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(7) Section 10 (33 U.S.C. 1009) Is Amended by Changing the Phrase at the End Thereof from "And 9"' to "9, and 12." (8) Section 12 (33 U.S.C

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(7) Section 10 (33 U.S.C. 1009) Is Amended by Changing the Phrase at the End Thereof from 80 STAT. ] PUBLIC LAW 89-552-SEPT. 2, 1966 375 (7) Section 10 (33 U.S.C. 1009) is amended by changing the phrase at the end thereof from "and 9"' to "9, and 12." (8) Section 12 (33 U.S.C. 1011) is amended to read as follows: ^^P;^'^^^"''^ "SEC. 12. (a) All sea areas within fifty miles from the nearest land shall be prohibited zones, subject to extensions or reduction effectuated in accordance with the terms of the Convention, which shall be pub­ lished in regulations prescribed by the Secretary. "(b) With respect to the reduction or extension of the zones described under the terms of the Convention, the Secretary shall give notice thereof by publication of such information in Notices to Mari­ ners issued by the United States Coast Guard and United States Navy." (9) Section 13 (33 U.S.C. 1012) is repealed. «*P«^I- (10) Section 17 (33 U.S.C. 1015) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 17. (a) This Act shall become effective upon the date of its Effective date. enactment or upon the date the amended Convention becomes effective as to the United States, whichever is the later date. "(b) Any rights or liabilities existing on the effective date of this Act shall not be affected by the enactment of this Act. Any proce­ dures or rules or regulations in effect on the effective date of this Act shall remain in effect until modified or superseded under the authority of this Act. Any reference in any other law or rule or regulation prescribed pursuant to law to the 'International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954,' shall be deemed ^^ UST 2989. to be a reference to that Convention as revised hj the 'Amendments of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954,' which were adopted by a Conference of Con­ tracting Governments convened at London on April 11, 1962. Any reference in any other law or rule or regulation prescribed pursuant to law to the MOil Pollution Act, 1961,' approved August 30, 1961 (33 U.S.C. 1001-1015), shall be deemed to be a reference to that Act ^s stat. 402. as amended by this Act." Approved September 1, 1966. Public Law 89-552 AN ACT September 2, 19 66 To amend the Organic Act of Guam in order to authorize the legislature thereof [H. R. 13298] to provide by law for the election of its members from election districts. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhlea^ That section 10 of Guam. the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1423), is amended to read as redrstrfctlng." follows: 64 Stat. 387. "SEC. 10. (a) The legislative power and authority of Guam shall be vested in a legislature, consisting of a single house, to be designated the 'Legislature of Guam', herein referred to as the legislature. "(b) The legislature shall be composed of not to exceed twenty-one members, to be known as senators, elected at large, or elected from leg­ islative districts, or elected in part at large and in part from legislative districts, as the laws of Guam may direct: Provided^ That any district­ ing and any apportionment pursuant to this authorization and pro­ vided for by the laws of Guam shall not deny to any person in Guam the equal protection of the laws: And provmed further^ That in any elections to the legislature, every elector shall be permitted to vote for 376 PUBLIC LAW 89-553-SEPT. 2, 1966 [80 STAT. the whole number of at-large candidates to be elected, and every elector residing in a legislative district shall be permitted to vote for the whole number of candidates to be elected within that district. "(c) The laws of Guam shall not alter the manner in which members of the legislature are to be elected as provided in subsection (b) of this section more often than at ten-year intervals: Provided^ That any dis­ tricting and related apportionment pursuant to this section shall be based upon the then most recent Federal population census of Guam, and any such districting and apportionment shall be reexamined fol­ lowing each successive Federal population census of Guam and shall be modified, if necessary, to be consistent with that census. "(d) General elections to the legislature shall be held on the Tues­ day next after the first Monday in November, biennially in even- numbered years. The legislature in all respects shall be organized and shall sit according to the laws of Guam." SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, and sub­ ject to the conditions and requirements of section 10 of the Organic Act of Guam, as amended by section 1 hereof, the laws of Guam shall be amended to make provision for the manner of the election of mem­ bers of the legislature. Until the laws of Guam shall make such pro­ vision, the method of electing the legislature shall remain as it is upon the date of enactment or this Act. Approved September 2, 1966. Public Law 89-553 September 2, 19 66 AN ACT [S. 60 2] To amend the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956. Be it enacted hy the SeTiate and House of Representatives of the Small Reclama­ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Small tion Projects Act of 19 56, amend- Keclamation Projects Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 1044), as amended (43 ments. U.S.C. 422a et seq.) is hereby further amended as follows: 43 use 422b. (1) In section 2, by striking out the second sentence of subsec­ tion (d) and the first two provisos thereto and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The term 'project' shall not include any such under­ taking, unit, or program the cost of which exceeds $10,000,000, and no loan, grant, or combination thereof for any project shall be in excess of $6,500,000:" and by striking out ^^And provided further,^'' and inserting in lieu thereof '•''Provided,^''; 43 use 422d. (2) In section 4, by adding at the end of subsection (a) the follow­ Contents of ing : "The costs of means and measures to prevent loss of and damage proposals. to fish and wildlife resources shall be considered as project costs and allocated as may be appropriate among project functions."; (3) In section 4, subsection (b), by striking out the word "construc­ tion" from the phrase which now reads "and willing to finance other­ wise than by loan and grant under this Act such portion of the cost of construction" and inserting in lieu thereof "the project"; by inserting at the end of the parenthetical phrase which follows thereafter Intra, ", except as provided in subsection 5(b)(2) hereof,"; and by changing the colon (:) to a period (.) and striking out the remainder of said subsection; Loans and grants. (4) In section 5, by striking out the present text of items (a), (b), and (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " (a) the maximum amount of any loan to be made to the organiza­ tion and the time and method of making the same available to the Limitations, organization. Said loan shall not exceed the lesser of (1) $6,500,000 or (2) the estimated total cost of the project minus the contribution of .
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