PUBLIC LAW 95-372—SEPT. 18, 1978
92 STAT. 669
other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, regulation, order, lease, permit, rulemaking, or other particular matter involving a specific party or parties in which the United States is a party or has a direct and substantial interest which was actually pending under his official responsibility as an officer or employee within a period of one year prior to the termination of such responsibility or in which he participated personally and substantially as an officer or employee; or "(2) within one year after his employment with the Department has ceased— "(A) knowingly act as agent or attorney for, or otherwise represent, any other person (except the United States) in any formal or informal appearance before; or "(B) with the intent to influence, make any oral or written communication on behalf of any other person (except the United States) to, the Department of the Interior, or any officer or employee thereof, in connection with any judicial, rulemaking, regulation, order, lease, permit, regulation, or other particular matter which is pending before the Department of the Interior or in which the Department has a direct and substantial interest. - s; "SEC. 30. DOCUMENTATION, KEGISTRY, AND MANNING REQUIRE- 43 USC 1356. MENTS.—(a) Within six months after the date of enactment of this Regulations, section, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall issue regulations which require that any vessel, rig, platform, or other vehicle or structure— "(1) which is used at any time after the one-year period beginning on the effective date of sudh regulations for activities pursuant to this Act and which is built or rebuilt at any time after such one-year period, when required to be documented by the laws of the United States, be documented under the laws of the United States; "(2) which is used for activities pursuant to this Act, comply, except as provided in subsection (b), with such minimum standards of design, construction, alteration, and repair as the Secretary or the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating establishes; and "(3) which is used at any time after the one-year period beginning on the effective date of such regulations for activities pursuant to this Act, be manned or crewed, except as provided in subsection (c), by citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. "(b) The regulations issued under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall not apply to any vessel, rig, platform, or other vehicle or structure built prior to the date of enactment of this section, until such time after such date as such vehicle or structure is rebuilt. "(c) The regulations issued under subsection (a)(3) of this section ^ a l l not apply— "(1) to any vessel, rig, platform, or other vehicle or structure if— "(A) specific contractual provisions or national registry maiming requirements in effect on the date of enactment of this section provide to the contrary; "(B) there are not a sufficient number of citizens of the United States, or aliens lawfully admitted to the United
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