Volume 75
Public Law 87–199
To amend section 216(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to permit the appointment of United States nationals to the Merchant Marine Academy.
Approved September 6, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend section 216(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, to permit the appointment of United States nationals to the Merchant Marine Academy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That paragraph (1) of section 216(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C., sec. 1126(b)), is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the third sentence thereof a colon and the following words: “Provided, That a candidate nominated by the Governor of American Samoa shall not be denied admission by reason of his being a national but not a citizen of the United States: Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not be construed to permit any such person who is a national but not a citizen of the United States to be entitled to any office or position in the United States merchant marine by reason of his graduation from the Academy until such person shall have become a citizen”.
Approved September 6, 1961.