110 STAT. 3904 PUBLIC LAW 104-324—OCT. 19, 1996 Sec. 1133. Vessel requirements. Sec. 1134. Existing tank vessel research. Sec. 1135. Plan for the engineering, design, and retrofitting of the Icebreaker Mackinaw. Sec. 1136. Cross-border financing. Sec. 1137. Vessel standards. Sec. 1138. Vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Sec. 1139. Reactivation of closed shipyards. Sec. 1140. Sakonnet Point Light. Sec. 1141. Dredging of Rhode Island Waterways. Sec. 1142. Interim payments. Sec. 1143. Oil spill information. Sec. 1144. Compliance with oil spill response plans. Sec. 1145. Bridge deemed to unreasonably obstruct navigation. Sec. 1146. Fishing vessel exemption. TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Funds are authorized to be appropriated for necessary expenses of the Coast Guard, as follows: (1) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard— (A) for fiscal year 1996, $2,618,316,000; and (B) for fiscal year 1997, $2,637,800,000; of which $25,000,000 shall be derived each fiscal year from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. (2) For the acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore and offshore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto— (A) for fiscal year 1996, $428,200,000; and (B) for fiscal year 1997, $411,600,000; to remain available until expended, of which $32,500,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 shall be derived each fiscal year from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to carry out the purposes of section 1012(a)(5) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. (3) For research, development, test, and evaluation of technologies, materials, and human factors directly relating to improving the performance of the Coast Guard's mission in support of search and rescue, aids to navigation, marine safety, marine environmental protection, enforcement of laws and treaties, ice operations, oceanographic research, and defense readiness— (A) for fiscal year 1996, $22,500,000; and (B) for fiscal year 1997, $20,300,000; to remain available until expended, of which $3,150,000 for fiscal year 1996 and $5,020,000 for fiscal year 1997 shall be derived each fiscal year from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. (4) For retired pay (including the payment of obligations otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose), pa5anents under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code— (A) for fiscal year 1996, $582,022,000; and (B) for fiscal year 1997, $608,100,000. (5) For alteration or removal of bridges over navigable waters of the United States constituting obstructions to naviga-
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