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    33 USC CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES                             01/03/2007

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                         CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES                     

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    Sec.                                                     
    711 to 716. Omitted or Repealed.                                  
    717.        Detail of Army engineers as construction aids.        
    717a to 724. Repealed or Omitted.                                 
    725.        Prohibition against officers and employees being
                 interested in contracts for materials, etc.          
    726.        Repealed.                                             
    727.        Lighthouse and other sites; necessity for cession by
                 State of jurisdiction.                               
    728.        Sufficiency of cession by State; service of State
                 process in lands ceded.                              
    729, 730.   Repealed.                                             
    730a.       Sites for pierhead beacons.                           
    731 to 734. Repealed or Transferred.                              
    735.        Marking pierheads in certain lakes.                   
    736 to 742. Repealed or Omitted.                                  
    743.        Lighthouse districts.                                 
    744, 745.   Omitted or Repealed.                                  
    745a.       Traveling expenses of new appointees to isolated posts
                 outside United States.                               
    746 to 747a. Repealed.                                            
    747b.       Lighthouse keepers; traveling expenses incurred in
                 obtaining medical attention.                         
    748.        Teachers for children of lighthouse keepers.          
    748a.       Transportation expenses for school children.          
    749 to 754. Repealed or Omitted.                                  
    754a.       Purchase of commissary and quartermaster supplies.    
    755 to 762. Repealed.                                             
    763.        Retirement for age of officers and employees
                 generally; retirement pay; waiver of retirement pay. 
    763-1.      Increase of retired pay.                              
    763-2.      Additional increase of retired pay.                   
    763a.       Repealed.                                             
    763a-1.     Retirement, exceptions for age and period of service. 
    763a-2.     Application to persons of Coast Guard.                
    763b to 764. Repealed or Omitted.                                 
    765.        Retirement for disability.                            
    766.        Restoration to active duty after retirement for
                 disability.                                          
    767 to 769. Repealed.                                             
    770.        Regulations for expenditure of moneys accruing from
                 commutation of rations and provisions.               
    771.        Benefits for surviving spouses of Lighthouse Service
                 employees; death of employee during retirement;
                 amount of payment.                                   
    772.        Death of employee due to non-service-connected causes
                 after 15 years' service; amount of payment.          
    773.        Application for benefits.                             
    774.        Rules and regulations.                                
    775.        Payments nonassignable and exempt from process.       
    776.        Payment out of Civil Service Retirement and Disability
                 Fund.                                                

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    33 USC Secs. 711 to 715                                     01/03/2007

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    Secs. 711 to 715. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Sections related to the establishment of the Bureau of
    Lighthouses in the Department of Commerce. The Bureau of
    Lighthouses and its functions were transferred to and consolidated
    with the Coast Guard in the Department of the Treasury to be
    administered as a part thereof by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec.
    2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432, set out in the
    Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Further
    provision to perfect the consolidation of the Lighthouse Service
    with the Coast Guard by authorizing the commissioning, appointment,
    and enlistment in the Coast Guard, of certain officers and
    employees of the Lighthouse Service, was made by act Aug. 5, 1939,
    ch. 477, 53 Stat. 1216.
      Section 711, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 4, 36 Stat. 537;
    Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; June 5, 1920, ch. 264,
    Sec. 2, 41 Stat. 1059; July 3, 1930, ch. 850, 46 Stat. 1003; Aug.
    16, 1937, ch. 665, Sec. 4, 50 Stat. 667, related to establishment
    of Bureau of Lighthouses, personnel, salaries, and annual reports.
      Act June 5, 1920, ch. 264, Sec. 2, 41 Stat. 1059, formerly
    classified to section 711 of this title, was repealed by Pub. L. 89-
    554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 644.
      Section 712, acts July 27, 1912, ch. 255, Sec. 2, 37 Stat. 239;
    Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, authorized designation
    of acting commissioner.
      Section 713, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 10, 36 Stat. 538;
    Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to regulations
    for Lighthouse Service.
      Section 714, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 538;
    acts Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, transferred
    duties of Lighthouse Board to Commissioner of Lighthouses.
      Section 715, act June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 5, 36 Stat. 537,
    related to transfer of employees.

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    33 USC Sec. 716                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 716. Repealed.

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    Sec. 716. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561.
      Section, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 9, 36 Stat. 538; July
    27, 1939, ch. 388, Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 1130, related to employment of
    temporary draftsmen. See section 653 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

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    33 USC Sec. 717                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 717. Detail of Army engineers as construction aids

-STATUTE-
      The President may detail officers of the Engineer Corps of the
    United States Army for consultation or to superintend the
    construction or repair of any aid to navigation authorized by
    Congress.

-SOURCE-
    (June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 11, 36 Stat. 539.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      This section was enacted as part of section 11 of act June 17,
    1910, which also enacted section 743 of this title.

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    33 USC Sec. 717a                                            01/03/2007

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    Sec. 717a. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 717a. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80
      Stat. 647.
      Section, act Feb. 25, 1929, ch. 313, Sec. 5, 45 Stat. 1262,
    provided for the detail of superintendents and engineers to duty at
    Washington.

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    33 USC Sec. 718                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 718. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 718. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561.
      Section, act Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1638, Sec. 6, 34 Stat. 997,
    related to traveling expenses of Army and Navy officers. See
    section 404 et seq. of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the
    Uniformed Services.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

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    33 USC Sec. 719                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 719. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, R.S. Sec. 4679, provided that no additional salary
    should be allowed to any civil, military, or naval officer on
    account of his being employed in the Light-House Board, or being in
    any manner attached to the light-house service. The functions of
    the Light-House Board and all employees of or in the Light-House
    Board or the Light-House Establishment, except army and navy
    officers, were transferred to the Bureau of Lighthouses by act June
    17, 1910, ch. 301, Secs. 5, 6, 36 Stat. 537. The Bureau of
    Lighthouses was transferred to and consolidated in the Coast Guard
    by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R.
    2731, 53 Stat. 1432, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees. Act Aug. 5, 1939, ch. 477, 53 Stat.
    1216, provided for the commissioning or enlistment in the Coast
    Guard of former employees of the Bureau of Lighthouses.

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    33 USC Secs. 720, 720a                                      01/03/2007

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    Secs. 720, 720a. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 720, 720a. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat.
      561.
      Section 720, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 7, 36 Stat. 538;
    Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to general
    control by Commandant of Coast Guard. See section 81 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.
      Section 720a, act Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 665, Sec. 3, 50 Stat. 667,
    related to establishment and maintenance of aids to navigation in
    certain waters. See section 81 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

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    33 USC Sec. 721                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 721. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 4, 36 Stat. 537; Mar.
    4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 665,
    Sec. 4, 50 Stat. 667, gave Commissioner the power to settle damage
    claims up to $500. These duties and functions of Commissioner of
    Lighthouses were taken over by Commandant of Coast Guard under
    Reorg. Plan II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731,
    53 Stat. 1432, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees.

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    33 USC Secs. 721a to 724                                    01/03/2007

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    Secs. 721a to 724. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 721a to 724. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63
      Stat. 561.
      Section 721a, acts Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 665, Sec. 2, 50 Stat. 667;
    July 11, 1941, ch. 290, Sec. 2, 55 Stat. 585, related to deposit of
    damage payments and disbursement. See section 642 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.
      Section 722, acts July 7, 1884, ch. 332, 23 Stat. 198; June 17,
    1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to necessity for
    contract for expenditure of appropriations.
      Section 723, act Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, Sec. 1, 35 Stat. 973,
    related to proposals for repair of vessels and specifications.
      Section 724, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 8, 36 Stat. 538;
    Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to contracts
    for materials and necessity for public letting.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

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    33 USC Sec. 725                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 725. Prohibition against officers and employees being
      interested in contracts for materials, etc.

