An Act to implement the shrimp fishing agreement with Brazil, and for other purposes.
PL 93-242 (H.R.8529), enacted 01/02/1974

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"(2) with respect to all children accepted by him for care, 
place them in private families either without expense or with 
reimbursement for the cost of care, or in appropriate cases to 
place them in private families under an adoption subsidy agree-
ment concluded under section 3 of this Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3-
115) or to place them in institutions willing to receive them either 
without expense or with reimbursement for the cost of care; and 
" (3) consent to, arrange for or initiate court proceedings for the 
adoption of all children committed to the care of the Commis-
sioner whose parents have been permanently deprived of custody 
by court order, or whose parents have relinquished a child to the 
Commissioner or to a licensed child-placing agency which has 
transferred the relinquishment to the Commissioner under section 
6 of the Act entitled 'An Act to regulate the placing of children 
in family homes, and for other purposes', approved April 22,1944 
(D.C. Code, sec. 32-786).". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 307(b)(1)(D) of title 16 of the District of 
Columbia Code is amended by inserting immediately after "should 
have knowledge" the following: ", including the existence and terms 
of a tentative adoption subsidy agreement entered into prior to the 
filing of the adoption petition under section 3 of the Act of July 26, 
1892 (D.C. Code, sec. 3-115)". 
(b) Section 309(b) of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"In determining whether the petitioner will be able to give the pro-
spective adoptee a proper home and education, the court shall give due 
consideration to any assurance by the Commissioner that he will pro-
vide or contribute funds for the necessary maintenance or medical 
care of the prospective adoptee under an adoption subsidy agreement 
under section 3 of the Act of July 26, 1892 (D.C. Code, sec. 3-115).". 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect at the 
end of the ninety-day period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
Approved January 2, 1974. 
27 Stat. 269. 
58 Stat. 194; 
84 Stat. 578. 
77 Stat. 539. 
77 Stat. 540. 
Effective date. 
Public Law 93-242 
AN ACT 
To implement the shrimp fishing agreement with Brazil, and for other purposes. 
January 2, 1974 
[H. R. 8529] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
offshore shrimp 
be cited as the "Offshore Shrimp Fisheries Act of 1973". 
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DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 2. When used in this Act— 
(a) the term "treaty" shall mean the Agreement Between the 
Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Gov-
ernment of the United States of America Concerning Shrimp, 
signed on May 9,1972, including related annexes, notes, and agreed 
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minutes, as these documents may be amended from time to time; 
(b) the term "shrimp" shall mean the shrimp Penaeus (M.) 
duorarum notialis, Penaeus brasiliensis, and Penaeus 
(M.) 
aztecus subtilis; 
(c) the term "area of agreement" shall mean the area in which 
United States vessels carry on a shrimp fishery in the vicinity of 
Brazil, as described by the following boundaries: the waters off 
the coast of Brazil having the isobath of thirty meters as the 
southwest limit, the latitude 1 degree north as the southern limit, 
the longitude 47 degrees 30 minutes west as the eastern limit, and 
a line running from the point of 4 degrees 44 minutes north 
latitude, 51 degrees 30 minutes west longitude at an azimuth 
of 17 degrees to the point of 4 degrees 51 minutes north latitude, 
51 degrees 28 minutes west longitude and thence at an azimuth 
of 43 degrees to the point of 8 degrees 58 minutes north latitude, 47 
degrees 30 minutes west longitude as the northwestern boundary; 
(d) the term "vessel" shall mean every description of water-
craft or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a 
means of transportation in water,-
(e) the term "Secretary" shall mean the Secretary of Com-
merce or his delegate; 
(f) the term "transship" shall mean the transfer of shrimp 
from one vessel to another vessel, or the receipt of shrimp by 
one vessel from another vessel; 
(g) the term "fishing" shall mean the taking or attempted 
taking of shrimp by any means whatsoever; 
(h) the term "vessel owner" shall mean any person, partner-
ship, corporation, or association which is the owner of record of a 
vessel documented under the laws of the United States, except 
that, with respect to sections 4 and 5 hereof, the Secretary may 
issue such regulations as he deems appropriate to cover applica-
tions for and issuance of letters of voluntary compliance and per-
mits with respect to vessels owned by corporations which are 
owned or controlled by one or more other corporations; 
(i) the term "regulations" shall mean rules.and regulations 
issued by the Secretary from time to time as he de«»s necessary 
to carry out the purposes and objectives of the treaty and this 
Act; and 
(j) the term "gear" when applied to any vessel involved in a 
violation shall mean any single set of net and doors for a single 
trawl vessel, or for a vessel capable of towing more than one set 
at a time, as many sets of net and doors as the vessel is capable 
of towing: Provided, That if the vessel owner, master, or other 
person in charge of the vessel can show that a particular set (or 
sets) of net and doors was actually involved in the violation, 
then that set (or sets) shall be deemed to be the gear of the 
\essel involved in the violation. 
