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§ 535g. Federal navigable waters and commerce jurisdiction unaffected.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, impair, or diminish any right, power, or jurisdiction of the United States over or in regard to any navigable water or any interstate or foreign commerce. (Pub. L. 92-434, § 10, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 733.) REFERENCES IN TEXT

"This Act", referred to in the text, means Pub. L. 92-434, which enacted sections 535 to 5351 of this title and amended section 129 (a) (3) of Title 23, Highways.

§ 535h. Report of Secretary of Transportation's approval during fiscal year.

The Secretary of Transportation shall make a report of all approvals granted by him during the fiscal year pursuant to section 535c of this title in each annual report of the activities of the Department required by section 1658 of Title 49. (Pub. L. 92-434, § 11, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 733.)

§ 535i. Reservation of right to alter or repeal.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved. (Pub. L. 92-434, § 12, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 733.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

"This Act", referred to in the text, means Pub. L. 92-434, which enacted sections 535 to 5351 of this title and amended section 129 (a) (3) of Title 23, Highways.

Chapter 12.-RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY

§ 596. Repealed. Pub. L. 91-646, title III, § 306, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1907.

Section, Pub. L. 86-645, title III, § 301, July 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 502, declared the policy of Congress with respect to payment of just and reasonable consideration to owners and tenants whose property is acquired for public works projects and payment of a purchase price in negotiation for such property which will consider such congressional policy. See provisions of Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, classified to chapter 61 (section 4601 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Repeal of section not applicable to any State so long as sections 4630 and 4655 of Title 42 are not applicable in such State; but such sections completely applicable to all States after July 1, 1972, but until such date applicable to a State to extent the State is able under its laws to comply with such sections, see section 221 of Pub. L. 91-646, set out as note under section 4601 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

SAVINGS PROVISION

Any rights or liabilities existing under provisions repealed by section 306 of Pub. L. 91-646 as not affected by such repeal, see section 306 of Pub. L. 91-646, set out in part as a note under section 4651 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Chapter 13.-MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION

§ 642. Appointment of commissioners; vacancies; chairman; tenure of office.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The effective date of Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, referred to in the note under this section in the 1970 ed. of the Code, is Oct. 3, 1970, and not Oct. 30, 1970, as shown therein.

§ 647. Mississippi River survey.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The effective date of Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, referred to in the note under this section in the 1970 ed. of the Code, is Oct. 3, 1970, and not Oct. 30, 1970, as shown therein.

Chapter 15.-FLOOD CONTROL

§ 701. Flood control generally.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Office of Emergency Preparedness, including the offices of Director, Deputy Director, Assistant Directors, and Regional Directors, was abolished and all functions vested by law in the Office of Emergency Preparedness or the Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness were transferred to the President of the United States by sections 1 and 3(a) (1) of 1973 Reorg. Plan No. 1, effective July 1, 1973, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§ 702e. Same; maps for project; preparation.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The effective date of Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, referred to in the note under this section in the 1970 ed. of the Code, is Oct. 3, 1970, and not Oct. 30, 1970, as shown therein.

§ 706. Weather Bureau; current information; appropriation.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The effective date of Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, referred to in the note under this section in the 1970 ed. of the Code, is Oct. 3, 1970, and not Oct. 30, 1970, as shown therein.

Sec. 776.

Chapter 16.-LIGHTHOUSES

Same; payment out of Civil Service retirement and disability fund [New].

§ 763. Retirement for age of officers and employees generally; retirement pay; waiver of retirement pay.

All officers and employees engaged in the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuously employed in district offices or shop, who (1) shall have reached the age of fiftyfive years, after having been thirty years in the active service of the Government, (2) shall have reached the age of sixty-two years, after having been twenty-five years in the active service of the Government, or (3) are involuntarily separated from further performance of duty, except by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, after completing twenty-five years in the active service of the Government, or after completing twenty years of such service and after reaching the age of fifty years, may at their option be retired from further performance of duty; and all such officers and employees who shall have reached the age of seventy years shall be compulsorily retired from further performance of duty: Provided, That the annual compensation of persons so retired shall be a sum equal to one-fortieth of the average annual pay received for the last three years of service for each year of active service in the Lighthouse Service, or in a department or branch of the Government having a retirement system, not to exceed in any case thirty-fortieths of such average annual pay received: Provided further, That the retirement pay computed under the preceding proviso for any such officer or

