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gaged in the coasting trade ; 



(2) Seamen employed on United States or 

 foreign flag vessels as employees of the United 

 States through the War Shipping Administration; 



(3) Seamen, not enlisted or commissioned in 

 the military or naval establishments, who are em- 

 ployed on State school ships or on vessels of the 

 United States Government of more than five tons' 

 burden; 



(4) Cadets at State maritime academies or on 

 State training ships; 



(5) Seamen on vessels of the Mississippi River 

 Commission and, upon application of their com- 

 manding ofBcers, officers and crews of vessels of 

 the Fish and Wildlife Service ; 



(6) EnroUees in the United States Maritime 

 Service on active duty and members of the Mer- 

 chant Marine Cadet Corps ; 



(7) Seamen-trainees, while participating In 

 maritime training programs to develop or enhance 

 their employability in the maritime industry; and 



(8) Persons who own vessels registered, en- 

 rolled, or licensed under the maritime laws of the 

 United States, who are engaged in commercial 

 fishing operations, and who accompany such ves- 

 sels on such fishing operations, and a substantial 

 part of whose services in connection with such 

 fishing operations are comparable to services per- 

 formed by seamen employed on such vessel or on 

 vessels engaged in similar operations. 



(b) When suitable accommodations are avail- 

 able, seamen on foreign-flag vessels may be given 

 medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospi- 

 talization on application of the master, owner, or 

 agent of the vessel at hospitals and other stations of 

 the Service at rates fixed by regulations. All ex- 

 penses connected with such treatment, including 

 burial in the event of death, shall be paid by such 



master, owner, or agent. No such vessel shall be 

 granted clearance until such expenses are paid or 

 their payment appropriately guaranteed to the Col- 

 lector of Customs. 



(c) Any person when detained in accordance with 

 quarantine laws, or, at the request of the Immigra- 

 tion and Naturalization Service, any person de- 

 tained by that Service, may be treated and cared 

 lor by the Public Health Service. 



(d) Persons not entitled to treatment and care 

 at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Serv- 

 ice may. In accordance with regulations of the 

 Surgeon General, be admitted thereto for tempo- 

 rary treatment and care in case of emergency. 



(e) Persons entitled to care and treatment under 

 subsection (a) of this section and persons whose 

 care and treatment is authorized by subsection (c) of 

 this section may, in accordance with regulations, 

 receive such care and treatment at the expense of 

 the Service from public or private medical or hos- 

 pital facilities other than those of the Service, when 

 authorised by the officer in charge of the station at 

 which the application Is made. (July 1. 1944. ch. 

 373. Utle m, : 322. 58 Stat. 696; June 25. 1948. ch. 

 654, t 3, 62 SUt. 1018; Aug. 13, 1964. Pub. L. 88-424, 

 78 Stat. 398; Dec. 5, 1967, Pub. L. 90-174. i 10(c), 

 81 Stat. 541.) 



Akekdments 



1967— Subeec. (a) (7). Pub. L. 90-174 substituted provl- 

 Blon for entitlement to treatment and hospitalization of 

 seamen-tralneee, while participating in maritime training 

 programs to develop or enhance their employability In the 

 maritime Industry, for provision for such entltlemefit of 

 employees and noncommissioned ofllcers In the Held serv- 

 ice of the Public Health Service when injured or taken 

 sick In line of duty. 



1964 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88-424 added par. (8). 



1948 — Subsec. (e). Act June 25. 1948, permitted the 

 Service to provide for the care and treatment of Indi- 

 viduals detained In accordance with our quarantine laws. 



7. Purchase and Distribution of Surplus Fishery Products 



15 U.S.C. 7I3C-2 to 713C-3 



§ 713c-2. Purchase and distribution of surplus fishery 

 products. 



Any part of the funds not to exceed $1,500,000 per 

 year, created under and to carry out the provisions 

 of section 612c of Title 7, may also be used by the 

 Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of diverting 

 surplus fishery products (including flsh, shellfish, 

 mollusks, and Crustacea) from the normal chan- 

 nels of trade and commerce by acquiring them and 

 providing for their distribution through Federal, 

 State, and private relief channels: Provided, That 

 none of the funds made available to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture under this section and section 713c-3 

 of this title shall be used to purchase any of the 

 commodities designated in this section which may 

 have been produced in any foreign country. The 

 provisions of law relating to the acquisition of ma- 

 terials or supplies for the United States shall not 

 apply to the acquisition of commodities under this 

 section and section 713c-3 of this title. (Aug. 11. 



1939, ch. 696. § 1, 53 Stat. 1411; 1940 Reorg. Plan 

 No. Ill, § 5, eff. June 30. 1940. 5 F. R. 2108, 54 Stat. 

 1232; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 501, eff. July 16, 

 1946, 11 F. R. 7877, 60 Stat. 1100.) 



§713c-3. Same; promotion of the free flow of domes- 

 tically produced fishery products. 



(a) Transfer of funds. 



The Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the 

 Secretary of the Interior each fiscal year, beginning 

 with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1954, and 

 ending on June 30, 1957, from moneys made available 

 to carry out the provisions of section 612c of Title 7. 

 an amount equal to 30 per centum of the gross re- 

 ceipts from duties collected under the customs laws 

 on fishery products (including fish, shellfish, mol- 

 lusks, Crustacea, aquatic plants and animals, and 

 any products thereof, including processed and manu- 

 factured products) . which shall be maintained In a 

 separate fund and used by the Secretary of the In- 