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PERMITS 
Si:c. 3. (a) The Secretary is authorized to issue permits to vessel 
owners for vessels documented under the laws of the United States 
to eugai^e in fishing in the area of agreement: Provided., That the 
number of vessels which are the subject of permits shall not exceed 
three hundred and twenty-five or such other number of vessels as may 
Us specified in the treaty from time to time as authorized to fish in the 
area of agreement. No vessel owner may be issued a permit with 
i'esj)ect to a vessel miless such vessel meets the requirements of ihe 
treaty, the Act, and the regulations. 
(b) Except as provided in section 4(d), a permit shall be valid 
only for the vessel with respect to which it is issued and shall not 
cover more than one vessel, except that a vessel owner may, with the 
prior consent of the Secretary, transfer a permit to another vessel 
whether or not owned bv the same vessel owner. 
(c) Permits shall be issued for a calendar year, and may be renewed 
annually. 
(d) Permits shall contain such provisions, and shall be issued upon, 
and subject to, such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems 
necessary to carry out the treaty, the Act, and the regulations. Permit 
provisions may include, but are not limited to— 
(i) the manner, piace.and time of conducting fishing operations, 
(ii) the keeping of records, 
(iii) the furnishing of information to the Secretary, 
(iv) the identification and marking of the vessels, 
(v) limitations on transshipment operations, 
(vi) restrictions or prohibitions on the employment on any 
permitted vessel of a master or other person against whom a civil 
penalty has been assessed pursuant to section 9, 
(vii) prohibited activities, 
(viii) revocation of permit for failure to pay a civil penalty 
assessed against a vessel owner pursuant to section 9, and 
(ix) the maintaining of an office in the Ignited States by the 
holder of a permit at which all notices, legal documents, and other 
material may be served. 
Permits may be suspended or revoked by the Secretary for failure to 
comply with any of the terms or conditions thereof, or with the treaty, 
this Act or the regulations. Upon any such suspension or revocation, the 
permittee shall be afforded a prompt opportunity, after due notice, for 
a hearing by the Secretary. The decision of the Secretary rendered in 
connection wdth such hearing shall be final and binding. 
(e) Permits may be returned to the Secretary. In addition, the 
Secretary may issue regidations requiring the return of unutilized 
permits under such circumstances and upon such terms and conditions 
as he deems appropriate. If the Secretary reissues a permit to another 
vessel owner, a prorated amount of the annual permit fee for the 
portion of the year during which the permit is held by another vessel 
owner shall be refunded to the original permittee. Except as specified 
in this subsection (e) and in section 4(c), permit fees shall not be 
prorated. 
(f) The annual fee for a permit for any year other than 1973 shall 
be $615 for enforcement services plus an amount of not more than 
$100, as determined by the Secretary, for the purpose of covering 
Limitation. 
Annual renewal. 
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administrative costs. The fee for a permit for 1973 shall be $1,230 for 
enforcement services plus an amount of not more than $200, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, for the purpose of covering administrative 
costs: Provided, That the annual fee for a permit for 1973 for any 
vessel first documented in that year or certified as not having been 
engaged in fishing in the area of agreement in 1972 shall be $615 for 
enforcement services plus an amount of not more than $100, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, for the purpose of covering administrative 
costs. The amount of any deposit transferred to the Offshore Shrimp 
Fisheries Fund pursuant to section 5 of this Act shall be credited 
toward the annual permit fee. 
