Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 9A — Preservation of Fishery Resources
§ 760d. Grants for education and training of personnel in the field of commercial fishing
Statutory text
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.
Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated not in excess of $550,000 for the fiscal year beginning on , and for each fiscal year thereafter for the purposes of this section.
Regulations
The Secretary of Commerce may establish such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1039, § 1, 70 Stat. 1126 · 70 Stat. 1126
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 760d
Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1039, § 1, 70 Stat. 1126
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1039, § 1, 70 Stat. 1126
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Executive Documents
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.
Credits
1956–1970 · 2 acts
- 1956Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1039, § 1, 70 Stat. 1126
- 19701970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. , 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.
Show as published
(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1039, § 1, 70 Stat. 1126; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. , 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)