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CHAPTER 1— ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES
§ 101. Establishment of Coast Guard - The Coast Guard, established , shall be a military service...
§ 102. Primary duties - (1) enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable...
§ 103. Department in which the Coast Guard operates - (a) In General.—The Coast Guard shall be a service in...
§ 104. Removing restrictions - Any law removing for the duration of a war or...
§ 105. Secretary defined - In this title, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of...
§ 106. Commandant defined - In this title, the term “Commandant” means the Commandant of...
CHAPTER 3— COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION
§ 301. Grades and ratings - In the Coast Guard there shall be admirals (two); vice...
§ 302. Commandant; appointment - The President may appoint, by and with the advice and...
§ 303. Retirement of Commandant or Vice Commandant - (a)(1) A Commandant who is not reappointed shall be retired...
§ 304. Vice Commandant; appointment - The President may appoint, by and with the advice and...
§ 305. Vice admirals - (a)(1) The President may—(A) designate, within the Coast Guard, no...
§ 306. Retirement - (a) An officer, other than the Commandant or Vice Commandant,...
§ 307. Vice admirals and admiral, continuity of grade - The continuity of an officer’s precedence on the active duty...
§ 308. Chief Acquisition Officer - (a) In General.—There shall be in the Coast Guard a...
§ 309. Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Director - (a) Establishment of Office; Director.—There is in the executive part...
§ 310. Chief of Staff to President: appointment - The President, by and with the advice and consent of...
§ 311. Captains of the port - Any officer, including any petty officer, may be designated by...
§ 312. Prevention and response workforces - (a) Career Paths.—The Secretary, acting through the Commandant, shall ensure...
§ 313. Centers of expertise for Coast Guard prevention and response - (a) Establishment.—The Commandant may establish and operate one or more...
§ 314. Marine industry training program - (1) with regard to an employee of the Coast Guard,...
§ 315. Training for congressional affairs personnel - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall develop a training course, which...
§ 316. National Coast Guard Museum - (a) Establishment.—The Commandant may establish, accept, operate, maintain and support...
§ 317. United States Coast Guard Band; composition; director - (a) The United States Coast Guard Band shall be composed...
§ 318. Environmental Compliance and Restoration Program - (a) Definitions.—For the purposes of this section—(1) “environment”, “facility”, “person”,...
§ 319. Unmanned system program and autonomous control and computer vision technology project - (a) Unmanned System Program.—Not later than 2 years after the...
§ 320. Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps - (a) Establishment.—The Secretary of the department in which the Coast...
§ 321. Congressional affairs; Director - The Commandant shall appoint a Director of Congressional Affairs from...
§ 322. Redistricting notification requirement - (1) implementing any plan to reduce the number of, change...
§ 323. Western Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria Program - (a) Establishment.—There is established within the Coast Guard a Western...
CHAPTER 5— FUNCTIONS AND POWERS
SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL POWERS
§ 501. Secretary; general powers - (a) establish, change the limits of, consolidate, discontinue, and re-establish...
§ 502. Delegation of powers by the Secretary - The Secretary is authorized to confer or impose upon the...
§ 503. Regulations - In addition to the authority conferred by other provisions of...
§ 504. Commandant; general powers - (a) For the purpose of executing the duties and functions...
§ 505. Functions and powers vested in the Commandant - All powers and functions conferred upon the Coast Guard, or...
§ 506. Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care - (a) Prospective Payment Required.—In lieu of the reimbursement required under...
§ 507. Appointment of judges - The Secretary may appoint civilian employees of the department in...
§ 508. Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability - (a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the...
§ 509. Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft - (a) Establishment.—(1) In general.—The Commandant may establish a program to...
§ 510. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes - (a) In General.—On request by the Commandant, the Administrator of...
SUBCHAPTER II— LIFE SAVING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES
§ 521. Saving life and property - (a) In order to render aid to distressed individuals, vessels,...
§ 522. Law enforcement - (a) The Coast Guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches,...
§ 523. Enforcement authority - (1) carry a firearm; and (2) while at a facility...
§ 524. Enforcement of coastwise trade laws - Officers and members of the Coast Guard are authorized to...
§ 525. Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority - (a)(1) A special agent of the Coast Guard Investigative Service...
§ 526. Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing at or into vessel - (a)(1) Whenever any vessel liable to seizure or examination does...
§ 527. Safety of vessels of the Armed Forces - (a) The Secretary may control the anchorage and movement of...
§ 528. Protecting against unmanned aircraft - (1) functions of the U.S. Coast Guard relating to security...
SUBCHAPTER III— AIDS TO NAVIGATION
§ 541. Aids to navigation authorized - (a) In order to aid navigation and to prevent disasters,...
§ 542. Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty - No person, or public body, or instrumentality, excluding the armed...
§ 543. Interference with aids to navigation; penalty - It shall be unlawful for any person, or public body,...
§ 544. Aids to maritime navigation; penalty - The Secretary shall prescribe and enforce necessary and reasonable rules...
