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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 1987 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, and for other purposes. · Sec. 403

Sec. 403. Prohibition on awards

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Section 307 of title 46, United States Code, is amended— by striking The Federal Maritime Commission and inserting the following: The Federal Maritime Commission ; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Federal Maritime Commission may not expend any funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it to issue an award, prize, commendation, or other honor to a non-Federal entity. .
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