Public Law 87–244

That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to permit, upon designation of the Secretary of Interior, not to exceed four persons at a time from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to receive instruction in the United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps and at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. The persons receiving instruction under authority of this Act shall receive the same pay, allowances, and emoluments, to be paid from the same appropriations, and subject to such exceptions as shall be jointly, agreed upon by the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Interior, shall be subject to the same rules and regulations governing admission, attendance, discipline, resignation, discharge, dismissal, and graduation as cadets at the Merchant Marine Academy appointed from the United States; but such persons shall not be entitled to appointment to any office or position in the United States merchant marine by reason of their graduation from the Merchant Marine Academy.