-STATUTE-
      No Commandant of the Coast Guard, superintendent of lighthouses,
    lightkeeper, or other person in any manner connected with the light-
    house service, shall be interested, either directly or indirectly,
    in any contract for labor, materials, or supplies for the light-
    house service, or in any patent, plan, or mode of construction or
    illumination, or in any article of supply for the light-house
    service.

-SOURCE-
    (R.S. Sec. 4680; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Secs. 6, 13, 36 Stat. 538,
    539; June 20, 1918, ch. 103, Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 608; 1939 Reorg. Plan
    No. II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432;
    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Secs. 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      R.S. Sec. 4680 derived from act Aug. 31, 1852, ch. 112, Sec. 17,
    10 Stat. 120.

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      "Commandant of the Coast Guard" substituted in text for "member
    of the Light-House Board" on authority of sections 6 and 13 of act
    June 17, 1910, which abolished board and transferred its powers and
    duties to Commissioner of Lighthouses who was head of Bureau of
    Lighthouses. Said sections 6 and 13 were repealed by section 20 of
    act Aug. 4, 1949, section 1 of which reestablished the Coast Guard
    by enacting Title 14, Coast Guard. Section 2(a) of Reorg. Plan No.
    II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees, consolidated Bureau of Lighthouses with
    Coast Guard, Chief of which is Commandant of Coast Guard.
      The words "superintendent of lighthouses" substituted for
    "inspector" on authority of act June 20, 1918, which transferred
    such officers to the positions of superintendent of lighthouses
    within the Bureau of Lighthouses.
      The light-house service was a service under control of
    Commissioner of Lighthouses within Bureau of Lighthouses.
      For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
    agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to
    Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2 eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
    Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
    Organization and Employees. Functions of Coast Guard, and
    Commandant of Coast Guard, excepted from transfer when Coast Guard
    is operating as part of Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

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    33 USC Sec. 726                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 726. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 726. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561.
      Section, act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 168, 37 Stat. 1018, related to
    procurement of supplies and equipment for special works of
    Lighthouse Service. See section 649 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by the
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 19, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

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    33 USC Sec. 727                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 727. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity for cession by
      State of jurisdiction

-STATUTE-
      No lighthouse, beacon, public piers, or landmark, shall be built
    or erected on any site until cession of jurisdiction over the same
    has been made to the United States.

-SOURCE-
    (R.S. Sec. 4661.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      R.S. Sec. 4661 derived from act Mar. 3, 1821, ch. 52, Sec. 3, 3
    Stat. 644.

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    33 USC Sec. 728                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 728. Sufficiency of cession by State; service of State process
      in lands ceded

-STATUTE-
      A cession by a State of jurisdiction over a place selected as the
    site of a lighthouse, or other structure or work, shall be deemed
    sufficient within section 727 of this title, notwithstanding it
    contains a reservation that process issued under authority of such
    State may continue to be served within such place. And
    notwithstanding any such cession of jurisdiction contains no such
    reservation, all process may be served and executed within the
    place ceded, in the same manner as if no cession had been made.

-SOURCE-
    (R.S. Sec. 4662.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      R.S. Sec. 4662 derived from act Mar. 2, 1795, ch. 40, Secs. 1, 2,
    1 Stat. 426.

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    33 USC Secs. 729, 730                                       01/03/2007

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    Secs. 729, 730. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 729, 730. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat.
      561.
      Section 729, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 9, 36 Stat. 538;
    Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to purchase by
    Commandant of sites for lighthouses. See sections 92(f) and 653 of
    Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Section 730, acts Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 168, 37 Stat. 1018; Mar. 4,
    1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; Oct. 22, 1913, ch. 32, 38
    Stat. 225, related to purchase of additional land for lighthouses
    and depots. See section 92(f) of Title 14.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 19, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

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    33 USC Sec. 730a                                            01/03/2007

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    Sec. 730a. Sites for pierhead beacons

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary of Transportation is authorized whenever he shall
    deem it advisable, to acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf of
    the United States, the right to use and occupy sites for pierhead
    beacons the establishment of which has been, or shall hereafter be,
    authorized by Congress.

-SOURCE-
    (Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, Sec. 1, 18 Stat. 372; Mar. 4, 1913, ch.
    141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 2(a), eff.
    July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Pub. L. 89-670, Sec.
    6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is based on last paragraph under heading "FOR LIFE-SAVING
    AND LIFE-BOAT STATIONS" of act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, 18 Stat. 372,
    insofar as such paragraph provided for the right to use and occupy
    sites for pier-head beacons. Provisions of such paragraph relating
    to the right to use and occupy sites for Coast Guard Stations and
    houses of refuge were classified to section 96 of former Title 14,
    Coast Guard, and were repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec.
    20, 63 Stat. 561, and restated as section 92(f) of Title 14, Coast
    Guard.

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14, Coast Guard. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      Bureau of Lighthouses and its functions transferred and
    consolidated with Coast Guard by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec.
    2(a), set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization
    and Employees.

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    33 USC Secs. 731, 732                                       01/03/2007

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    Secs. 731, 732. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 731, 732. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat.
      561.
      Section 731, acts Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, Sec. 1, 35 Stat. 972;
    June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to lease of
    sites for temporary lights. See section 92 of Title 14, Coast
    Guard.
      Section 732, acts Aug. 28, 1916, ch. 414, Sec. 2, 39 Stat. 538;
    July 11, 1941, ch. 290, Sec. 1, 55 Stat. 584, related to exchange
    of right-of-way pertaining to Coast Guard. See section 92 of Title
    14.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

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    33 USC Sec. 733                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 733. Transferred

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, R.S. Sec. 355; June 28, 1930, ch. 710, 46 Stat. 828;
    Feb. 1, 1940, ch. 18, 54 Stat. 19; Oct. 9, 1940, ch. 793, 54 Stat.
    1083; Sept. 1, 1970, Pub. L. 91-393, Sec. 1, 84 Stat. 835, which
    related to approval of title prior to Federal land purchases,
    payment of title expenses, application to Tennessee Valley
    Authority, and Federal jurisdiction over acquisitions, was
    transferred to section 255 of former Title 40, Public Buildings,
    Property, and Works, and was repealed and reenacted as sections
    3111 and 3112 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works,
    by Pub. L. 107-217, Secs. 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062,
    1304; Pub. L. 108-178, Sec. 2(a)(8), Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2638.

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    33 USC Sec. 734                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 734. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 734. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561.
      Section, R.S. Sec. 4678, related to coloring and numbering buoys.
    See section 87 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

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    33 USC Sec. 735                                             01/03/2007

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    Sec. 735. Marking pierheads in certain lakes

-STATUTE-
      The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly mark all
    pierheads belonging to the United States situated on the northern
    and northwestern lakes, whenever he is duly notified by the
    department charged with the construction or repair of pierheads
    that the construction or repair of any such pierheads has been
    completed.

-SOURCE-
    (R.S. Sec. 4677; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Secs. 6, 13, 36 Stat. 538,
    539; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R.
    2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Secs. 1, 20, 63 Stat.
    496, 561.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      R.S. Sec. 4677 derived from act July 15, 1870, ch. 292, Sec. 3,
    16 Stat. 309.

