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1 authority to review the violation and the assessment of the 



2 civil penalty de novo." 



3 (7) Section 7 is renumbered section 8. 



4 (8) Section 8 (33 U.S.C. 1007) is renumbered section 



5 9 and is amended — 



6 (A) in subsection (a) by amending the first sen- 



7 tence to read as follows: "In the administration of sec- 



8 tions 1-12 of this Act, the Secretary may utilize by 



9 agreement, with or without reimbursement, law enforce- 



10 ment oflBcers or other personnel, facilities, or equipment of 



11 other Federal agencies or the States."; 



12 (B) in subsection (a) by amending the first part 



13 of the second sentence which precedes the first use of 



14 the word "shall" to read: "For the better enforcement of 



15 the provisions of said sections, officers of the Coast Guard 



16 and other persons employed by or acting under the au- 



17 thority of the Secretary"; 



18 (C) in subsection (a) by deleting from the last 



19 sentence thereof the words "and of the Bureau of Cus- 



20 toms" and the words "in a prohibited zone or in a port 



21 of the United States"; and 



22 (I^) JD subsection (b) by deleting in the first sen- 



23 tence thereof the words "of the Department in which the 



24 Coast Guard is operating" and by deleting the second 



25 sentence thereof in its entirety. 



