PUBLIC LAW 96-561—DEC. 22, 1980
94 STAT. 3291
(1) to increase the effectiveness of United States fishery export promotion efforts through such activities as the coordination of market development efforts and the provision of services and facilities for exporters of United States fishery products; (2) to develop, maintain, and make available to interested persons listings of (A) trade, government, and other organizations that are concerned with, or have an interest in, international trade in United States fishery products, and (B) United States fishery products available for such trade; (3) to prepare quarterly reports regarding (A) the supply, demand, and prices of each United States fishery product exported, or for which there may be export potential, to the foreign nation or area concerned, and (B) the trade barriers or incentives of such nation or area that affect imports of such products; (4) to prepare weekly statements regarding the prices for each fishery product for which there may be United States export potential to the foreign nation or area concerned; and (5) to carry out such other functions as the Secretary may require. (d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of State and the Secretary shall enter into cooperative arrangements concerning the provision of office space, equipment, facilities, clerical services, and such other administrative support as may be required for fishery trade officers and their families. PART B—FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO FISHING VESSELS AND FISHERY FACILITIES SEC. 220. GUARANTEE OF OBLIGATIONS FOR FISHING VESSELS AND FOR FISHERY FACILITIES.
Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 1271-1280) is 46 USC 1271. amended as follows: (1) Section 1101 is amended: Definitions. (A) in subsection (h) by striking "equipping; and" and '^^ ^^^ ^'^^• substituting "equipping;"; (B) in subsection (i) by striking "mark." and substituting "mark;"; and (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(j) The term 'citizen of the Northern Mariana Islands' means— "(1) an individual who qualifies as such under section 8 of the Schedule on Transitional Matters attached to the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands; or "(2) a corporation, partnership, association, or other entity formed under the laws of the Northern Mariana Islands, not less than 75 percent of the interest in which is owned by individuals referred to in paragraph (1) or citizens or nationals of the United States, in cases in which 'owned' is used in the same sense as in section 2 of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. 802); "(k) The term 'fishery facility' means— "(1) for operations on land— "(A) any structure or appurtenance thereto designed for the unloading and receiving from vessels, the processing, the holding pending processing, the distribution after processing, or the holding pending distribution, of fish from one or more fisheries,
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