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ae (4) 22 U.S.C. §§1973 and 1977--provide financial assistance 
' (reimbursement) to fishermen for certain financial charges and 
losses sustained as the result of seizure by a foreign country 
outside Bh CoE PEL SEE LEL waters. 
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(5) 46 U.S.C. §1177--allows owners or lessors of vessels [ee 
et to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Commerce to ( 
establish a capital construction fund, contributions to which \ 
are tax deductible, to provide replacement vessels, additional | 
vessels, or reconstructed vessels, built in the United States 
for operation in the fisheries of the United States. 
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(6) 46 U.S.C. §1271 et seg.--authorizes the Secretary of { so Uf 
“ Commerce to guarantee obligations that aid in financing or refi- \ 2S 
nancing construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of vessels 
owned by U.S. citizens for use in, among others, the fishing 
trade or industry; and financing or refinancing the purchase 
of vessels acquired by the Secretary as a result of payment 
on a defaulted loan. 
(7) 46 US.C. §1401 et seg.--authorizes the Secretary of 
ale the Interior to subsidize the construction of fishing vessels 
in the shipyards of the United States. No applications for such 
subsidies were to be accepted after June 30, 1972. 
Federal assistance to industry is provided for in forms 
other than financial assistance: 
(i) <7 90. SSCs s§6lZcrand ' 15S UlSiCs1§§7L3c—2 tand “3==promote 
certain commercial activities for fish products. 
(2) 16 U.S.C. §66l1--authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 
(with transfer of functions to the Secretary of Commerce) to 
provide assistance to, and to cooperate with, Federal, State, and 
public or private agencies and organizations in the development, 
protection, rearing, and stocking of all species of wildlife, 
resources thereof, and their habitat, in controlling losses of 
the same from disease or other causes, and in minimizing damages 
from overabundant species. 
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(3) 16 U.S.C. §1538--exempts fish importers and exporters 
from certain requirements of the Endangered Species Act. 
(4) 22 U.S.C. §1971 et seg.--provides for protection of 
U.S. fishing vessels seized by foreign countries and directs the 
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