An Act to amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to make certain provision for the carrying out of the Agreement for the Promotion of Safety on the Great Lakes by Means of Radio
PL 83-590 (S.3464), enacted 08/13/1954

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PUBLIC LAW 590-AUG. 13, 1954 
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Public Law 590 
CHAPTER 735 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to make certain provision 
for the carrying out of the Agreement for the Promotion of Safety on the 
Great Lakes by Means of Radio. 
August 13, 1954 
[S, 3464] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 3 of 
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, is amended by inserting 
after paragraph (dd) the following: 
"(ee) 'Great Lakes Agreement' means the Agreement for the Pro-
motion of Safety on the Great Lakes by Means of Radio in force and 
the regulations referred to therein." 
SEC. 2. (a) The first sentence of section 4 (f) (3) of such Act is 
amended to read as follows: "The Commission shall fix a reasonable 
rate of extra compensation for overtime services of engineers in 
charge and radio engineers of the Field Engineering and Monitoring 
Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission, who may be 
required to remain on duty between the hours of 5 o'clock postmeridian 
and 8 o'clock antemeridian or on Sundays or holidays to perform 
services in connection with the inspection of ship radio equipment and 
apparatus for the purposes of part I I of title I I I of this Act or the 
Great Lakes Agreement, on the basis of one-half day's additional pay 
for each two hours or fraction thereof of at least one hour that the 
overtime exceeds beyond 5 o'clock postmeridian (but not to exceed 
two and one-half days' pay for the full period from 5 o'clock post-
meridian to 8 o'clock antemeridian) and two additional days' pay for 
Sunday or holiday duty." 
(b) The last proviso of such section 4 (f) (3) is amended by strik-
ing out "inspectors" wherever it appears therein and inserting in lieu 
thereof "engineers". 
SEC. 3. Title V of such Act is amended by inserting after section 
506 a new section reading as follows: 
Great Lakes. 
Safety by radio. 
48 Stat. 1065. 
47 u s e 153. 
TIAS 2666. 
5 5 S t a t . 46; 66 
Stat. 711. 
47 u s e 154(f). 
O v e r t i m e com-
pensation. 
Engineers. 
48 Stat. 1070. 
47 u s e 351-362. 
47 u s e 154(f). 
60 Stat. 89. 
47 u s e 506. 
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VIOLATION OF GREAT LAKES AGREEMENT 
"SEC. 507. (a) Any vessel of the United States that is navigated in 
violation of the provisions of the Great Lakes Agreement or the rules 
and regulations of the Commission made in pursuance thereof and any 
vessel of a foreign country that is so navigated on waters under the 
jurisdiction of the United States shall forfeit to the United States the 
sum of $500 recoverable by way of suit or libel. Each day during 
which such navigation occurs shall constitute a separate offense. 
"(b) Every willful failure on the part of the master of a vessel of 
the United States to enforce or to comply with the provisions of the 
Great Lakes Agreement or the rules and regulations of the Commis-
sion made in pursuance thereof shall cause him to forfeit to the United 
States the sum of $100." 
SEO. 4. Section 504 (b) of such Act is amended by deleting "title 
III, part I I " and inserting in lieu thereof "part I I of title I I I and 
section 507". 
SEC. 5. Section 602 (e) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) The Act entitled 'An Act to require apparatus and operators 
for radio communication on certain ocean steamers', approved June 24, 
1910, as amended, is hereby repealed." 
SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on November 13, 1954. 
Approved August 13, 1954. 
48 Stat. 1101. 
47 u s e 504(b). 
Repeal. 
36 Stat. 629. 
46 u s e 4 84-487. 
Effective date.