An Act to amend the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 to change certain procedures in order to improve the operation of the programs under such Act and to make the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands eligible to participate in such programs.
PL 94-485 (S.1414), enacted 10/12/1976

90 STAT. 2326 
PUBLIC LAW 94-485—OCT. 12, 1976 
Public Law 94-485 
94th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 12, 1976 
[S. 1414] 
Commercial 
Fisheries 
Research and 
Development Act 
of 1964, 
amendments. 
16 u s e 779. 
16 u s e 779c. 
Apportioned 
funds. 
16 u s e 779d. 
Effective date. 
16 u s e 779 note. 
To amend the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 to 
change certain procedures in order to improve the operation of the programs 
under such Act and to malce the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands eligible 
to participate in such programs. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commercial 
Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 779 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "and Guam" in section 2 and inserting in 
lieu thereof "Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands"; 
(2) by inserting "initial" immediately after "receive an" in the 
second sentence of section 5(a); 
(3) by amending section 5(b) to read as follows: 
"(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, 
so much of any apportionment for any fiscal year to any State which 
is not obligated during such year remains available for obligation to 
that State to carry out the purposes of this Act until the close of the 
succeeding fiscal year, and, if unobligated at the end of that year, the 
funds shall not be considered thereafter to be apportioned to that State 
and shall remain available until expended to carry out the purposes 
of this Act as determined by the Secretary without regard to any 
provision of subsection (a) of this section. 
"(2) If any State— 
"(A) notifies the Secretary that it does not wish to receive all 
or any part of any funds apportioned to it for any fiscal year 
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, or 
"(B) returns to the Secretary funds received by it pursuant 
to any apportionment pursuant to such subsection (a), 
such funds shall not be considered to be apportioned to that State and 
shall immediately be available, and remain available until expended, 
to carry out the purposes of this Act as determined by the Secretary 
without regard to any provision of such subsection (a). Any notifica-
tion or return of funds made by any State pursuant to this paragraph 
is irrevocable,"; and 
(4) by amending section 6(c) — 
(A) by inserting "or where he otherwise deems it appro-
priate," immediately after "completed," in the first sentence; 
and 
(B) by striking out the second and third sentences thereof. 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall 
take eflfect October 1,1976. 
Approved October 12, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1472 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-868 (eomm. on eommerce). 
eONGRESSIONAL REeORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
May 21, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 20, considered and passed House, amended. 
Sept. 28, Senate concurred in House amendments.