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      "Commandant of the Coast Guard" substituted in text for "Light-
    House Board" on authority of sections 6 and 13 of act June 17,
    1910, which abolished the board and transferred its powers and
    duties to the Commissioner of Lighthouses, who was the head of the
    Bureau of Lighthouses. Said sections 6 and 13 were repealed by
    section 20 of act Aug. 4, 1949, section 1 of which reestablished
    the Coast Guard by enacting Title 14, Coast Guard. Section 2(a) of
    Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
    Government Organization and Employees, consolidated the Bureau of
    Lighthouses with the Coast Guard, the Chief of which is the
    Commandant of the Coast Guard.
      For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
    agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to
    Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
    Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Functions of
    Coast Guard, and Commandant of Coast Guard, were excepted from
    transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under
    sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 736                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 736. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 736. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561.
      Section, R.S. Sec. 4676; acts June 10, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36
    Stat. 538; Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 665, Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 666, related to
    placement of markers over sunken craft and other obstructions. See
    section 86 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Secs. 737, 738                                       01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Secs. 737, 738. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section 737, act May 14, 1908, ch. 168, Sec. 4, 35 Stat. 162, as
    affected by act June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 538,
    related to maintenance of anchorage buoys in New York and
    Philadelphia harbors. See section 472 of this title.
      Section 738, act June 5, 1920, ch. 235, Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 880,
    provided that the Lighthouse Service should cooperate with the
    Coast Guard in marking certain anchorage grounds. The Lighthouse
    Service was consolidated in the Coast Guard by Reorg. Plan No. II
    of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432,
    set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
    Employees.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Secs. 739 to 740b                                    01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Secs. 739 to 740b. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 739 to 740b. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63
      Stat. 561.
      Section 739, R.S. Sec. 4668, related to substitution of
    lighthouses for lightships.
      Section 740, acts Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, Sec. 5, 38 Stat. 927;
    Aug. 28, 1916, ch. 414, Sec. 3, 39 Stat. 538; June 20, 1918, ch.
    103, Sec. 5, 40 Stat. 608; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, Sec. 1, 41 Stat.
    927, related to post-lantern lights on particular waters.
      Section 740a, act May 22, 1926, ch. 371, Sec. 6, 44 Stat. 626,
    related to post-lantern lights on Allegheny and Rock Rivers.
      Section 740b, acts June 23, 1874, ch. 455, Sec. 1, 18 Stat. 220;
    June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to lights and
    buoys on Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers.
      Sections covered by section 81 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Secs. 741, 742                                       01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Secs. 741, 742. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 741, 742. Repealed. June 6, 1940, ch. 257, Secs. 5, 6, 54
      Stat. 247.
      Section 741, acts May 14, 1908, ch. 168, Sec. 7, 35 Stat. 162;
    June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch.
    141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to reports of aids to navigation
    which might be discontinued.
      Section 742, R.S. Sec. 4674; acts Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, Sec.
    10, 32 Stat. 829; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 538;
    Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to
    discontinuance and reestablishment of lights.
      Provisions of section 742 were substantially incorporated into
    sections 92 and 93 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 743                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 743. Lighthouse districts

-STATUTE-
      The ocean, gulf, and lake coasts and the rivers of the United
    States, Puerto Rico, and the naval station in Cuba shall be
    arranged into not exceeding nineteen lighthouse districts.

-SOURCE-
    (June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 11, 36 Stat. 538; May 17, 1932, ch.
    190, 47 Stat. 158.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      This section was enacted as part of section 11 of act June 17,
    1910, which also enacted section 717 of this title.
      The original text provided "that the commissioner of lighthouses,
    subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, as
    soon as practicable" should rearrange the ocean, gulf and lake
    coasts and the rivers of the United States, Puerto Rico and the
    naval station in Cuba into not exceeding nineteen lighthouse
    districts.

-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      Prior provisions for the arrangement of the various lighthouse
    districts were made by R.S. Sec. 4670; act July 26, 1886, ch. 779,
    24 Stat. 148, which were repealed by section 13 of act June 17,
    1910.

-CHANGE-
                              CHANGE OF NAME                          
      "Puerto Rico" substituted in text for "Porto Rico" pursuant to
    act May 17, 1932, which is classified to section 731a of Title 48,
    Territories and Insular Possessions.

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 744                                             01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 744. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, act June 20, 1918, ch. 103, Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 608,
    related to superintendents of lighthouses and their salaries. The
    Bureau of Lighthouses and its functions were transferred and
    consolidated with the Coast Guard by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939,
    Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432, set out
    in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 745                                             01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 745. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 745. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561.
      Section, R.S. Sec. 4673; act June 20, 1918, ch. 103, Sec. 8, 40
    Stat. 609, related to salaries of keepers of lighthouses.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 745a                                            01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 745a. Traveling expenses of new appointees to isolated posts
      outside United States

-STATUTE-
      In all appropriations hereafter made for "General expenses, Coast
    Guard," there is authorized to be made available not exceeding
    $1,500 in any fiscal year, under rules prescribed by the Secretary
    of Transportation, for paying the actual and necessary traveling
    expenses of new appointees from ports of embarkation in the United
    States to first post of duty at isolated light stations, in
    districts outside the continental limits of the United States.

-SOURCE-
    (May 13, 1938, ch. 215, Sec. 1, 52 Stat. 353; 1939 Reorg. Plan No.
    II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Pub.
    L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.)

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      "Coast Guard" substituted in text for "Lighthouse Service" on
    authority of Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), set out in the
    Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which
    transferred and consolidated Bureau of Lighthouses, of which
    Lighthouse Service was a part, with Coast Guard.
      For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
    agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to
    Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
    Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Functions of
    Coast Guard, and Commandant of Coast Guard, were excepted from
    transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under
    sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Secs. 746 to 746b                                    01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Secs. 746 to 746b. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 746 to 746b. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63
      Stat. 565.
      Section 746, act June 29, 1949, ch. 277, Sec. 1, 63 Stat. 299,
    related to compensation and pay of civilians keepers of lighthouses
    and civilian employees on Coast Guard vessels.
      Section 746a, act June 29, 1949, ch. 277, Sec. 2, 63 Stat. 299,
    related to extra pay and hours of duty.
      Section 746b, act June 29, 1949, ch. 277, Sec. 3, 63 Stat. 300,
    related to additional compensation as affecting retirement
    compensation.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Secs. 747, 747a                                      01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Secs. 747, 747a. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 747, 747a. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, Sec.
      1313, 58 Stat. 714.
      Section 747, act Aug. 28, 1916, ch. 414, Sec. 5, 39 Stat. 538,
    related to medical relief to lighthouse keepers. See section 763c
    of this title. Act Aug. 28, 1916, was also repealed, by act Aug. 4,
    1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561.
      Section 747a, act May 22, 1926, ch. 371, Sec. 3, 44 Stat. 626,
    related to medical relief to lighthouse keepers. See section 763c
    of this title. Act May 22, 1926, was also repealed by act Aug. 4,
    1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561.

