PUBLIC LAW 96-561—DEC. 22, 1980
94 STAT. 3293
"(2) financing, including reimbursement of an obligor for expenditures previously made for, construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, or purchase of a vessel or vessels owned by citizens or nationals of the United States or citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands which are designed principally for research, or for commercial use in the fishing trade or industry;"; (iv) by striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (4) (as redesignated by clause (iii)); (v) by striking out "or (3)" in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) and inserting in lieu thereof "(3), or (4)", and by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (vi) by adding immediately after paragraph (5) the following: "(6) financing or refinancing, including, but not limited to, the reimbursement of obligors for expenditures previously made for, the construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, or purchase of fishery facilities; or "(7) financing the purchase of fishing vessels or fishery facilities, the construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, or purchase of which was guaranteed under this title, that are sold at foreclosure instituted by the Secretary, or are sold by the Secretary following purchase at foreclosure, and the reconstruction or reconditioning thereof. Any obligation guaranteed under paragraph (6) shall be treated, for purposes of this title, in the same manner and to the same extent as an obligation guaranteed under this title which aids in the construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, or purchase of a vessel; except with respect to provisions of this title that by their nature can only be applied to vessels."; (B) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following: "The Secretary may not establish, as a condition of eligibility for guarantee under this title, a minimum principal amount for an obligation covering the reconstruction or reconditioning of a fishing vessel or fishery facility. For purposes of this title, the reconstruction or reconditioning of a fishing vessel or fishery facility does not include the routine minor repair or maintenance of the vessel or facility."; (C) in subsection (d)— (i) by striking out "No" and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no"; and (ii) by adding at the end thereof the following: "(2) In applying paragraph (1) with respect to commitments to guarantee, and the guarantee of, obligations for fishing vessels and fishery facilities used for underutilized fisheries, the Secretary of Commerce may apply an economic soundness test that is less stringent than that which has been traditionally applied to obligation guarantees under this paragraph. "(3) No commitment to guarantee, or guarantee of an obligation may be made by the Secretary of Commerce under this title for the purchase of a used fishing vessel or used fishery facility unless— "(A) the vessel or facility will be reconstructed or reconditioned in the United States and will contribute to the development of the United States fishing industry; or "(B) the vessel or facility will be used in the harvesting of fish from, or for a purpose described in section llOl(k) with respect to. Ante, p. 3291. an underutilized fishery."; and
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