PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2271 the Department of Defense who shall serve on the Board shall be designated by the Secretary of Defense and may continue to serve on the Board only while continuing to serve as an officer of the Department of Defense."; and (2) in the last sentence, by striking out "Secretary of Defense or a designee of the Secretary of Defense" and inserting in lieu thereof "the officer of the Department of Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense to be a member of the Board". (b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION. — Section 302 of Public Law 105-18 (111 Stat. 168) is repealed. SEC. 3512. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. (a) PANAMA CANAL ACT OF 1979. —The Panama Canal Act of 1979 is amended as follows: (1) Section 1202(c) (22 U.S.C. 3642(c)) is amended— (A) by striking out "the day laefore the date of the enactment of the Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 1997" and inserting in lieu thereof "November 17, 1997,"; (B) by striking out "on or after that date"; and (C) by striking out "the day before the date of enactment" and inserting in lieu thereof "that date". (2) Section 1212(b)(3) (22 U.S.C. 3652(b)(3)) is amended by inserting "the" after "by the head of. (3) Section 1313 (22 U.S.C. 3723) is amended by striking out "subsection (d)" in each of subsections (a), (b), and (d) and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (c)". (4) Sections 1411(a) and 1412 (22 U.S.C. 3771(a), 3772) are amended by striking out "the date of the enactment of the Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 1997" and inserting in lieu thereof "by November 18, 1998". (5) Section 1416 (22 U.S.C. 3776) is amended by striking out "the date of the enactment of the Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 1997" and inserting in lieu thereof "by May 17, 1998". (b) PUBLIC LAW 104-201. —Effective as of September 23, 1996, and as if included therein as enacted, section 3548(b)(3) of the Panama Canal Act Amendments of 1996 (subtitle B of title XXXV of Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 2869) is amended by striking 22 USC 3751 out "section" in both items of quoted matter and inserting in lieu note. thereof "sections". TITLE XXXVI—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION Sec. 3601. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1999. Sec. 3602. Authority to convey National Defense Reserve Fleet vessel.' Sec. 3603. Authority to convey certain National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels. Sec. 3604. Clearinghouse for maritime information. Sec. 3605. Conveyance of NDRF vessel ex-USS LORAIN COUNTY. SEC. 3601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1999, to be available without fiscal year limitation if so provided in appropriations Act, for the use of the Department of Transportation for the Maritime Administration as follows:
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