                       RENUMBERING OF REPEALING ACT                   
      Section 611 of act July 1, 1944, which repealed this section, was
    renumbered Sec. 711 by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, Sec. 5, 60 Stat.
    1049, Sec. 713 by act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, Sec. 9(b), 62 Stat.
    47, Sec. 813 by act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, Sec. 3(b), 70 Stat.
    720, Sec. 913 by Pub. L. 88-581, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat.
    919, Sec. 1013 by Pub. L. 85-239, Sec. 3(b), Oct. 5, 1965, 79 Stat.
    931, Sec. 1113 by Pub. L. 91-572, Sec. 6(b), Dec. 24, 1970, 84
    Stat. 1506, Sec. 1213 by Pub. L. 92-294, Sec. 3(b), May 16, 1972,
    86 Stat. 137; Sec. 1313 by Pub. L. 93-154, Sec. 2(b)(2), Nov. 16,
    1973, 87 Stat. 604, and was repealed by Pub. L. 93-222, Sec. 7(b),
    Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 747b                                            01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 747b. Lighthouse keepers; traveling expenses incurred in
      obtaining medical attention

-STATUTE-
      On and after February 25, 1929, the appropriation, "General
    expenses, Coast Guard," shall be available, under rules prescribed
    by the Secretary of Transportation, for paying the actual and
    necessary traveling expenses of lighthouse keepers at isolated
    stations incurred in obtaining medical attention.

-SOURCE-
    (Feb. 25, 1929, ch. 313, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 1261; 1939 Reorg. Plan
    No. II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432;
    Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.)

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      "Coast Guard" substituted in text for "Lighthouse Service" on
    authority of Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), set out in the
    Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which
    transferred and consolidated Bureau of Lighthouses, of which
    Lighthouse Service was a part, with Coast Guard.
      For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
    agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to
    Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
    Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Functions of
    Coast Guard, and Commandant of Coast Guard, were excepted from
    transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under
    sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 748                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 748. Teachers for children of lighthouse keepers

-STATUTE-
      The appropriation, "General expenses, Coast Guard," shall be
    available, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
    Transportation, for the payment of traveling and subsistence
    expenses of teachers while actually employed by States or private
    persons to instruct the children of keepers of lighthouses.

-SOURCE-
    (June 20, 1918, ch. 103, Sec. 2, 40 Stat. 608; 1939 Reorg. Plan No.
    II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Pub.
    L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.)

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      "Coast Guard" substituted in text for "Lighthouse Service" on
    authority of Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), set out in the
    Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which
    transferred and consolidated Bureau of Lighthouses, of which
    Lighthouse Service was a part, with Coast Guard.
      All functions of all officers of Department of the Treasury, and
    all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department,
    transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury,
    with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the
    performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers,
    agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2,
    eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the
    Appendix to Title 5.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14, Coast Guard. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 748a                                            01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 748a. Transportation expenses for school children

-STATUTE-
      In all appropriations hereafter made for "General expenses, Coast
    Guard" there is authorized to be made available not exceeding
    $2,500 in any fiscal year, for the transportation, under
    regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, of the
    children of lighthouse keepers at isolated light stations where
    necessary to enable such children to attend school.

-SOURCE-
    (May 13, 1938, ch. 215, Sec. 2, 52 Stat. 353; 1939 Reorg. Plan No.
    II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Pub.
    L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.)

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      "Coast Guard" substituted in text for "Lighthouse Service" on
    authority of Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), set out in the
    Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which
    transferred and consolidated Bureau of Lighthouses, of which
    Lighthouse Service was a part, with Coast Guard.
      For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
    agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to
    Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
    Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Functions of
    Coast Guard, and Commandant of Coast Guard, were excepted from
    transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under
    sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 749                                             01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 749. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 749. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561.
      Section, acts July 27, 1912, ch. 255, Sec. 2, 37 Stat. 239; Mar.
    4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to reimbursement of
    lighthouse keepers for clothing, etc., furnished shipwrecked
    persons. See section 486 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date preceding chapter 1 of Title 14, Coast
    Guard.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 750                                             01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 750. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 750. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80
      Stat. 642.
      Section, act Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 658, related
    to leaves of absence to employees of Lighthouse Service.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Secs. 751 to 752a                                    01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Secs. 751 to 752a. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 751 to 752a. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63
      Stat. 561.
      Section 751, act Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, Sec. 4, 38 Stat. 927,
    related to leave of absence to employees of Lighthouse Service. See
    section 6301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and
    Employees.
      Section 752, acts Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 168, 37 Stat. 1019; Mar. 4,
    1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to sale of condemned
    supplies, etc., and land not used; disposition of funds. See
    section 93 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Section 752a, act May 22, 1926, ch. 371, Sec. 5, 44 Stat. 626,
    related to sale of equipment; disposition of receipts. See section
    641 of Title 14.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 752b                                            01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 752b. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, act June 15, 1938, ch. 398, 52 Stat. 692, related to
    disposal of materials to the Boys Scouts of America. See section
    641 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

-End-

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    33 USC Secs. 753, 754                                       01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Secs. 753, 754. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 753, 754. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat.
      561.
      Section 753, act June 20, 1918, ch. 103, Sec. 4, 40 Stat. 608,
    related to sale of publications of Lighthouse Service. See sections
    1705, 1708 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
      Section 754, acts July 27, 1912, ch. 255, Sec. 2, 37 Stat. 239;
    Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to sale of
    clothing to employees. See section 485 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 754a                                            01/03/2007

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    TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 754a. Purchase of commissary and quartermaster supplies

-STATUTE-
      Officers and crews of vessels of the Lighthouse Service and light
    keepers and depot keepers of the Lighthouse Service shall be
    permitted to purchase commissary and quartermaster supplies from
    the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps at the price charged officers and
    enlisted men of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps.

-SOURCE-
    (May 22, 1926, ch. 371, Sec. 4, 44 Stat. 626.)

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part,
    transferred and consolidated with Coast Guard by Reorg. Plan No. II
    of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432,
    set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
    Employees.
      For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
    agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to
    Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
    Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Functions of
    Coast Guard, and Commandant of Coast Guard, were excepted from
    transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under
    sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Secs. 755 to 762                                     01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Secs. 755 to 762. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 755 to 762. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63
      Stat. 561.
      Section 755, act June 16, 1880, ch. 235, 21 Stat. 263, related to
    police powers of masters of Lighthouse Service. See section 89 of
    Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Section 756, act Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 928,
    related to use of appropriations with Forest Service. See section
    141 of Title 14.
      Section 757, act Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 602, related to
    cooperation with Army and Navy Departments in time of or in
    preparation for war. See sections 3, 88, 92, 93, 141, 144, 145, and
    632 of Title 14.
      Section 758, act Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 602, related to
    transfer of vessels, equipment, etc., to Navy or Army Departments
    in case of vocational emergency. See sections 3, 88, 92, 93, 141,
    144, 145, and 632 of Title 14.
      Section 759, acts June 20, 1906, ch. 3447, Sec. 3, 34 Stat. 324;
    June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to
    unauthorized establishment of lights and penalty. See section 83 of
    Title 14.
      Section 760, act May 14, 1908, ch. 168, Sec. 5, 35 Stat. 162,
    related to failure to maintain lights on bridges and penalty. See
    section 85 of Title 14.
      Section 761, acts May 14, 1908, ch. 168, Sec. 6, 35 Stat. 162;
    June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Sec. 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to wrongful
    interference with Government aids to navigation and penalty. See
    section 84 of Title 14.
      Section 762, act Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, Sec. 8, 38 Stat. 928,
    related to wrongful interference with private aids to navigation
    and penalty. See section 84 of Title 14.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 763                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 763. Retirement for age of officers and employees generally;
      retirement pay; waiver of retirement pay