(g) Any permit which has been suspended or revoked, or which is 
required to be returned, shall be surrendered to the Secretary. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Notice; hearing. 
PERMIT PROCEDURE 
SEC. 4. (a) Vessel owners may apply for permits to engage in 
fishing in the area of agreement. The method and time for application 
shall be announced in advance in the Federal Register. 
(b) The owner of any vessel for which application for a permit is 
refused may petition the Secretary for reconsideration, and shall be 
entitled to a hearing. The decision of the Secretary rendered in con-
nection with such reconsideration shall be final and binding. 
(c) The Secretary may reissue permits which have been returned 
pursuant to section 3, to vessel owners with outstanding applications, 
who have not been able to obtain permits under the procedure set out 
in subsection (d). The fee for such reissued permits shall be the pro-
rated share of the annual fee for the portion of the year during which 
the new permittee holds the permit. 
(d) If application is made with respect to more vessels than the 
number of permits allowed to be issued under section 3(a), the follow-
ing procedure for granting permits shall apply: 
(1) All vessel owners to whom letters of voluntary compliance 
have been issued, pursuant to section 5 of this Act, shall have first 
priority for permits but only as to vessels covered by such letters. 
(2) After all vessel owners under subparagraph (1) have been 
considered for permits, all vessel owners who have been engaged in 
fishing in the area of agreement, during the last five years, shall 
have second priority for permits. However, in no event shall a 
vessel owner be eligible for receiving a permit under this sub-
section for a given vessel during the first six months after the effec-
tive date of this Act if the Secretary determines that such vessel 
has engaged in activities during the period from May 9, 1972, to 
the effective date of this Act which would have constituted a viola-
tion specified in section 8(a)(3) or 8(a)(6), but only to the extent 
8(a)(5) relates to use of fishing gear and the closure of the area of 
agreement to fishing, if the Act had been in effect during such 
period. In the event of any such determination, the vessel owner 
affected thereby shall be given notice thereof and an opportunity 
for a hearing. The decision of the Secretary rendered in connec-
tion with the hearing shall be final and binding. 
(3) After all vessel owners under subparagraphs (1) and (2) 
have been considered for issuance of a permit, all other vessel 
owners who have made application may be considered for permits. 
If the number of vessels for which application is made in the cate-
gories outlined in subparagraph (2) or (3) is more than the number 
of permits available after having accounted for the vessels in the 
previous category (or in the case of subparagraph (1), if the number 
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of vessels for which application is made in that category is more than 
the number of permits available pursuant to the treaty), then the 
number of permits available shall be proportionally distributed with 
the applicable category, in a manner provided in the regulations. 
VESSELS W H I C H VOLUNTARILY CX)MPLY 
SEC. 5. The Secretary shall issue a letter of voluntary compliance to 
a vessel owner who has had vessels engaged in fishing in the area of 
agreement at any time subsequent to May 9, 1972, for all vessels of 
such owner documented under the laws of the United States which 
meet the requirements of the treaty, and for each of which the vessel 
owner has deposited and continuously maintained, until the transfer 
referred to in the following sentence, $700 in a special account in a 
bank or trust company insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation for the purpose of reimbursing the United States for 
enforcement expenses as provided in article 6 of the treaty. On or 
before the issuance of a letter of voluntary compliance the deposited 
funds referred to above shall be transferred, in the manner provided 
for in regulations, through the Secretary, to the Offshore Shrimp 
Fisheries Fund, established pursuant to section 6 of this Act. 
OFFSHORE SHRIMP FISHERIES FUND; ENFORCEMENT EXPENSES 
SEC. 6. (a) There is hereby established on the books of the Treasury 
a separate fund, the Offshore Shrimp Fisheries Fund, to be used by 
the Secretary to make payments for enforcement expenses as provided 
in article VI of the treaty. The fund shall be credited with permit 
fees collected pursuant to section 3 for enforcement expenses, funds 
appropriated under section 12(a), amounts transferred through the 
Secretary from deposits in the special accounts referred to in sec-
tion 5, and amounts collected for minimum penalties pursuant to 
section 9. 