employee retiring under clause (3) shall be reduced by one-sixth of 1 per centum for each full month the officer or employee is under fifty-five years of age at the date of retirement: Provided further, That such retirement pay shall not include any amount on account of subsistence or other allowance: Provided further, That the retirement provisions and pay shall not apply to persons in the field service of the Lighthouse Service whose duties do not require substantially all their time. Any person entitled to retirement pay under this section may decline to accept all or any part of such retirement pay by a waiver signed and filed with the Secretary of the Treasury. Such waiver may be revoked in writing at any time, but no payment of the retirement pay waived shall be made covering the period during which such waiver was in effect. (As amended Oct. 2, 1972, Pub. L. 92-455, § 6(a), 86 Stat. 761.)

AMENDMENTS

1972-Pub. L. 92-455 inserted cl. (3), substituted "five" for "three" years of service in first proviso, and added proviso for reduction of retirement pay computed under cl. (3) by one-sixth of 1 per centum for each full month the officer or employee is under fifty-five years of age at the date of retirement.

1967-Pub. L. 90-164 lowered the voluntary retirement age from sixty to fifty-five years for those officers and employees having thirty years of active service.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT

Section 6(b) of Pub. L. 92-455 provided that: "The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section [to this section] shall apply with respect to officers and employees to which such section 6 [amending this section] applies who are involuntarily separated or retired on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 2, 1972]."

§ 763c. Repealed. Pub. L. 93–222, § 7(b), Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936.

Section, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, § 1310(b), formerly title VI, § 610(b), 58 Stat. 714, renumbered title VII, § 710(b), by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5, 60 Stat. 1049, renumbered title VIII, § 810(b), by act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, § 3(b), 70 Stat. 721, renumbered title IX, § 910(b), by Pub. L. 88-581, § 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat. 919, renumbered title X, § 1010(b), by Pub. L. 89-239, § 3(b), Oct. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 931, renumbered title XI, § 1110(b) by Pub. L. 91-572, § 6(b), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1506, renumbered title XII, § 1210(b) by Pub. L. 92-294, § 3(b), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 137, renumbered title XIII, § 1310 (b), by Pub. L. 93-154, § 2(b) (2), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 604, made provision for hospital facilities for officers and employees.

§§ 771 to 775.

SECTIONS REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS These sections are referred to in section 776 of this title.

§ 776. Same; payment out of Civil Service retirement and disability fund.

Annuities authorized by sections 771 to 775 of this title may, on and after October 30, 1973, be paid out of the Civil Service retirement and disability fund. (Pub. L. 93-143, title IV, § 400, Oct. 30, 1973, 87 Stat. 517.)

Chapter 17.-COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 857-6. National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere; establish [New].

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In order to implement the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, the following organizational names appearing in chapter IX of subtitle B of Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, which covers the administration of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were changed by order of the Acting Associate Administrator, 35 F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, as follows: Environmental Science Services Administration to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (ESSA to NOAA); Coast and Geodetic Survey to National Ocean Survey; and Weather Bureau to National Weather Service.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4, of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

§§ 853-8531, 8530-853r, 853t to 854a-2, 855, 856, 857

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The effective date of Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, referred to in the notes under these sections in the 1970 ed. of the Code, is Oct. 3, 1970, and not Oct. 30, 1970, as shown therein.

§ 857-6. National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere; establishment.

There is hereby established a committee of twentyfive members to be known as the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere (hereafter referred to in sections 857-6 to 857-12 of this title as the "Advisory Committee"). (Pub. L. 92-125, § 1, Aug. 16, 1971, 85 Stat. 344.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 857-11, 857-12 of this title.

§ 857-7. Same; membership.

(a) Appointment; representation.

The members of the Advisory Committee, who may not be full-time officers or employees of the United States, shall be appointed by the President and shall be drawn from State and local government, industry, science, and other appropriate areas.