-STATUTE-
      All officers and employees engaged in the field service or on
    vessels of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuously
    employed in district offices or shop, who (1) shall have reached
    the age of fifty-five years, after having been thirty years in the
    active service of the Government, (2) shall have reached the age of
    sixty-two years, after having been twenty-five years in the active
    service of the Government, or (3) are involuntarily separated from
    further performance of duty, except by removal for cause on charges
    of misconduct or delinquency, after completing twenty-five years in
    the active service of the Government, or after completing twenty
    years of such service and after reaching the age of fifty years,
    may at their option be retired from further performance of duty;
    and all such officers and employees who shall have reached the age
    of seventy years shall be compulsorily retired from further
    performance of duty: Provided, That the annual compensation of
    persons so retired shall be a sum equal to one-fortieth of the
    average annual pay received for the last three years of service for
    each year of active service in the Lighthouse Service, or in a
    department or branch of the Government having a retirement system,
    not to exceed in any case thirty-fortieths of such average annual
    pay received: Provided further, That the retirement pay computed
    under the preceding proviso for any such officer or employee
    retiring under clause (3) shall be reduced by one-sixth of 1 per
    centum for each full month the officer or employee is under fifty-
    five years of age at the date of retirement: Provided further,
    That such retirement pay shall not include any amount on account of
    subsistence or other allowance: Provided further, That the
    retirement provisions and pay shall not apply to persons in the
    field service of the Lighthouse Service whose duties do not require
    substantially all their time. Any person entitled to retirement pay
    under this section may decline to accept all or any part of such
    retirement pay by a waiver signed and filed with the Secretary of
    the Treasury. Such waiver may be revoked in writing at any time,
    but no payment of the retirement pay waived shall be made covering
    the period during which such waiver was in effect.

-SOURCE-
    (June 20, 1918, ch. 103, Sec. 6, 40 Stat. 608; Nov. 4, 1918, ch.
    201, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 1036; June 21, 1955, ch. 170, Sec. 1, 69
    Stat. 166; Pub. L. 85-142, Aug. 14, 1957, 71 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 90-
    164, Sec. 1, Nov. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 519; Pub. L. 92-455, Sec.
    6(a), Oct. 2, 1972, 86 Stat. 761.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Except for the last proviso this section was from act June 20,
    1918. The last proviso was from act Nov. 4, 1918, the First
    Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1919.

-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1972 - Pub. L. 92-455 inserted cl. (3), substituted "three" for
    "five" years of service in first proviso, and inserted proviso for
    reduction of retirement pay computed under cl. (3) by one-sixth of
    1 per centum for each full month the officer or employee is under
    fifty-five years of age at the date of retirement.
      1967 - Pub. L. 90-164 lowered voluntary retirement age from sixty
    to fifty-five years for those officers and employees having thirty
    years of active service.
      1957 - Pub. L. 85-142 inserted provisions allowing waiver of
    retirement pay.
      1955 - Act June 21, 1955, permitted retirement of officers and
    employees who have attained 60 years of age and have served for 30
    years, or who have reached 62 years of age and have served for 25
    years.

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT                 
      Section 6(b) of Pub. L. 92-455 provided that: "The amendments
    made by subsection (a) of this section [amending this section]
    shall apply with respect to officers and employees to which such
    section 6 [amending this section] applies who are involuntarily
    separated or retired on or after the date of the enactment of this
    Act [Oct. 2, 1972]."

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1967 AMENDMENT                 
      Section 2 of Pub. L. 90-164 provided that: "The amendment made by
    this Act [amending this section] shall take effect on the first day
    of the second month which begins after the date of enactment of
    this Act [Nov. 29, 1967]."

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1955 AMENDMENT                 
      Section 2 of act June 21, 1955, provided that: "This Act
    [amending this section] shall take effect on the first day of the
    second month beginning after the date of enactment of this Act
    [June 21, 1955]."

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part,
    transferred and consolidated with Coast Guard by Reorg. Plan No. II
    of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432,
    set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
    Employees.
      For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
    agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to
    Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
    Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Functions of
    Coast Guard, and Commandant of Coast Guard, were excepted from
    transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under
    sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-MISC2-
      INCREASE OF PAY OF PERSONS RETIRED ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 1972  
      Pub. L. 94-178, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1033, provided: "That the
    annual rate of retired pay received by a person under section 6 of
    the Act of June 20, 1918, as amended and supplemented (33 U.S.C.
    736-765), who was retired on or before October 1, 1972, shall,
    effective on the first day of the calendar month following
    enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 1975], be increased by $270."

             INCREASE OF PAY OF PERSONS RETIRED PRIOR TO 1967         
      Pub. L. 90-165, Nov. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 519, provided: "That
    effective on the first day of the first month which begins after
    the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1967], the annual rate
    of retired pay of a person retired under section 6 of the Act of
    June 20, 1918 (33 U.S.C. 763), shall be increased by 11.3 per
    centum if such person retired prior to January 1, 1966, or by 4.1
    per centum if such person retired after December 31, 1965, but
    before January 1, 1967."

             INCREASE OF PAY OF PERSONS RETIRED PRIOR TO 1963         
      Pub. L. 89-201, Sept. 25, 1965, 79 Stat. 834, provided: "That the
    annual rate of retired pay of each person retired prior to January
    1, 1963, under section 6 of the Act of June 20, 1918, as amended
    and supplemented [this section], shall be increased by 6.5 per
    centum, effective on the first day of the first calendar month
    following the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 25, 1965]."

             INCREASE OF PAY OF PERSONS RETIRED PRIOR TO 1958         
      Pub. L. 86-361, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 643, provided: "That the
    annual rate of retired pay of each person retired prior to January
    1, 1958, under section 6 of the Act of June 20, 1918, as amended
    and supplemented [this section], shall be increased, effective on
    the first day of the first calendar month following the date of
    enactment of this Act [Sept. 22, 1959], by 10 per centum, or $150
    per annum, whichever is the greater."

             INCREASE OF PAY OF PERSONS RETIRED PRIOR TO 1953         
      Act Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1010, 68 Stat. 878, as amended May 11,
    1955, ch. 36, 69 Stat. 47, provided: "That the annual rate of
    retired pay received by any person who was retired on or before
    June 30, 1953, under section 6 of the Act of June 20, 1918, as
    amended and supplemented (section 763 of this title), shall be
    increased, effective on the first day of the calendar month
    following enactment of this Act, by 15 per centum of $264,
    whichever is the lesser: Provided, That no retired pay shall be
    increased to an amount in excess of $2,160 by reason of this Act."

              COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO RETIREE'S ANNUITY          
      Adjustment of annuities of retired officers and employees based
    on cost-of-living increases, see section 2 of Pub. L. 90-163, Nov.
    29, 1967, 81 Stat. 518, set out as a note under section 771 of this
    title.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 763-1                                           01/03/2007

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    TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 763-1. Increase of retired pay

-STATUTE-
      The annual rate of retired pay received by any person who was
    retired on or before June 29, 1949, under section 763 of this
    title, as amended and supplemented, shall be increased by $360
    effective on the first day of the calendar month following October
    29, 1949.

-SOURCE-
    (Oct. 29, 1949, ch. 788, 63 Stat. 1026.)

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 763-2                                           01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 763-2. Additional increase of retired pay

-STATUTE-
      The annual rate of retired pay of each person retired under
    section 763 of this title, as amended and supplemented, shall be
    increased, effective on the first day of the first calendar month
    following July 9, 1956, in accordance with the following schedule:

      If retired pay commences       Retired pay not      Retired pay in
             between -                in excess of          excess of   
                                     $1,500 shall be       $1,500 shall 
                                     increased by -             be      
                                                          increased by -
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
    June 20, 1918, and June        12 per centum         8 per centum.  
     30, 1955                                                           
    July 1, 1955, and December     10 per centum         7 per centum.  
     31, 1955                                                           
    January 1, 1956, and June      8 per centum          6 per centum.  
     30, 1956                                                           
    July 1, 1956, and December     6 per centum          4 per centum.  
     31, 1956                                                           
    January 1, 1957, and June      4 per centum          2 per centum.  
     30, 1957                                                           
    July 1, 1957, and December     2 per centum          1 per centum.  
     31, 1957                                                           
    --------------------------------------------------------------------

    Such annual increase in retired pay shall not exceed the sum
    necessary to increase such retired pay to $4,104. The monthly
    installment of each retired payment so increased shall be fixed at
    the nearest dollar.

