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Prohibition.

Penalty.

Repeals.

Replacements.

ship or to a master or person serving aboard such ship, such award or citation shall be subject to the concurrence of the Secretary of State.

SEC. 4. The manufacture, sale, possession, or display of any insignia, decoration, medal, device, or rosette thereof, or any colorable imits tion of any insignia, decoration, medal or device, or rosette, provided ( for in this Act, or in any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this Act, is prohibited, except as authorized by this Act or any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.

SEC. 5. (a) The following Acts of Congress are repealed effective July 1, 1954:

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(1) The Act entitled "To provide for the issuance of devices in ognition of the services of merchant sailors", approved May 10, 1943. as amended (57 Stat. 81, 59 Stat. 511, 60 Stat. 884; U. S. Č., title 30. War, Appendix, secs. 753a-753f).

(2) The Act entitled "Providing for a medal for service in the merchant marine during the present war", approved August 8, 1946 (60 Stat. 960; U. S. C., title 50, War, Appendix, secs. 754-754b).

(3) The Act entitled "To provide reemployment rights for persons who leave their positions to serve in the merchant marine, and for other purposes", approved June 23, 1943, as amended (57 Stat. 162, 60 Stat. 905, 60 Stat. 945; U. S. C., title 50, War, Appendix, secs. 14711475).

(b) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Acts of Congress in subsection (a) the Secretary of Commerce is authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may from time to time prescribe to make replace ments at cost or permit replacements at reasonable prices by persons. authorized by him of the awards, medals, decorations, or other articles issued under such Acts, if lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use, without fault or neglect on the part of the owner.

84th Congress
Chapter 737 - 2d Session
S. 3705

AN ACT

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› require periodic survey by the Secretary of Commerce of national shipbuilding

capability.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

52 Stat. 957. 46 USC 1152.

nited States of America in Congress assembled, That section 502 Shipbuilding. ) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, is hereby amended Capability survey. striking out the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof e following two new sentences: "The Secretary of Commerce, with e advice of and in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, shall eriodically, as required for purposes of this Act, survey the existing rivately owned shipyards capable of merchant ship construction, or view available data on such shipyards if deemed adequate, to deterine whether their capabilities for merchant ship construction, includg facilities and skilled personnel, provide an adequate mobilization se at strategic points for purposes of national defense and national mergency. The Secretary of Commerce, in connection with ship

nstruction, reconstruction, reconditioning, or remodeling under 46 USC 1191-1204, tle VII and section 509, and the Federal Maritime Board, in connec- 1159, 1151-1161. on with ship construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning under tle V (except section 509), upon a basis of a finding that the award of e proposed construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, or remodelg work will remedy an existing inadequacy in such mobilization ase as to the capabilities and capacities of a shipyard or shipyards a strategic point, and after taking into consideration the benefits ccruing from standardized construction, the conditions of unemployent, and the needs and reasonable requirements of all shipyards, ay, with the approval of the President, allocate such construction, construction, reconditioning, or remodeling to such yard or yards such manner as it may be determined to be fair, just, and reasonable o all sections of the country, subject to the provisions of this subection."

Approved July 26, 1956.

To validate certain payments made to members and former members of the naval service.

Additional pay

for sea service

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all payments Naval service. of additional pay for sea duty made to enlisted members of the naval service who served on the United States Ship Sequoia (AG-23) from November 1, 1950, through February 28, 1954, and to those who served on vessels operating on the Great Lakes from November 1, 1950, through October 31, 1953, are hereby validated. Any such member or former member who has made repayment to the United States of any amount so paid to him as additional pay for sea duty is entitled to have refunded to him the amount repaid.

SEC. 2. The Comptroller General of the United States, or his desig- Credits in nee, shall relieve disbursing officers, including special disbursing accounts. agents, of the United States from accountability or responsibility for any payments described in section 1 of this Act, and shall allow credits

in the settlement of the accounts of those officers or agents for payments which are found to be free from fraud and collusion.

SEC. 3. Appropriations available to the military department concerned for the pay and allowances of military personnel are available for payments under this Act.

Approved July 27, 1956.

To amend title VII of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to authorize the construction of a nuclear-powered merchant ship for operation in foreign commerce of the United States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That title VII of the Nuclear-powered Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U. S. C., secs. 1191-1204), ship. is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

Ante, p. 531.

"SEC. 716. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Appropriation. Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration, and the Atomic Energy Commission, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for the construction, outfitting, and preparation for operation, including training of qualified personnel, of a nuclearpowered merchant ship capable of providing shipping services on routes essential for maintaining the flow of the foreign commerce of the United States. The Maritime Administration, and the Atomic Energy Commission, in carrying on activities and functions under this paragraph, may collaborate with and employ persons, firms, and corporations on a contract or fee basis for the performance of special services deemed necessary by such agencies in carrying on such activities and functions. The Administration may, for the same purposes, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and where appropriate the Atomic Energy Commission, avail itself of the use of licenses, information, services, facilities, offices, and employees of any executive department, independent establishment, or other agency of the Government, including any field service thereof." Approved July 30, 1956.

(755)

To amend the Act of July 15, 1954, authorizing the sale of certain vessels to

Brazil.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of Brazil. Congress entitled "To authorize the sale of certain vessels to Brazil Sale of for use in the coast wise trade of Brazil", approved July 15, 1954 (68 vessels. Stat. 481), is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "except that, upon recommendation of the Maritime Administrator, and with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, any such vessel may carry bulk grain and coal cargo while en route from the United States directly to Brazil after purchase hereunder for use thereafter only in the coastwise trade of Brazil”. Approved August 1, 1956.

To authorize the vessel operations revolving fund of the Department of Commerce to be used for expenses in connection with the chartering of merchant ships under jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

States of America in Congress assembled, That the vessel operations Vessel operrevolving fund created by the Third Supplemental Appropriations ations revolv Act, 1951, approved June 2, 1951 (Public Law 45, Eighty-second ing fund. Congress: 65 Stat. 52, at 59), shall, beginning July 1, 1956, be available for expenses incurred in connection with the activation, repair, and deactivation of merchant ships chartered under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce. There shall be credited to such fund all receipts on account of operations after July 1, 1956, under charters of Government-owned ships under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Commerce.

Approved August 1, 1956.