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[CITE: 22USC1979]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
 CHAPTER 25--PROTECTION OF VESSELS ON THE HIGH SEAS AND IN TERRITORIAL 
                       WATERS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES
 
Sec. 1979. Fishermen's Protective Fund

    There is created a Fishermen's Protective Fund which shall be used 
by the Secretary of State to reimburse owners of vessels for amounts 
determined and certified by him under section 1973 of this title. The 
amount of any claim or portion thereof collected by the Secretary of 
State from any foreign country pursuant to section 1975(a) of this title 
shall be deposited in the fund and shall be available for the purpose of 
reimbursing vessel owners under section 1973 of this title; except that 
if a transfer to the fund was made pursuant to section 1975(b)(1) of 
this title with respect to any such claim, an amount from the fund equal 
to the amount so collected shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts. There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
fund (1) the sum of $3,000,000 to provide initial capital, and (2) such 
additional sums as may be necessary from time to time to supplement the 
fund in order to meet the requirements of the fund.

(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, Sec. 9, as added Pub. L. 92-569, Sec. 5, Oct. 
26, 1972, 86 Stat. 1183; amended Pub. L. 98-364, title III, Sec. 302(c), 
July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 444.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-364 substituted ``Secretary of State'' for 
``Secretary of the Treasury'' and ``determined and certified by him'' 
for ``certified to him by the Secretary of State''.


                             Effective Date

    Section applicable with respect to seizure of vessels of the United 
States occurring on or after Oct. 26, 1972, except that reimbursements 
under section 1973 of this title may be made from the fund established 
by this section with respect to seizure of vessels occurring after Dec. 
31, 1970 and before Oct. 26, 1972, if no reimbursement was made before 
Oct. 26, 1972, see section 6 of Pub. L. 92-569, set out as an Effective 
Date of 1972 Amendment note under section 1972 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1973, 1975, 1980, 1980a of 
this title.