-SOURCE-
    (July 9, 1956, ch. 524, 70 Stat. 510.)

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 763a                                            01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 763a. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 763a. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561.
      Section, act May 22, 1926, ch. 371, Sec. 7, 44 Stat. 626, related
    to retirement of certain officers and employees of the Lighthouse
    Service.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 763a-1                                          01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 763a-1. Retirement, exceptions for age and period of service

-STATUTE-
      Any officer or employee of the Lighthouse Service who, on June
    30, 1939, meets the requirements (except those relating to age and
    period of service) of section 763 of this title, as amended or
    supplemented, and who shall (1) reach the age of sixty-four years
    prior to July 1, 1940, or (2) be the occupant of an office or
    position abolished prior to July 1, 1940, may in the discretion of
    the head of his executive department be retired with annual
    compensation as provided in said section: Provided, however, That
    no such officer or employee shall be retired hereunder unless he
    shall have been in the service of the Government not less than
    thirty years at the time of retirement. Any officer or employee to
    whom this section applies who is not retired hereunder prior to
    reaching the age of sixty-five years shall, upon reaching such age,
    become eligible for retirement in accordance with the provisions of
    said section 763 of this title, and may not be retired under the
    provisions of this section. Nothing contained in this section shall
    be construed to affect the application of said section to any
    officer or employee of the Lighthouse Service to whom this section
    does not apply.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 10, 1939, ch. 642, 53 Stat. 1343.)

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part,
    transferred and consolidated with Coast Guard by Reorg. Plan No. II
    of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432,
    set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
    Employees.
      For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
    agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to
    Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
    Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Functions of
    Coast Guard, and Commandant of Coast Guard, were excepted from
    transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under
    sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 763a-2                                          01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 763a-2. Application to persons of Coast Guard

-STATUTE-
      The provisions of sections 763 and 763a-1 of this title shall not
    apply to persons of the Coast Guard other than officers and
    employees of the former Lighthouse Service who, on June 30, 1939,
    met the requirements for retirement (except those relating to age
    and period of service) of said sections.

-SOURCE-
    (June 6, 1940, ch. 257, Sec. 7, 54 Stat. 247.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Sections 763 and 763a-1 of this title, referred to in text, was,
    in the original: "The provisions of section 6 of the Act approved
    June 20, 1918 (40 Stat. 608), as amended and supplemented (U.S.C.,
    1934 edition, Supp. V., title 33, secs. 763 and 763a-1)".

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part,
    transferred and consolidated with Coast Guard by Reorg. Plan No. II
    of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432,
    set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
    Employees.
      For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
    agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to
    Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
    No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
    Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Functions of
    Coast Guard, and Commandant of Coast Guard, were excepted from
    transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under
    sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
      Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all
    functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary
    of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of
    the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L.
    89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. Section 6(b)(2)
    of Pub. L. 89-670, however, provided that notwithstanding such
    transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in
    time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of
    Title 14. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 763b                                            01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 763b. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 763b. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, Sec. 1313,
      58 Stat. 714.
      Section, act June 24, 1930, ch. 597, 46 Stat. 807, as affected by
    1939 Reorg. Plans Nos. I, Secs. 201, 205, and II, Sec. 2(a), eff.
    July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2731, 53 Stat. 1424, 1432, provided for
    hospital facilities for retired officers and employees of former
    Lighthouse Service.

                       RENUMBERING OF REPEALING ACT                   
      Section 611 of act July 1, 1944, which repealed this section, was
    renumbered Sec. 711 by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, Sec. 5, 60 Stat.
    1049, Sec. 713 by act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, Sec. 9(b), 62 Stat.
    47, Sec. 813 by act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, Sec. 3(b), 70 Stat.
    720, Sec. 913 by Pub. L. 88-581, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat.
    919, Sec. 1013 by Pub. L. 85-239, Sec. 3(b), Oct. 5, 1965, 79 Stat.
    931, Sec. 1113 by Pub. L. 91-572, Sec. 6(b), Dec. 24, 1970, 84
    Stat. 1506, Sec. 1213 by Pub. L. 92-294, Sec. 3(b), May 16, 1972,
    86 Stat. 137; Sec. 1313 by Pub. L. 93-154, Sec. 2(b)(2), Nov. 16,
    1973, 87 Stat. 604, and was repealed by Pub. L. 93-222, Sec. 7(b),
    Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936.

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 763c                                            01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 763c. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Sec. 763c. Repealed. Pub. L. 93-222, Sec. 7(b), Dec. 29, 1973, 87
      Stat. 936.
      Section, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, Sec. 1310(b),
    formerly title VI, Sec. 610(b), 58 Stat. 714; renumbered title VII,
    Sec. 710(b), by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, Sec. 5, 60 Stat. 1049;
    renumbered title VIII, Sec. 810(b), by act July 30, 1956, ch. 779,
    Sec. 3(b), 70 Stat. 721; renumbered title IX, Sec. 910(b), by Pub.
    L. 88-581, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat. 919; renumbered title
    X, Sec. 1010(b), by Pub. L. 89-239, Sec. 3(b), Oct. 6, 1965, 79
    Stat. 931; renumbered title XI, Sec. 1110(b) by Pub. L. 91-572,
    Sec. 6(b), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1506; renumbered title XII, Sec.
    1210(b) by Pub. L. 92-294, Sec. 3(b), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 137;
    renumbered title XIII, Sec. 1310(b), by Pub. L. 93-154, Sec.
    2(b)(2), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 604, made provision for hospital
    facilities for officers and employees.

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 764                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 764. Omitted

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section, act Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161, Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 1417,
    related to privilege granted employees of continuing service after
    retirement and which was limited to a ten year period after Mar. 4,
    1921.

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 765                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 765. Retirement for disability

-STATUTE-
      Any officer or employee to whom section 763 of this title
    applies, who has been in the active service of the Government
    fifteen years or more and who is found, after examination by a
    medical officer of the United States, to be disabled for useful and
    efficient service by reason of disease or injury not due to vicious
    habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct on his part, shall be
    retired under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of
    Transportation on an annuity computed in the manner provided in
    said section.

-SOURCE-
    (Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 523, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 1261; 1939 Reorg. Plan No.
    II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Pub.
    L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.)

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      The officers or employees to be retired refer to the officers and
    employees of the Lighthouse Service. The Lighthouse Service was
    under the Secretary of Commerce prior to the transfer and
    consolidation of the Bureau of Lighthouses, of which the Lighthouse
    Service was a part, with the Coast Guard which was under the
    Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 2(a), set out
    in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    Subsequently, the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury
    relating to the Coast Guard were transferred to the Secretary of
    Transportation by section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 89-670. See section
    108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

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    33 USC Sec. 766                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 766. Restoration to active duty after retirement for
      disability

-STATUTE-
      Any officer or employee retired under section 765 of this title
    may, upon recovery, be restored to active duty, and shall from time
    to time, before reaching the age at which he may be retired under
    section 763 of this title be reexamined by a medical officer of the
    United States upon the request of the Secretary of Transportation.