(b) The Secretary of Commerce, through the Secretary of State, 
shall pay, or cause to be paid, on behalf of the United States the 
enforcement expenses as provided in article VI of the treaty. 
(c) In the event that a vessel owner, master, or other person in 
charge of a vessel, pays on behalf of the United States the unusual 
enforcement expenses incurred in carrying out the seizure and deten-
tion of a vessel, referred to in article VI of the treaty, and is not 
assessed a civil penalty under section 9 of this Act within two years 
from the date of such seizure in respect to the violation for which 
the vessel was seized, such vessel owner, master, or other person 
shall be entitled to reimbursement of amounts so paid. Application 
for reimbursement shall be made to the Secretary. 
INFORMATION AND REPORTS 
SEC. 7. (a) Each master or other person in charge of a vessel which 
is the subject of a permit under this Act shall keep a logbook in the 
form and manner prescribed pursuant to the treaty and set forth in 
regulations. 
(b) In addition to the logbook, owners of vessels which have permits 
under this Act shall supply to the Secretary, in such form and at such 
times as he may prescribe, any other information necessary in order 
to carry out the purposes and objectives of the treaty, the Act or the 
regulations, which information may include data on fishing beyond the 
area of agreement in order to determine to the extent possible the full 
potenti al of the shrimp fishery. 
Logbook. 
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^^^ Except R
S otliei'wise provided in the treaty, information 
obtained pursuant to this Act shall be treated as conj&dential com-
mercial information pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States 
80 gtat. 383; 
C o d c . 
subpena author- 
(d) The Secrctarj shall liave the power to recjuire by subpena the 
ity. 
production of all such logbooks, records, or other mformation required 
' 
pursuant to this section. The Secretary may delegate the power to sign 
subpenas and to receive documents. 
Jurisdiction. 
(g) lu cRse of coiitumacy or refusal to obey a subpena issued to any 
person, corporation, partnership, or other entity, the Secretary may 
request the Attorney General to invoke the aid of any district court 
of the United States or the United States courts of any territorj^ or 
possession within the jurisdiction of which said person, corporation, 
partnership, or other entity is found, resides, or transacts business to 
secure compliance. 
PROHIBITIONS 
SEC. 8. (a) Xo master or other person in charge of a vessel docu-
mented under the laws of the United States shall— 
(1) engage in fishing in the area of agi-eement, unless the 
v.essel is the subject of a permit in force pursuant to this Act; 
(2) transship shrimp in the area of agreement, unless each 
vessel engaged in the transshipment is the subject of a permit in 
force pursuant to this Act, or is otherwise authorized to fish in 
the ai'ea of agreement pursuant to the ti-eaty; 
(3) assault or attempt to prevent any duly authorized officer 
from boai'ding. searching, seizing or detaining a vessel in accord-
ance with such officer's duties under the treaty; 
(4) engage in fisliing in the area of agreement contrary to 
regulations establishing a procedure for limiting the number of 
vessels allowed to be present in the area of agreement at any one 
time to one hundred and sixty or such other number as may be 
allowed pursuant to the treaty ; 
(5) engage in fishing in the area of agreement in contra-
vention of annex II, as it may be modified from time to time 
pursuant to article I I of the treaty, or any regulations issued by 
the Secretary to implement such annex. 
(b) Xo master or other peison in charge of a vessel documented 
under the laws of the United States shall— 
(1) fail or refuse to keep or provide any logbooks or any other 
information required pursuant to this Act, or provide or furnish 
false logbooks or other information; 
(2) violate any other provision of the treaty, this Act, or any 
regulations promulgated by the Secretary, the violation of which 
is not covered by subsection (a). 
