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[CITE: 16USC760d]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
              CHAPTER 9A--PRESERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES
 
Sec. 760d. Grants for education and training of personnel in the 
        field of commercial fishing
        

(a) Public and private nonprofit universities and colleges

    The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to make grants, out of funds 
appropriated for the purposes of this section, to public and nonprofit 
private universities and colleges in the several States and Territories 
of the United States for such purposes as may be necessary to promote 
the education and training of professionally trained personnel 
(including scientists, technicians, and teachers) needed in the field of 
commercial fishing. Any amount appropriated for the purposes of this 
section shall be apportioned on an equitable basis, as determined by the 
Secretary of Commerce, among the several States and Territories for the 
purpose of making grants within each such State and Territory. In making 
such apportionment the Secretary of Commerce shall take into account the 
extent of the fishing industry within each State and Territory as 
compared with the total fishing industry of the United States (including 
Territories), and such other factors as may be relevant in view of the 
purposes of this section.

(b) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated not in excess of $550,000 
for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1955, and for each fiscal year 
thereafter for the purposes of this section.

(c) Regulations

    The Secretary of Commerce may establish such regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1039, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 1126; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, 
eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the 
Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 
755 of this title.