§ 545. Marking of obstructions - The Secretary may mark for the protection of navigation any...
§ 546. Deposit of damage payments - Whenever an aid to navigation or other property belonging to...
§ 547. Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation - The Coast Guard may offer and pay rewards for the...
§ 548. Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials - No officer, enlisted member, or civilian member of the Coast...
§ 549. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State of jurisdiction - (a) No lighthouse, beacon, public pier, or landmark, shall be...
§ 550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes - The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly mark all...
§ 548. Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard - The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide, establish, and...
SUBCHAPTER IV— MISCELLANEOUS
§ 561. Icebreaking in polar regions - (a) Procurement Authority.—(1) In general.—The Secretary may enter into one...
§ 562. Appeals and waivers - (1) be a qualified specialist with the training, experience, and...
§ 563. Notification of certain determinations - (a) In General.—At least 90 days prior to making a...
§ 564. Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits - (a) Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Procedure.—(1) In general.—Before embarking on...
CHAPTER 7— COOPERATION
§ 701. Cooperation with other agencies, States, territories, and political subdivisions - (a) The Coast Guard may, when so requested by proper...
§ 702. State Department - The Coast Guard, through the Secretary, may exchange information, through...
§ 703. Treasury Department - Commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard are...
§ 704. Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force - (a) The Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of...
§ 705. Navy Department - (a) The Secretary of the Navy, at the request of...
§ 706. United States Postal Service - Coast Guard facilities and personnel may be utilized for the...
§ 707. Department of Commerce - In order to promote the safety of life and property...
§ 708. Department of Health and Human Services - (a) The Commandant may assist the Secretary of Health and...
§ 709. Maritime instruction - The Coast Guard may, when so requested by proper authority,...
§ 710. Assistance to foreign governments and maritime authorities - (a) Detail of Members to Assist Foreign Governments.—The President may...
§ 711. Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions - Commissioned officers may, with the consent of the Secretary of...
§ 712. Contracts with Government-owned establishments for work and material - (a) In General.—All orders or contracts for work or material,...
§ 713. Nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: contracts with other agencies and instrumentalities to provide or obtain goods and services - The Coast Guard Exchange System, or a morale, welfare, and...
§ 714. Arctic maritime domain awareness - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall improve maritime domain awareness in...
§ 715. Oceanographic research - The Coast Guard shall conduct such oceanographic research, use such...
§ 716. Arctic maritime transportation - (a) Purpose.—The purpose of this section is to ensure safe...
§ 717. Agreements - (a) In General.—In carrying out section 504(a)(4), the Commandant may—(1)...
§ 718. Training; emergency response providers - (a) In General.—The Commandant may, on a reimbursable or a...
§ 719. Research projects; transactions other than contracts and grants - (a) Additional Forms of Transactions Authorized.—(1) In general.—The Commandant may...
§ 720. VHF communications services - (a) The Secretary of the department in which the Coast...
§ 721. Responses to safety recommendations - (a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the National...
CHAPTER 9— ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER I— REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
§ 901. Disposal of certain material - (a) The Commandant subject to applicable regulations under subtitle I...
§ 902. Employment of draftsmen and engineers - The Coast Guard may employ temporarily, at the seat of...
§ 903. Use of certain appropriated funds - (a) Funds appropriated to or for the use of the...
§ 904. Local hire - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, each contract awarded by the...
§ 905. Procurement authority for family housing - (a) The Secretary is authorized—(1) to acquire, subject to the...
§ 906. Air Station Cape Cod Improvements - The Secretary may expend funds for the repair, improvement, restoration,...
§ 907. Long-term lease of special purpose facilities - (a) The Secretary is authorized, subject to the availability of...
§ 908. Long-term lease authority for lighthouse property - (a) The Commandant may lease to non-Federal entities, including private...
§ 909. Small boat station rescue capability - The Secretary shall ensure that each Coast Guard small boat...
§ 910. Small boat station closures - (a) Closures.—The Secretary may not close a Coast Guard multimission...
§ 911. Search and rescue center standards - (a) The Secretary shall establish, implement, and maintain the minimum...
§ 912. Air facility closures - (a) Closures.—(1) In general.—Beginning on January 1, 2018, the Secretary...
§ 913. Turnkey selection procedures - (a) Authority to Use.—The Secretary may use one-step turnkey selection...
§ 914. Disposition of infrastructure related to E–LORAN - (a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commandant...
SUBCHAPTER II— MISCELLANEOUS
§ 931. Oaths required for boards - The members of a retiring board, selection board, examining board,...
§ 932. Administration of oaths - (a) Such commissioned and warrant officers of the Coast Guard...
§ 933. Coast Guard ensigns and pennants - (a) Vessels and aircraft authorized by the Secretary shall be...
§ 934. Penalty for unauthorized use of words “Coast Guard” - No individual, association, partnership, or corporation shall, without authority of...
§ 935. Coast Guard band recordings for commercial sale - (a) The Coast Guard band may produce recordings for commercial...
