An Act to strengthen the penalties for illegal fishing in the territorial waters and the contiguous fishery zone of the United States, and for other purposes
PL 91-514 (H.R.14678), enacted 10/27/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91-514-OCT. 27. 1970 
[84 STAT. 
(d) Any orders, rules, and regulations which have been promul-
gated under any law affected by this title and which are in effect on 
the day preceding enactment of this title shall continue in effect until 
modified, superseded, or repealed. 
T I T L E IV—REPORT ON ADVISORY COUNCILS 
Reports 
gress. 
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682. 
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282. 
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note. 
"Statutory ad-
visory council,»» 
REPORT ON ADVISORY 
COUNCILS 
SEC. 1200. (a) Not later than March 31 of each calendar year after 
1970, the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare shall submit a report on the activities of advisory councils 
(established or organized pursuant to any applicable statute of the 
Public Health Service Act, Public Law 410, Seventy-eighth Congress, 
as amended, or the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community 
Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963, Public Law 88-164, 
as amended) to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the 
Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of 
the House of Representatives. Such report shall contain, at least, a 
list of all such advisory councils, the names and occupations of their 
members, a description of the function of each advisory council, and 
a statement of the dates of the meetings of each advisory council. 
(b) If the Secretary determines that a statutory advisory council 
is not needed or that the functions of two or more statutory advisory 
councils should be combined, he shall include in the report a recom-
mendation that such advisory council be abolished or that such func-
tions be combined. 
(c) As used in this section, the term "statutory advisory coun-
cil" means any committee, board, commission, council, or other similar 
group established or organized pursuant to any applicable statute 
to advise and make recommendations with respect to the administra-
tion or improvement of an applicable program or other related matter. 
Approved October 27, 1970. 
October 27, 1970 
[H. R. 14678] 
Public Law 91-514 
AN ACT 
To strengthen the penalties for illegal Ashing in the territorial waters and the 
contiguous fishery zone of the United States, and for other purposes. 
U.S. territorial 
waters. 
Illegal fishing, 
penalties. 
78 Stat. 195. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 2 of the 
Act entitled "An Act to prohibit fishing in the territorial waters of the 
United States and in certain other areas by vessels other than vessels 
of the United States and by persons in charge of such vessels", 
approved May 20, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1082), is amended— 
(1) by striking out "$10,000" in subsection (a) thereof and in-
serting in lieu thereof "$100,000", and 
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following new 
sentence: "For the purposes of this Act, it shall be a rebuttable 
presumption that all fish found aboard a vessel seized in connec-
tion with such violation of this Act were taken or retained in viola-
tion of this Act." 
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SEC. 2. The first sentence of section 3(a) of such Act of May 20, 
1964 (16 U.S.C. 1083), is amended to read as follows: "Enforcement 
of the provisions of this Act is the joint responsibility of the Secre-
tary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary 
of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, and each 
such Secretary may, by agreement with any other Federal department 
or agency, utilize the equipment (including aircraft and vessels) of 
that department or agency to carry out such enforcement." 
SEC. 3. Such Act of May 20, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1081-1085), is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"SEC. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury may pay to any person, other 
than an officer of the United States or a person authorized to function 
as a Federal law enforcement agent under this Act, compensation of 
not more than $5,000 if such person submits to any such officer or 
authorized person original information concerning any violation, per-
petrated or contemplated, of this Act and such information leads to any 
penalty or forfeiture incurred for violation of this Act." 
Approved October 27, 1970. 
Enforcement 
responsibility. 
78 Stat. 195. 
Informers, reward. 
Public Law 91-515 
AN ACT 
October 30, 1970 
To amend titles III and IX of the Public Health Service Act so as to revise, 
[H. R. 17570.1 
extend, and improve the programs of research, investigation, education, 
training, and demonstrations authorized thereunder, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE I X OF T H E PUBLIC 
HEALTH SERVICE ACT 
Public Health 
Service Act, 
amendments. 
SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Heart Disease, Cancer, 4^^^^*^"°" °^ 
Stroke, and Kidney Disease Amendments of 1970". 
SEC. 102. Section 900 of the Public Health Service Act is amended 
79 stat. 926. 
to read as follows: 
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"PURPOSES 
"SEC. 900. The purposes of this title are— 
"(a) through grants and contracts, to encourage and assist in 
the establishment of regional cooperative arrangements among 
medical schools, research institutions, and hospitals for research 
and training (including continuing education), for medical data 
exchange, and for demonstrations of patient care in the fields of 
heart disease, cancer, stroke, and kidney disease, and other 
related diseases;