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Fishing Fleet Improvement Act, except to the ex- 

 tent applicable to Seafreeze Atlantic, and any con- 

 tract with the United States entered into before the 

 date of the enactment of this Act with respect to 

 the construction and operation of such vessel shall 

 continue in full force and effect except that the 

 Secretary of Commerce may amend any such con- 

 tract in such a manner as he deems necessary in 

 order to implement the provisions of this Act. The 



Secretary may impose such conditions as may be 

 necessary to assure that the provisions of this Act 

 will be complied with by the owner of the Seafreeze 

 Atlantic and may undertake to amend appropri- 

 ately any documents executed in connection with 

 the construction and operation of such vessel, but 

 if the owner does not consent to any such amend- 

 ment, the Act shall cease to apply. 



7. Enforcement of Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1960 



Ex. Order 11239 



(See Executive Order 11239 under title ni Executive Orders) 



8. Exclusion From Foreign Aid of Countries Seizing United States Fishing 



Vessels 



22 U.S.C. 2370(o); 2753(b) 



§2370. Prohibitions against furnishing assistance. 



(o) Exclusion from assistance of countries seizing or 

 imposing penalties or sanctions against United 

 States fishing vessels. 



In determining whether or not to furnish assist- 

 ance under this chapter, consideration shall be given 

 to excluding from such assistance any country which 

 hereafter seizes, or imposes any penalty or sanction 

 against, any United States fishing vessel on account 

 of its fishing activities in international waters. The 

 provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable 

 in any case governed by International agreement to 

 which the United States Is a party. 



§2753. Eligibility; Presidential waiver; report to 

 Congress. 



(b) No sales, credits, or guaranties shall be made 

 or extended under this chapter to any country dur- 

 ing a period of one year after such country seizes, or 

 takes into custody, or fines an American fishing ves- 

 sel for engaging in fishing more than twelve miles 



from the coast of that country. The President may 

 waive the provisions of this subsection when he de- 

 termines it to be important to the security of the 

 United States or he receives reasonable assurances 

 from the country involved that future violations will 

 not occur, and promptly so reports to the Siieaker of 

 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

 Foreign Relations of the Senate. The provisions of 

 this subsection shall not be applicable in any case 

 governed by an international agreement to which 

 the Uniced SUtes is a party. (Pub. L. 90-629, ch. 1, 

 § 3, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1322; Pub. L. 91-672, § I, 

 Jan. 12, 1971, 84 Stat. 2053.) 



Amendments 

 1971 — Subsec. (b) . Pub. L. 91-672 extended the retalia- 

 tory measures against countries seizing, taking custody or 

 fining American vessels lor fishing outside of twelve miles 

 ol their coast, to sales, credits, guaranties, and laid down 

 a period ot one year as the extent of such prohibition, and 

 added assurances of future restraint received from such 

 countries as an additional ground for waiver, and pro- 

 vided exception that the prohibition will not apply in 

 cases governed by international agreements to which the 

 United States is a party. 



9. Exemption of Fishing Vessels From Requirement That Pursers, 

 Surgeons, and Nurses Be Registered 



46 U.S.C. 248 



§248. Same; vessel of the United States defined. 



As used in sections 242 to 247 of this title the term 

 "vessel of the United States" shall mean any 

 vessel registered, enrolled, or licensed under the 

 laws of the United States, but shall not include a 



fishing or whaling vessel or a yacht. (Aug. 1. 1939, 

 ch. 409, § 8. 53 Stat. 1147.) 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 

 This section is referred to in sections 242. 243. 244. 

 245. 246. 237 of this title. 



