An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to develop, through the use of experiment and demonstration plants, practicable and economic means for the production by the commercial fishing industry of fish protein concentrate
PL 89-701 (S.2720), enacted 11/02/1966

73 Stat. 28-30. 
26 u s e 3201, 
80 STAT. ] 
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taxable 'wages' as defined in section 3121 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1954, whichever is greater, for any month after Sep- 
^6 use 3121. 
tember30,1965";and 
(vi) by striking out from the proviso in such sections 3201 and 
3211, from subsection (b) of such section 3221 the phrase "after 
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December 31, 1964" and inserting in lieu thereof "after Septem- 32iif3T2i 
ber 30,1965". 
SEC. 302. Section 3221(a) of the Railroad Retirement Tax Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"Where compensation for services rendered in a month is paid an em-
ployee by two or more employers, one of the employers who has knowl-
edge of such joint employment may, by proper notice to the Secretary 
of the Treasury, and by agreement with such other employer or em-
ployers as to settlement of their respective liabilities under this sec-
tion and section 3202, elect for the tax imposed by section 3201 and 
this section to apply to all of the compensation paid by such employer 
for such month as does not exceed the maximum amount of compen-
sation in respect to which taxes are imposed by such section 3201 and 
this section; and in such a case the liability of such other employer or 
enciployers under this section and section 3202 shall be limited to the 
difference, if any, between the compensation paid by the electing em-
ployer and the maximum amount of compensation to which section 
3201 and this section apply. 
Approved October 30, 1966. 
Public Law 89-701 
A N A C T 
November 2, 1966 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to develop, through the use of 
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experiment and demonstration plants, practieahle and economic means for 
the production by the commercial fishing industry of fish protein concentrate. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepTesentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress ansembled^ That the Secretary 
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of the Interior is authorized to conduct, and through grants to .and "" stud'ieT. ^ 
contracts with public and private agencies to promote studies, research, 
and experiments designed to develop the best and most economical 
processes and methods to reduce fish which are in abundant supply 
and which .are not now widely sought after for human food to a 
nutritious, wholesome, and stable fish protein concentrate, as well as 
to conduct food technology and feasibility studies with respect to 
such products. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary is also authorized to construct not to Demonstration 
exceed one experiment and demonstration plant for the production of ^ ^"'* 
a fish protein concentrate and to acquire by lease one additional plant 
for such purpose. 
Such plants shall be designed to demonstrate the 
reliability and practicability and the economic, engineering, and oper-
ating potentials of the processes and methods to reduce fish to fish 
protein concentrate. 
Such plants shall be located in such geograph-
ical areas as the Secretary determines will demonstrate optimum 
feasibility from the standpoint of operation, maintenance, and eco-
nomic potential. The Secretary of the Interior shall not commence 
construction of or lease any plant pursuant to the provisions of this 
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52 Stat. 1040. 
21 u s e 301. 
Contracts. 
Access to rec-
ords. 
Disposition. 
63 Stat. 37^. 
40 u s e 471 note. 
Appropriation. 
Expiration. 
Act until the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall have 
certified that fish protein concentrate produced from whole fish com-
plies with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and (^osmetics 
Act. 
(b) The Secretary may operate and maintain or contract for the 
operation and maintenance of such plants. 
Each operation and main-
tenance contract shall provide, in addition to such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary deems desirable, for the compilation by the 
contractor of complete records, including cost data, w^ith respect to the 
operation, maintenance, and engineering of the plants. The records 
so compiled shall be made available to the public and to the Congress 
by the Secretary at periodic and reasonable intervals. 
Access by the 
public to the plants shall be assured during all phases of their opera-
tion subject to such reasonable restrictions as to time and place as the 
Secretary may require or approve. 
(c) All contracts entered into pursuant to subsection (b) of this 
section shall include a clause to the effect that the Comptroller General 
of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives 
shall until the expiration of three years after final payment have 
access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, docu-
ments, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his subcon-
tractors engaged in the performance of and involving transactions 
related to such contracts or subcontracts. 
(d) Each plant constructed or leased under this Act, and its equip-
ment, upon the expiration of a period deemed adequate by the Secre-
tary for experiment and demonstration purposes, shall, as promptly 
as practicable, be disposed of in accordance with the applicable pro-
visions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949. as amended. 
(e) The Secretary may acquire lands or interests therein, patents, 
licenses, technical data, inventions, secret processes, supplies, and 
equipment by purchase, license, lease, or donation to carry out the 
provisions of this section. 
SEC. 3. There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$1,000,000 for the construction of one experiment and demonstration 
plant. 
There is also authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$1,555,000 annually for a period of five fiscal years, beginning with the 
fiscal year 1968, for the leasing of one additional experiment and 
demonstration plant, for the operation and maintenance of experi-
ment and demonstration plants leased or constructed under this Act, 
and for conducting the program authorized by this Act. 
Sums appro-
priated under this section are authorized to remain available until 
expended. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to amend, repe^il, 
or otherwise modify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to 
carry out fish protein concentrate reseai'ch mider any other provision 
of law. 
SEC. 4. The Secretary shall cooperate with public and private agen-
cies, organizations, institutions, and individuals in carrying out the 
program authorized by this Act. 
SEC. 5. The authority of the Secretary under this Act shall expire 
at the expiration of five years from the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved November 2, 1966, Anchorage, Alaska.