(b) Term of office.

Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, members shall be appointed for terms of three years.

(c) Term of original appointees.

Of the members first appointed, as designated by the President at the time of appointment

(1) nine shall be appointed for a term of one year,

(2) eight shall be appointed for a term of two years, and

(3) eight shall be appointed for a term of three years.

(d) Vacancies; service beyond term.

Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term. A member may serve after the expiration of his term until his successor has taken office.

(e) Chairman; Vice Chairman.

The President shall designate one of the members of the Advisory Committee as the Chairman and one of the members as the Vice Chairman. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence or incapacity of, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of, the Chairman. (Pub. L. 92-125, § 2, Aug. 16, 1971, 85 Stat. 344.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 857-6, 857-11, 857-12 of this title.

§ 857-8. Same; senior policy officials as Federal observers and aids.

Each department and agency of the Federal Government concerned with marine and atmospheric matters shall designate a senior policy official to participate as observer in the work of the Advisory Committee and to offer necessary assistance. (Pub. L. 92-125, § 3, Aug. 16, 1971, 85 Stat. 344.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 857-6, 857-11, 857-12 of this title.

§ 857-9. Same; duties; reports to President and Congress.

The Advisory Committee shall (1) undertake a continuing review of the progress of the marine and atmospheric science and service programs of the United States, and (2) advise the Secretary of Commerce with respect to the carrying out of the purpose of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Advisory Committee shall submit a comprehensive annual report to the President and to the Congress setting forth an overall assessment of the status of the Nation's marine and atmospheric activities and shall submit such other reports as may from time to time be requested by the President. Each such report shall be submitted to the Secretary of Commerce who shall, within 90 days after receipt thereof, transmit copies to the President and to the Congress, with his comments and recommendations. The comprehensive annual report required herein shall be submitted on or before June 30

of each year, beginning June 30, 1972. (Pub. L. 92125, § 4, Aug. 16, 1971, 85 Stat. 344.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 857-6, 857-11, 857-12 of this title.

§ 857-10. Same; compensation and travel expenses. Members of the Advisory Committee shall, while serving on business of the Committee, be entitled to receive compensation at rates not to exceed $100 per diem, including traveltime, and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as the expenses authorized by section 5703(b) of Title 5 for persons in Government service employed intermittently. (Pub. L. 92-125, § 5, Aug. 16, 1971, 85 Stat. 344.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 857-6, 857-11, 857-12 of this title.

§ 857-11. Same; Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies, assistance.

The Secretary of Commerce shall make available to the Advisory Committee such staff, information, personnel and administrative services and assistance as it may reasonably require to carry out its activities. The Advisory Committee is authorized to request from any department, agency, or independent instrumentality of the Federal Government any information and assistance it deems necessary to carry out its functions under sections 857-6 to 857-12 of this title; and each such department, agency, and instrumentality is authorized to cooperate with the Advisory Committee and, to the extent permitted by law, to furnish such information and assistance to the Advisory Committee upon request made by its Chairman, without reimbursement for such services and assistance. (Pub. L. 92-125, § 6, Aug. 16, 1971, 85 Stat. 345.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 857-6, 857-12 of this title.

§ 857-12. Same; authorization of appropriations.

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for each of the two fiscal years immediately thereafter, such sums, not to exceed $400,000, as may be necessary for expenses incident to the administration of sections 857-6 to 857-12 of this title, and for succeeding fiscal years only such sums as may be authorized by law. (Pub. L. 92-125, § 7, Aug. 16, 1971, 85 Stat. 345, amended Pub. L. 92-567, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1181.)

AMENDMENTS

1972-Pub. L. 92-567 deleted appropriations authorization of $200,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1972. substituted authorization of not to exceed $400,000 for fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, 1974, and 1975, for prior authorization of $200,000 for fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, and succeeding fiscal years, and provided for such sums as may be authorized by law for succeeding fiscal years.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 857-6, 857-11 of this title.