-SOURCE-
    (Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 523, Sec. 2, 43 Stat. 1262; 1939 Reorg. Plan No.
    II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Pub.
    L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.)

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      The officers or employees to be retired refer to the officers and
    employees of the Lighthouse Service. The Lighthouse Service was
    under the Secretary of Commerce prior to the transfer and
    consolidation of the Bureau of Lighthouses, of which the Lighthouse
    Service was a part, with the Coast Guard which was under the
    Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 2(a), set out
    in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    Subsequently, the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury
    relating to the Coast Guard were transferred to the Secretary of
    Transportation by section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 89-670. See section
    108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

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    33 USC Secs. 767 to 769                                     01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Secs. 767 to 769. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    Secs. 767 to 769. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63
      Stat. 561.
      Section 767, acts Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, Sec. 7, 38 Stat. 928;
    June 20, 1918, ch. 103, Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 608, related to
    administration of oaths to employees of Lighthouse Service.
      Section 768, acts Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, Sec. 8, 37 Stat. 487;
    Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, Sec. 7, 38 Stat. 928; June 20, 1918, ch. 103,
    Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 608; June 6, 1939, ch. 185, 53 Stat. 810, related
    to oaths to expense accounts.
      Section 769, act Feb. 25, 1929, ch. 313, Sec. 3, 45 Stat. 1262,
    related to aids to navigation in Panama. See section 81 of Title
    14, Coast Guard.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective first day of third month after approval by
    President [Aug. 4, 1949], see section 19 of act Aug. 4, 1949, set
    out as an Effective Date note preceding chapter 1 of Title 14,
    Coast Guard.

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    33 USC Sec. 770                                             01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 770. Regulations for expenditure of moneys accruing from
      commutation of rations and provisions

-STATUTE-
      Money accruing from commutation of rations and provisions for
    working parties in the field, officers and crews of light vessels
    and tenders, and officials and other authorized persons on board of
    such tenders or vessels, after payment on proper vouchers to the
    officer in charge of the mess of such vessel or party, as provided
    by law, may be expended and accounted for pursuant to regulations
    prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, notwithstanding the
    provisions of sections 1321 and 1322(a) of title 31.

-SOURCE-
    (May 13, 1938, ch. 215, Sec. 3, 52 Stat. 353; 1939 Reorg. Plan No.
    II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Pub.
    L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      "Sections 1321 and 1322(a) of title 31" substituted in text for
    "the Act of June 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 1233) [31 U.S.C. 725s]" on
    authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat.
    1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and
    Finance.

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      The money accruing from commutation of rations and provisions
    refer to such moneys of persons in the Lighthouse Service. The
    Lighthouse Service was under the Secretary of Commerce prior to the
    transfer and consolidation of the Bureau of Lighthouses, of which
    the Lighthouse Service was a part, with the Coast Guard which was
    under the Secretary of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec.
    2(a), set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization
    and Employees. Subsequently, the functions of the Secretary of the
    Treasury relating to the Coast Guard were transferred to the
    Secretary of Transportation by section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 89-670.
    See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 771                                             01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 771. Benefits for surviving spouses of Lighthouse Service
      employees; death of employee during retirement; amount of payment

-STATUTE-
      Where - 
        (1) any former employee of the Lighthouse Service has died or
      shall hereafter die at a time when that employee was receiving or
      was entitled to receive retirement pay under section 763 of this
      title, as amended and supplemented, and
        (2) the surviving spouse of the former employee was married to
      the former employee prior to the retirement of the former
      employee from the Lighthouse Service and has not remarried - 

    the surviving spouse, so long as the surviving spouse does not
    remarry, shall be paid $100 per month by the Secretary of
    Transportation.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 19, 1950, ch. 761, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 465; Pub. L. 85-351, Sec.
    1, Mar. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct.
    15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 90-163, Sec. 1, Nov. 29, 1967, 81
    Stat. 518; Pub. L. 90-167, Sec. 1(a), Nov. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 520;
    Pub. L. 98-557, Sec. 15(b)(1), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2866.)

-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1984 - Pub. L. 98-557 substituted references to surviving spouse
    for references to widow.
      1967 - Pub. L. 90-167 struck out provision which exempted from
    coverage of this section widows of employees whose positions were
    classified in one of the grades of the professional and scientific
    service of the Classification Act of 1923, or a comparable grade of
    the Classification Act of 1949, or who performed duties of a
    position comparable to a position so classified after the enactment
    of law requiring the classification of such positions.
      Pub. L. 90-163 substituted "$100 per month" for "$75 per month".
      1958 - Pub. L. 85-351 substituted "$75 per month" for "$50 per
    month".

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1967 AMENDMENTS                 
      Section 2 of Pub. L. 90-167 provided that: "No payment shall be
    made by reason of the amendments made by this section [amending
    this section and section 772 of this title] for any period prior to
    the first day of the first month following the month in which this
    Act is enacted [Nov. 29, 1967]."
      Section 1 of Pub. L. 90-163 provided that the amendment made by
    that section is effective on the first day of the month following
    Nov. 29, 1967.

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1958 AMENDMENT                 
      Section 2 of Pub. L. 85-351 provided that: "The amendments made
    by this Act [amending this section and section 772 of this title]
    shall take effect on the first day of the first month which begins
    after the date of the enactment of this Act [Mar. 28, 1958]."

                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section 6 of act Aug. 19, 1950, provided that: "No payment shall
    be made under this Act [enacting this section and sections 772 to
    775 of this title] for any period prior to the first day of the
    first month following the month in which this Act is enacted."

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part,
    transferred and consolidated with Coast Guard under Secretary of
    the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1,
    1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 33 Stat. 1432, set out in the Appendix to Title
    5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of Secretary of
    the Treasury relating to Coast Guard transferred to Secretary of
    Transportation by section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 89-670. See section
    108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-MISC2-
        INCREASE IN WIDOWS BENEFITS AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCREASE    
      Pub. L. 94-170, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1022, provided: "That the
    benefits payable under section 1 or section 2 of the Act of August
    19, 1950 (64 Stat. 465, 466), as amended (33 U.S.C. 771, 772)
    shall, effective on the first day of the calendar month following
    enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 1975], be increased by $26 per
    month.
      "Sec. 2. The increases under this Act shall apply to benefits
    which commence before, on, or after the date of enactment of this
    Act [Dec. 23, 1975], but no increase in benefits shall be paid for
    any period prior to the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 23,
    1975], or the date on which the eligibility for benefits commences,
    whichever is later."

               COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO WIDOW'S ANNUITY           
      Section 2 of Pub. L. 90-163 provided that: "Each annuity payable
    under the Act entitled 'An Act to provide benefits for widows of
    certain persons who were retired or are eligible for retirement
    under section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize aids to
    navigation and for other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for
    other purposes", approved June 20, 1918, as amended', approved
    August 19, 1950 (33 U.S.C. 771-775), and each annuity payable under
    section 6 of the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize aids to
    navigation and for other works in the Lighthouse Service, and for
    other purposes', approved June 20, 1918 (33 U.S.C. 763), shall be
    increased by the same percentage, adjusted to the nearest dollar,
    and on the same effective date, as each increase hereafter allowed
    under the cost-of-living annuity adjustment provisions of section
    8340(b) of title 5, United States Code."

