PUBLIC LAW 99-307—MAY 19, 1986
100 STAT. 447
SEC. 5. Bayou Lafourche, in the State of Louisiana, between Canal Boulevard, city of Thibodaux, parish of Lafourche and the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge crossing the bayou, city of Thibodaux, parish of Lafourche, is hereby declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States within the meaning of the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525 et seq.). SEC. 6. Notwithstanding sections 12105, 12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, United States Code, and section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 (46 U.S.C. App. 883), as applicable on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may issue a certificate of documentation for the following vessels: Marilyn, Maryland registration number MD 3533 AA; Royal Star, Michigan registration number MC 9707 J; Alaskan Shores, United States official number 603879; Shearwater, United States official number 260827; Gypsy Rose, California registration number CF 4291 HF; Eliminator, United States official number 507572; Puka Kai, United States official number 677462; Lobster House, Panama registration number 494-PEXT; Jane E., Bahamian registration number 315924; and Diane M., Bahamian official number 315925, except that such vessels Jane E. and Diane M. may be operated under such documentation only in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. SEC. 7. Section 2(a) of the Act entitled "An Act to facilitate increased enforcement by the Coast Guard of laws relating to the importation of controlled substances, and for other purposes", approved September 15, 1980 (21 U.S.C. 955b(a)), is amended by inserting immediately before the period the following: ", except that an event otherwise qualifying as an arrangement under such section does not lose that qualification by the fact that consent to, or the terms of, such arrangement are communicated by radio, telephone, or other similar means, or by how specific such arrangement is as to the vessel to which such arrangement applies". SEC. 8. The Coast Guard may enter into a cost-sharing arrangement with the city of Cape May, New Jersey, under which the city of Cape May will provide necessary roadway improvement on and along Pennsylvania Avenue between Pittsburg and Buffalo Avenues, as abutted by housing owned by the Coast Guard. For purposes of entering into such an arrangement, the Coast Guard may expend from previously-appropriated funds an amount not to exceed $200,000 on a nonrecurring basis. SEC. 9. Section 2103 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking all after "subtitle" the third time it appears and substituting ". The Secretary may prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.. SEC. 10. Section 4370(a) of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. App. 316(a)) is amended— (1) by striking all from "a certificate of registry," through "the Act of June 7, 1918, as amended (U.S.C. 1934 edition, Supp. IV, title 46, sec. 288)," and substituting "a certificate of documentation issued under section 12106 or 12107 of title 46, United States Code,"; and (2) by striking "a vessel of foreign registrv, or a vessel in distress", and substituting "a vessel in distress. SEC. 11. Section 3 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. App. 1702) is amended— (1) in paragraph 6, (A) by striking the period at the end of suljparagraph (B) and substituting a comma, and (B) by adding
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