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Section, R. S. §§ 264, 4690; acts Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, $4, 10, 32 Stat. 826, 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; June 5, 1920,, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 929, relating to an annual statement on coast surveys by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. was partially repealed by acts May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1 (104), 45 Stat. 994; Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, §1 (5), 60 Stat. 866; and Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1 (13), 68 Stat. 967. The provision relating to an annual statement of all expenditures by Coast and Geodetic Survey was omitted as covered by section 1519 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

Chapter 18.-LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR

WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Sec. 948a. Discrimination against employees who bring proceedings; penalties; deposit of payments in special fund; civil actions; entitlement to restoration of employment and compensation, qualifications requirement; liability of employer for penalties and payments; insurance policy exemption from liability [New].

§ 901. Short title.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT

Section 22 of Pub. L. 92-576, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1265, provided that: "The amendments made by this Act [see Short Title note under this section] shall become effective thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 27, 1972]."

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 52, formerly 51, of act Mar. 4, 1927, renumbered Oct. 27, 1972, Pub. L. 92-576, § 19, 86 Stat. 1263, provided that: "Sections 39 to 48, 50 to 62 [50 to 52, formerly 49 to 51, renumbered Pub. L. 92-576, § 19], inclusive [sections 939 to 948, 949, and 950 of this title], shall become effective upon the passage of this Act [Mar. 4, 1927], and the remainder of this Act shall become effective on July 1, 1927."

SHORT TITLE OF 1972 AMENDMENTS

Section 1 of Pub. L. 92-576, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1251 provided: "That this Act [which enacted section 948a and amended sections 902, 903, 905-910, 912-914, 917, 919, 921, 921a, 923, 927, 928, 933, 935, 939, 940, and 944 of this title, and enacted and amended provisions set out as notes under this section] may be cited as the 'Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 1972'."

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in title 30 section 932. § 902. Definitions.

When used in this chapter

(3) The term "employee" means any person engaged in maritime employment, including any longshoreman or other person engaged in longshoring operations, and any harborworker including a ship repairman, shipbuilder, and shipbreaker, but such term does not include a master or member of a crew of any vessel, or any person engaged by the master to load or unload or repair any small vessel under eighteen tons net.

(4) The term "employer" means an employer any of whose employees are employed in maritime employment, in whole or in part, upon the navigable waters of the United States (including any adjoining pier, wharf, dry dock, terminal, building way, marine railway, or other adjoining area customarily used by an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel).

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(14) "Child" shall include a posthumous child, a child legally adopted prior to the injury of the employee, a child in relation to whom the deceased employee stood in loco parentis for at least one year prior to the time of injury, and a stepchild or acknowledged illegitimate child dependent upon the deceased, but does not include married children unless wholly dependent on him. "Grandchild" means a child as above defined of a child as above defined. "Brother" and "sister" includes

stepbrothers and stepsisters, half brothers and half sisters, and brothers and sisters by adoption, but does not include married brothers nor married sisters unless wholly dependent on the employee. "Child", "grandchild", "brother", and "sister" include only a person who is under eighteen years of age, or who, though eighteen years of age or over, is (1) wholly dependent upon the employee and incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical disability, or (2) a student as defined in paragraph (19) of this section.

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(16) The terms "widow or widower" includes only the decedent's wife or husband living with or dependent for support upon him or her at the time of his or her death; or living apart for justifiable cause or by reason of his or her desertion at such time.

(17) The terms "adoption" or "adopted" mean legal adoption prior to the time of the injury.

(18) The term "student" means a person regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training at an institution which is—

(A) a school or college or university operated or directly supported by the United States, or by any State or local government or political subdivision thereof,

(B) a school or college or university which has been accredited by a State or by a State recognized or nationally recognized accrediting agency or body.

(C) a school or college or university not so accredited but whose credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than three institutions which are so accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred fom an institution so accredited, or

(D) an additional type of educational or training institution as defined by the Secretary, but not after he reaches the age of twenty-three or has completed four years of education beyond the high school level, except that, where his twenty-third birthday occurs during a semester or other enrollment period, he shall continue to be considered a student until the end of such semester or other enrollment period. A child shall not be deemed to have ceased to be a student during any interim between school years if the interim does not exceed five months and if he shows to the satisfaction of the Secretary that he has a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue a full-time course of education or training during the semester or other enrollment period immediately following the interim or during periods of reasonable duration during which, in the judgment of the Secretary, he is prevented by factors beyond his control from pursuing his education. A child shall not be deemed to be a student under this chapter during a period of service in the Armed Forces of the United States.