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    33 USC Sec. 772                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 772. Death of employee due to non-service-connected causes
      after 15 years' service; amount of payment

-STATUTE-
      Where - 
        (1) any employee of the Lighthouse Service has died or shall
      hereafter die from non-service-connected causes after fifteen or
      more years of employment in such service, and
        (2) the surviving spouse of the employee has not since
      remarried,

    the surviving spouse, so long as the surviving spouse does not
    marry, shall be paid $100 per month by the Secretary of
    Transportation.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 19, 1950, ch. 761, Sec. 2, 64 Stat. 466; Pub. L. 85-351, Sec.
    1, Mar. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 49; Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct.
    15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 90-163, Sec. 1, Nov. 29, 1967, 81
    Stat. 518; Pub. L. 90-167, Sec. 1(b), Nov. 29, 1967, 81 Stat. 520;
    Pub. L. 98-557, Sec. 15(b)(2), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2866.)

-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1984 - Pub. L. 98-557 substituted references to surviving spouse
    for references to widow.
      1967 - Pub. L. 90-167 struck out provisions which exempted from
    coverage of this section widows of employees whose positions were
    classified in one of grades of professional and scientific service
    of Classification Act of 1923, or a comparable grade of
    Classification Act of 1949, or who performed duties of a position
    comparable to a position so classified after enactment of law
    requiring classification of such positions.
      Pub. L. 90-163 substituted "$100 per month" for "$75 per month".
      1958 - Pub. L. 85-351 substituted "$75 per month" for "$50 per
    month".

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1967 AMENDMENTS                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 90-167 effective for any period subsequent
    to the first day of the first month following Nov. 29, 1967, see
    section 2 of Pub. L. 90-167, set out as a note under section 771 of
    this title.
      Section 1 of Pub. L. 90-163 provided that the amendment made by
    that section is effective on the first day of the month following
    Nov. 29, 1967.

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1958 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment effective Apr. 1, 1958, see section 2 of Pub. L. 85-
    351, set out as a note under section 771 of this title.

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part,
    transferred and consolidated with Coast Guard under Secretary of
    the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1,
    1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 33 Stat. 1432, set out in the Appendix to Title
    5, Government Organization and Employees. Functions of Secretary of
    the Treasury relating to Coast Guard transferred to Secretary of
    Transportation by section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 89-670. See section
    108 of Title 49, Transportation.
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.

-MISC2-
        INCREASE IN WIDOWS BENEFITS AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCREASE    
      For 1975 increase in widows benefits under this section and
    section 771 of this title, and effective date of such increase, see
    Pub. L. 94-170, Dec. 23, 1975, 89 Stat. 1022, set out as a note
    under section 771 of this title.

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 773                                             01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

-HEAD-
    Sec. 773. Application for benefits

-STATUTE-
      Application for the benefits of sections 771 to 775 of this title
    shall be made in such manner and form as the Director of the Office
    of Personnel Management shall prescribe.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 19, 1950, ch. 761, Sec. 3, 64 Stat. 466; 1978 Reorg. Plan No.
    2, Sec. 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783.)

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      "Director of the Office of Personnel Management" substituted in
    text for "Civil Service Commission" pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2
    of 1978, Sec. 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under
    section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees,
    which transferred all functions vested by statute in Civil Service
    Commission to Director of Office of Personnel Management (except as
    otherwise specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by
    section 1-102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055,
    set out under section 1101 of Title 5.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 774                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 774. Rules and regulations

-STATUTE-
      The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall perform,
    or cause to be performed, such acts, and shall make such rules and
    regulations, as may be necessary or proper to carry out the
    provisions of sections 771 to 775 of this title.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 19, 1950, ch. 761, Sec. 4, 64 Stat. 466; 1978 Reorg. Plan No.
    2, Sec. 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783.)

-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      "Director of the Office of Personnel Management" substituted in
    text for "Civil Service Commission" pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2
    of 1978, Sec. 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under
    section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees,
    which transferred all functions vested by statute in Civil Service
    Commission to Director of Office of Personnel Management (except as
    otherwise specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by
    section 1-102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055,
    set out under section 1101 of Title 5.

-End-

-CITE-
    33 USC Sec. 775                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 775. Payments nonassignable and exempt from process

-STATUTE-
      No payment under sections 771 to 775 of this title shall be
    assignable, either in law or in equity, or be subject to execution,
    levy, lien, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 19, 1950, ch. 761, Sec. 5, 64 Stat. 466.)

-End-

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    33 USC Sec. 776                                             01/03/2007

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-HEAD-
    Sec. 776. Payment out of Civil Service Retirement and Disability
      Fund

-STATUTE-
      Annuities authorized by sections 771 to 775 of this title may, on
    and after November 30, 2005, be paid out of the Civil Service
    Retirement and Disability Fund.

-SOURCE-
    (Pub. L. 109-115, div. A, title VI, Nov. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2489.)

-COD-
                               CODIFICATION                           
      Section is from the appropriation act cited as the credit to this
    section.

-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the
    following prior appropriation acts:
      Pub. L. 108-447, div. H, title IV, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3263.
      Pub. L. 108-199, div. F, title IV, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 339.
      Pub. L. 108-7, div. J, title IV, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 459.
      Pub. L. 107-67, title IV, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 542.
      Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(3) [title IV], Dec. 21, 2000, 114
    Stat. 2763, 2763A-150.
      Pub. L. 106-58, title IV, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 463.
      Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(h) [title IV], Oct. 21, 1998,
    105 Stat. 2681-480, 2681-509.
      Pub. L. 105-61, title IV, Oct. 10, 1997, 111 Stat. 1303.
      Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(f) [title IV], Sept.
    30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-314, 3009-344.
      Pub. L. 104-52, title IV, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 489.
      Pub. L. 103-329, title IV, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2407.
      Pub. L. 103-123, title IV, Oct. 28, 1993, 107 Stat. 1249.
      Pub. L. 102-393, title IV, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1756.
      Pub. L. 102-141, title IV, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 860.
      Pub. L. 101-509, title IV, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1421.
      Pub. L. 101-136, title IV, Nov. 3, 1989, 103 Stat. 810.
      Pub. L. 100-440, title IV, Sept. 22, 1988, 102 Stat. 1745.
      Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(m) [title IV], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.
    1329-390, 1329-413.
      Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(m) [title IV], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat.
    1783-308, 1783-322, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(m) [title IV],
    Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-308, 3341-322.
      Pub. L. 99-190, title I, Sec. 101(h) [H.R. 3036, title IV], Dec.
    19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1291.
      Pub. L. 98-473, title I, Sec. 101(j) [H.R. 5798, title IV], Oct.
    12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1963.
      Pub. L. 98-151, Sec. 101(f) [H.R. 4139, title IV], Nov. 14, 1983,
    97 Stat. 973.
      Pub. L. 97-377, title I, Sec. 101(a) [incorporating H.R. 4121,
    title IV, for FY 1982], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1830.
      Pub. L. 97-92, Sec. 101(a) [H.R. 4121, title IV], Dec. 15, 1981,
    95 Stat. 1183.
      Pub. L. 96-536, Sec. 101(a) [incorporating Pub. L. 96-74, title
    IV], Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3166.
      Pub. L. 96-74, title IV, Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 571.
      Pub. L. 95-429, title IV, Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1007.
      Pub. L. 95-81, title IV, July 31, 1977, 91 Stat. 347.
      Pub. L. 94-363, title IV, July 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 969.
      Pub. L. 94-91, title IV, Aug. 9, 1975, 89 Stat. 449.
      Pub. L. 93-381, title IV, Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 620.
      Pub. L. 93-143, title IV, Oct. 30, 1973, 87 Stat. 517.

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