
vessels in the fishery or a facility used or to be used in the processing 
or assembling of fishery products, or (2) the transportation of cannery 
or fishing personnel to or from operating locations. The exemption of 
the foregoing sentence for cannery tender or fishing tender vessels 
shall continue in force for five years from the effective date of this 
amendment. 
SEC. 4. The first subparagraph of section 4417a of the Revised 
combustible 
Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. 391a(1)) is amended by ^
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adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "Notwithstanding 
the first sentence hereof, cannery tenders, fishing tenders, or fishing 
vessels of not more than five hundred gross tons used in the salmon 
or crab fisheries of the States of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska 
wiien engaged exclusively in the fishing industry shall be allowed to 
have on board inflammable or combustible cargo in b'.ilk to the extent 
and upon conditions as may be required by regulations promulgated 
by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating." 
Approved July 11, 1968.