PENALTIES 
SEC. 9. (a) Any master or other person in charge of a vessel who 
violates section 8 hereof may be assessed a civil penalty by the Secre-
tary, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, of not more than 
$10,000 for a violation of section 8(a) and $3,000 for a violation of 
section 8(b). Except as provided in this section, the minimum penalty 
assessed shall be not less than an amount sufficient to cover the unusual 
enforcement expenses, if any, incurred by the United States pursuant 
to article VI of the treaty in connection with such violation: Provided, 
That if the person against whom the penalty has been assessed has 
paid on behalf of the United States such unusual enforcement expenses, 
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the minimum penalty requirement shall not apply. The amount of any 
such minimum civil penalty assessed shall be deposited directly into 
the Offshore Shrimp Fisheries Fund. The amount of any such civil 
penalty over the minimum penalty may be compromised by the 
Secretary. 
(b) The Secretary shall notify any vessel owner involved in a viola-
tion of section 8 of the outcome of any proceeding under subsection 
(a) above. 
(c) The Secretary, after notice and opportunity for hearing, may 
assess against a vessel owner a civil penalty equal to the value of the 
catch on board the vessel when detained and the value of the gear 
involved in a violation of section 8(a)(1), or involved in a second or 
subsequent violation of any other provision of section 8(a) by a person 
against whom a penalty had previously been assessed under section 
9(a) for a violation involving the operation of a vessel owned by the 
same person as the vessel involved in such second or subsequent viola-
tion. The amount of any such penalty shall be deposited as miscel-
laneous receipts into the general fund of the Treasury. 
(d) Upon failure of the party penalized as provided in this section 
to pay the penalty within thirty days of the assessment thereof, the 
Secretary may request the Attorney General to commence action in the 
Federal district court having jurisdiction over the party for such relief 
as may be appropriate. In any such action for relief, the Secretary's 
penalty assessment shall be final and unreviewable unless the penalized 
party has otherwise sought judicial review thereof. 
(e) In any hearing held by the Secretary in connection with the 
assessment oi a civil penalty hereunder, the vessel owner, the master or 
any other person against whom a penalty may be assessed may appear 
in person or by counsel at such hearing or in lieu of a personal appear-
ance may submit such affidavits or depositions as he deems necessary to 
the defense of any charges which may be considered by the Secretary 
at such hearing. 
ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 10. (a) This Act shall be enforced jointly by the Secretary, 
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operat-
ing, and the Secretary of the Treasury. 
(b) Any duly authorized law enforcement officer of the Govern-
ment of Brazil who is exercising responsibility under article V of the 
treaty shall be impowered to act on behalf of the United States to 
enforce the provisions of the treaty in the area of agreement as fol-
lows: Any such officer may board and search any vessel which he has 
reasonable cause to believe has violated any provisions of the treaty. 
If after boarding and searching such vessel the officer continues to 
have reasonable cause to believe that a violation has been committed, 
he may seize and detain the vessel for the sole purpose of delivering it, 
as soon as practicable, to an agent of the United States Government 
at the nearest port to the place of seizure or any other place which is 
mutually agreed upon by the Government of Brazil and the Secretary 
of State. 
REGUI.ATI0NS 
SEC. 11. In addition to any specific authority contained in this Act, * 
the Secretary is authorized to issue all regulations necessary to carry 
out the purposes and objectives of the treaty and this Act. Prior to 
the issuance of any regulations dealing with the marking of vessels 
or with the use of radiotelephone frequencies, the Secretary shall con-
sult with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating. 
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16 u s e 1085. 
"Continental 
Shelf fishery re-
source. '' 
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APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 12. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
amounts as are necessary for enforcement expenses pursuant to article 
VI of the treaty, to be deposited in the Offshore Shrimp Fisheries 
Fund. 
(b) There is also hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
amounts as are necessary for domestic enforcement expenses and the 
expenses of administering the provisions of the treaty, this Act, and 
the regulations, to be available until expended, when so provided 
in appropriation acts. So much of the permit fees as are identified 
for administrative costs shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts 
to the general fund of the Treasury. 
TERMINATION 
SEC. 13. The provisions of this Act, except section 15, shall expire 
June 15,1975. 
SEVERABILITY 
SEC. 14. The provisions of this Act shall be severable and if any 
part of the Act is declared unconstitutional or the applicability 
thereof is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder and 
the applicability thereof shall not be affected thereby. 