§ 936. Confidentiality of medical quality assurance records; qualified immunity for participants - (a) In this section—(1) “medical quality assurance program” means any...
§ 937. Admiralty claims against the United States - (a) The Secretary may consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, compromise, or...
§ 938. Claims for damage to property of the United States - The Secretary may consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, compromise, or settle...
§ 939. Accounting for industrial work - (a) In General.—The Secretary may prescribe regulations governing accounting for...
§ 940. Supplies and equipment from stock - Supplies and equipment for special work of the Coast Guard...
§ 941. Coast Guard Supply Fund - (a) A Coast Guard Supply Fund is authorized. The Secretary...
§ 942. Public and commercial vessels and other watercraft; sale of fuel, supplies, and services - (1) to procure the fuel, supplies, or services from other...
§ 943. Arms and ammunition; immunity from taxation - No tax on the sale or transfer of firearms, pistols,...
§ 944. Confidential investigative expenses - Not more than $250,000 each fiscal year appropriated for the...
§ 945. Assistance to film producers - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the Secretary...
§ 946. User fees - (a) A fee or charge for a service or thing...
§ 947. Vessel construction bonding requirements - (1) the bond is required by law; or (2) the...
§ 948. Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care - (a) The Secretary may contract for the delivery of health...
§ 949. Telephone installation and charges - Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, amounts appropriated to the...
§ 950. Designation, powers, and accountability of deputy disbursing officials - (a)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a disbursing official of the...
§ 951. Aircraft accident investigations - (a) In General.—Whenever the Commandant conducts an accident investigation of...
§ 952. Construction of Coast Guard vessels and assignment of vessel projects - The assignment of Coast Guard vessel conversion, alteration, and repair...
§ 953. Support for Coast Guard Academy - (a) Authority.—(1) Contracts and cooperative agreements.—(A) In general.—The Commandant may...
§ 954. Mixed-funded athletic and recreational extracurricular programs - (a) Authority.—In the case of a Coast Guard Academy mixed-funded...
CHAPTER 11— ACQUISITIONS
SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 1101. Acquisition directorate - (a) Establishment.—The Commandant shall establish an acquisition directorate to provide...
§ 1102. Improvements in Coast Guard acquisition management - (a) Project or Program Managers.—(1) Level 1 projects.—An individual may...
§ 1103. Role of Vice Commandant in major acquisition programs - (1) shall represent the customer of a major acquisition program...
§ 1104. Recognition of Coast Guard personnel for excellence in acquisition - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall maintain a program to recognize...
§ 1105. Prohibition on use of lead systems integrators - (a) In General.—(1) Use of lead systems integrator.—The Commandant may...
§ 1106. Required contract terms - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall ensure that a contract awarded...
§ 1107. Extension of major acquisition program contracts - (a) In General.—Notwithstanding section 1105(a)(2) of this title and section...
§ 1108. Department of Defense consultation - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall make arrangements as appropriate with...
§ 1109. Undefinitized contractual actions - (a) In General.—The Coast Guard may not enter into an...
§ 1110. Elevation of disputes to the Chief Acquisition Officer - If, after 90 days following the elevation to the Chief...
§ 1111. Acquisition workforce authorities - (a) Expedited Hiring Authority.—(1) In general.—For the purposes of section...
SUBCHAPTER II— IMPROVED ACQUISITION PROCESS AND PROCEDURES
§ 1131. Identification of major system acquisitions - (a) In General.—(1) Support mechanisms.—The Commandant shall develop and implement...
§ 1132. Acquisition - (a) In General.—The Commandant may not establish a Level 1...
§ 1133. Preliminary development and demonstration - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall ensure that developmental test and...
§ 1134. Acquisition, production, deployment, and support - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall—(1) ensure there is a stable...
§ 1135. Acquisition program baseline breach - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall submit a report to the...
§ 1136. Acquisition approval authority - (1) manage and administer department procurements, including procurements by department...
§ 1137. Contracting for major acquisitions programs - (a) In General.—In carrying out authorities provided to the Secretary...
SUBCHAPTER III— PROCUREMENT
§ 1151. Restriction on construction of vessels in foreign shipyards - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no Coast Guard...
§ 1152. Advance procurement funding - (a) In General.—With respect to any Coast Guard vessel for...
§ 1153. Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards - A Coast Guard vessel the home port of which is...
§ 1154. Procurement of buoy chain - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Coast Guard...
§ 1155. Contract termination - (a) In General.—(1) Notification.—Before terminating a procurement or acquisition contract...
§ 1156. Limitation on unmanned aircraft systems - (a) In General.—During any fiscal year for which funds are...
§ 1157. Extraordinary relief - (a) In General.—With respect to any prime contracting entity receiving...
§ 1158. Authority to enter into transactions other than contracts and grants to procure cost-effective, advanced technology for mission-critical needs - (a) In General.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Commandant...
SUBCHAPTER IV— DEFINITIONS
§ 1171. Definitions - (1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the...