(19) The term "national average weekly wage" means the national average weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonagricultural payrolls.

(20) The term "Board" shall mean the Benefits Review Board.

(21) The ter: "vessel" means any vessel upon which or in connection with which any person entitled to benefits under this chapter suffers injury or death arising out of or in the course of his employment, and said vessel's owner, owner pro hac vice, agent, operator, charter or bare boat charterer, master, officer, or crew member.

(22) The singular includes the plural and the masculine includes the feminine and neuter. (As amended Oct. 27, 1972, Pub. L. 92-576, §§ 2(a), (b), 3, 5(b), 15(c), 18(b), 20(c) (1), 86 Stat. 1251, 1253, 1262, 1263, 1265.)

AMENDMENTS

1972 Subd. (3). Pub. L. 92-576, § 2(a), defined "employee" to mean any person engaged in maritime employment, including any longshoreman or other person engaged in longshoring operations, and any harborworker including a ship repairman, shipbuilder, and shipbreaker and substituted "or" or for "nor" preceding "any person engaged by the master".

Subd. (4). Pub. L. 92-576, § 2(b), defined "employer" to include an employer any of whose employees are employed in maritime employment upon the navigable waters of the United States, including any adjoining pier, wharf, dry dock, terminal, building way, marine railway, or other adjoining area customarily used by an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel.

Subd. (14). Pub. L. 92-576, § 3(b), defined "child, grandchild, brother, and sister" to include a student as defined in par. (19) of this section.

Subd. (16). Pub. L. 92-576, § 20 (c) (1), consolidated provisions of former sub. (16) definition of "widow" and former subd. (17) definition of "widower" in one definition of "widow or widower"; and in redefining "widower", substituted provision for decedent's husband living with or dependent upon wife for support at time of her death, for prior provision for decedent's husband living with and dependent upon wife for support at time of her death, and included decedent's husband living apart from wife or justifiable cause or by reason of her desertion at time of her death.

Subd. (17). Pub. L. 92-576, § 20 (c) (1), redesignated former subsec. (18) definition of "adoption" or "adopted" as subd. (17). Former subd. (17) definition of "widower" incorporated in subd. (16).

Subd. (18). Pub. L. 92-576, §§ 3(a), 20(c) (1), added par. (19) definition of "student" and redesignated such subd. (19) as subd. (18). Former subd. (18) definition of "adoption" or "adopted" redesignated subd. (17).

Subd. (19). Pub. L. 92-576, §§ 5(b), 20(c)'1), added par. (20) definition of "national average weekly wage" and redesignated such subd. (20) as subd. (19). Former subd. (19) definition of "student" redesignated subd. (18).

Subd. (20). Pub. L. 92-576, §§ 15(c), 20(c) (1), added par. (21) definition of "Board" and redesignated such subd. (21) as subd. (20). Former subd. (20) definition of "national average weekly wage" redesignated subd. (19).

Subd. (21). Pub. L. 92-576, §§ 18 (b), 20 (c) (1), added par. (22) definition of "vessel" and redesignated such subd. (22) as subd. (21). Former subd. (21) definition of "Board" redesignated subd. (20).

Subd. (22). Pub. L. 92-576, §§ 3(a), 5(b), 15(c), 18(b). 20(c) (1), redesignated former subd. 19 definition of "singular" as subds. (20), (21), (22), (23), and (22) again. Former subd. (22) definition of "vessel" redesignated subd. (21).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT Section 20 (c) (3) of Pub. L. 92-576 provided that: "The amendments made by this subsection [which enacted subd. (16), struck out subd. (17), and redesignated as subds. (17) to (22) paragraphs previously designated as (18) to (23) of this section and substituted "widow or widower" for "surviving wife or dependent husband" wherever appearing in section 909 of this title] shall apply only with respect to deaths or injuries occurring after the enactment of this Act. [Oct. 27, 1972]."

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