SEC. 15. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 5 of the Act of May 20, 
1964 (78 Stat. 196), are amended to read as follows: 
"(a) As used in this Act, the term 'Continental Shelf fishery 
resource' means living organisms belonging to sedentary species; that 
is to say, organisms, which at the harvestable stage, either are immobile 
on or under the seabed or are unable to move except in constant 
physical contact with the seabed or the subsoil of the Continental 
Shelf, including the following species: 
"CRUSTACEA 
"Tanner Crab—Chionoecetes tanneri ; 
"Tanner Crab—Chionoecetes opilio; 
"Tanner Crab—Chionoecetes angulatus; 
"Tanner Crab—Chionoecetes bairdi; 
"King Crab—Paralithodes camtschatica; 
"King Crab-^Paralithodes platypus ; 
"King Crab—Paralithodes brevipes ; 
"Stone Crab—Menippe mercenaria; 
"Lobster—Homarus Americanus; 
"Dungeness Crab—Cancer magister; 
"California King Crab—^Paralithodes californiensis; 
"Golden King Crab—^Lithodes aequispinus; 
"Northern Stone Crab—Lithodes maia; 
"Stone Crab—Menippe mercenaria; and 
"Deep-sea Eed Crab—-Ceryon quinquedens. 
"MoLLtrsKS 
"EedAbalone—Haliotis ruf 
escens; 
"PinkAbalone—Haliotis corrugata; 
"Japanese Abalone—Haliotis kamtschatkana; 
"Queen Conch—Strombus ^gas; 
"Surf Clam—Spisula solidissima; and 
"Ocean Quahog—^Artica islandica. 
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"SPONGES 
"Glove Sponge—Hippiospongia canaliculata; 
"Sheepswool Sponge—Hippiospongialachne; 
"Grass Sponge—Spongia graminea; 
"Yellow Sponge—Spongia barbera. 
"(b) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secre-
tary of State, is authorized to publish in the Federal Register addi-
tional species of living organisms covered by the provisions of 
subsection (a) of this section." 
Approved January 2, 1974. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Public Law 93-243 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish the ratio for 
allocation of treatment works construction grant funds, to insure that grants 
may be given for other than operable units, and to clarify the requirements for 
development of priorities. 
January 2, 1974 
[S.2812] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) subsection 
(a) of section 205 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 
amended by inserting immediately after the third sentence thereof the 
following new sentence: "For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, 
such ratio shall be determined one-half on the basis of table I of House 
Public Works Committee Print Numbered 93-28 and one-half on the 
basis of table I I of such print, except that no State shall receive an 
allotment less than that which it received for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1972, as set forth in table I I I of such print.". 
(b) The last sentence of subsection (a) of section 205 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking out "June 30, 
1974," and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30,1975,". 
SEC. 2. Section 203 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require, or to 
authorize the Administrator to require, that grants under this Act for 
construction of treatment works be made only for projects which are 
operable units usable for sewage collection, transportation, storage, 
waste treatment, or for similar purposes without additional construc-
tion.". 
SEC. 3. Section 511 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) Nothwithstanding this Act or any other provision of law, the 
Administrator (1) shall not require any State to consider in the devel-
opment of the ranking in order of priority of needs for the construc-
tion of treatment works (as defined in title II of this Act), any water 
pollution control agreement which may have been fentered into between 
the United States and any other nation, and (2) shall not consider any 
such agreement in the approval of any such priority 
ranking.". 
SEC. 4. Subsection (b) of section 516 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act, as amended (86 Stat. 895), is amended by inserting " (1)" 
after "(b)"; by striking "(1)", "(2)", "(3)". and "(4)" and inserting 
in lieu thereof " (A)", "(B)", " (C)", and " (D)", respectively; and by 
adding the following: new paragraph: 
Federal Water 
Pollution Control 
Act, amendments. 
86 Stat. 837. 
33 u s e 1285. 
86 Stat. 835. 
33 u s e 1283. 
86 Stat. 893» 
33 use 1371, 
33 u s e 1281. 
33 u s e 1375.