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779d. Plans. 



(a) Submission by States; notification of ap- 



proval; approval prerequisite to obliga- 

 tion of appropriations and expenditure 

 of funds. 



(b) Approval; notice; allocation of appropria- 



tions; limitation on amount. 



(c) Payment to proper authority: progress 



payments. 



779e. Working conditions. 



(a) Laws governing; supervision by State 



agency; regulations of the Secretary; 

 title to property. 



(b) Pay rates. 



(c) Property disposal. 

 779f. Rules and regulations 



§779. Definitions. 



As used in this chapter, the term — 



"Commercial fisheries" means any organization, 

 individual, or group of organizations or individuals 

 engaged in the harvesting, catching, processing, dis- 

 tribution, or sale of fish, shellfish, or fish products. 



"Fiscal year" means the period beginning July 1 

 and ending June 30. 



"Obligated" means the written approval by the 

 Secretary of the Interior of a project submitted by 

 the State agency pursuant to this chapter. 



"Project" means the program of research and 

 development of the commercial fishery resources. 

 Including the construction of facilities by the States 

 for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this 

 chapter. 



"Raw fish" means aquatic plants and animals. 



"State" means the several States of the United 

 States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Ameri- 

 can Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the 

 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 



"State agency" means any department, agency, 

 commission, or official of a State authorized under 

 its laws to regulate commercial fisheries. (Pub. L. 

 88-309, § 2, May 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 197; amended 

 Pub. L. 94-485, § 1(1) , Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2326.) 



a'mendment 



1976 — Sec. 1(1) of Pub. L. 94-485 added "the Trust 

 Territory of the Pacific Islands" to the definition of 

 "State." 



Effective Date of 1976 Amendment 



Section 2 of Pub. L. 94-485 provided that amendments 

 made by Sec. 1 would be effective October 1, 1976. 



§779a. Cooperation with States on projects; use of 

 funds; joint projects between states; consent to 

 interstate compacts; reservation of right to alter, 

 amend or repeal consent. 



(a) The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the 

 Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the States 

 through their respective State agencies in carrying 

 out projects designed for the research and develop- 

 ment of the commercial fisheries resources of the 

 Nation. Federal funds made available under this 

 chapter will be used to supplement, and. to the extent 

 practicable, increase the amounts of State funds that 

 would be made available for commercial fisheries 

 research and development in the absence of these 

 Federal funds. 



(b) (1) Nothing in this chapter prevents any two 

 or more States from acting jointly in carrying out a 

 project. 



(2) The Congress consents to any compact or 

 agreement between any two or more States for the 

 purpose of carrying out a project. The right to 

 alter, amend, or repeal this subsection or the consent 

 granted under this subsection is expressly reserved. 

 (Pub. L. 88-309, § 3, May 20, 1964, 78 Stat. 197.) 



§ 779b. .\uthorization of appropriations. 



(a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the 

 Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year begin- 

 ning July 1, 1973, and for the four succeeding fiscal 

 years, $5,000,000 in each year for apportionment to 

 the States to carry out the purposes of this chapter. 



lb) In addition to the amounts authorized in 

 subsection (at of this section there is authorized to 

 be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 

 1973, and for the four succeeding fiscal years, 

 $1,500,000 in each such year, which shall be made 

 available to the States m such amounts as the 

 Secretary may determine appropriate for the pur- 

 poses of this chapter: Provided, That the Secretary 

 shall give a preference to those States in which he 

 determines there is a commercial fishery failure due 

 to a resource disaster arising from natural or unde- 

 termined causes, and any sums made available 

 under this subsection may be used either by the 

 States or directly by the Secretary in cooperation 

 with the States for any purpose that the Secretary 

 determines is appropriate to restore the fishery 

 affected by such failure or to prevent a similar fail- 

 ure in the future: Provided further, That the funds 

 authorized to be appropriated under this subsec- 

 tion shall not be available to the Secretary for use 

 as grants for chartering fishing vessels. Amounts 

 appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall re- 

 main available until expended. 



(c) In addition to the funds authorized in sub- 

 sections (a) and (b) of this section, there is author- 

 ized to be appropriated $100,000 for the fiscal year 

 beginning July 1, 1973, and for each succeeding 

 fiscal year during the term of this chapter, which 

 shall be made available to the States in such 

 amounts as the Secretary may determine for devel- 

 oping a new commercial fishery therein. (As 

 amended Pub. L. 92-590, §§ 1-3, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 

 Stat. 1303.) 



Amendments 



1972 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L 92-590 substituted provi- 

 sions authorizing appropriations for the fiscal year be- 

 ginning July 1, 1973. and for the four succeeding years, 

 for provisions authorizing such appropriations for the 

 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1969. and for the three suc- 

 ceeding fiscal years. 



Subsec. (b). Pub. L, 92-590 substituted provisions au- 

 thorizing the appropriation of $1,500,000 for the fiscal 

 year beginning July 1, 1973 and for each of the succeed- 

 ing four fiscal years, for provisions authorizing appro- 

 priation of $650,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1. 

 1969. and for the three succeeding fiscal years. 



Subsec (c). Pub. L, 92-590 substituted "for the fiscal 

 year beginning July 1. 1973" for "for the fiscal year 

 beginning July 1. 1969". 



§779c. Apportionment of funds among States; basis; 

 minimum apportionment ; carryover of unobligated 

 funds. 



(a) Funds appropriated pursuant to section 

 779b(a) of this title shall be apportioned among the 

 States, by the Secretary, on October 1 of each year 



