### **CHAPTER 5—FUNCTIONS AND POWERS**

#### SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL POWERS

Sec.
501.
Secretary; general powers.
502.
Delegation of powers by the Secretary.
503.
Regulations.
504.
Commandant; general powers.
505.
Functions and powers vested in the Commandant.
506.
Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care.
507.
Appointment of judges.
508.
Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability.
509.
Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft.
510.
Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes.

#### SUBCHAPTER II—LIFE SAVING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES

521.
Saving life and property.
522.
Law enforcement.
523.
Enforcement authority.
524.
Enforcement of coastwise trade laws.
525.
Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority.
526.
Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing at or into vessel.
527.
Safety of vessels of the Armed Forces.
528.
Protecting against unmanned aircraft.

#### SUBCHAPTER III—AIDS TO NAVIGATION

541.
Aids to navigation authorized.
542.
Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty.
543.
Interference with aids to navigation; penalty.
544.
Aids to maritime navigation; penalty.
545.
Marking of obstructions.
546.
Deposit of damage payments.
547.
Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation.
548.
Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials.
549.
Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State of jurisdiction.
550.
Marking pierheads in certain lakes.
548.
Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard. 1

#### SUBCHAPTER IV—MISCELLANEOUS

561.
Icebreaking in polar regions.
562.
Appeals and waivers.
563.
Notification of certain determinations.
564.
Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits.

#### **Editorial Notes**

#### Prior Provisions

A prior analysis for chapter 5 "FUNCTIONS AND POWERS" consisted of items 81 "Aids to navigation authorized", 83 "Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty", 84 "Interference with aids to navigation; penalty", 85 "Aids to maritime navigation; penalty", 86 "Marking of obstructions", 87 "Icebreaking in polar regions", 88 "Saving life and property", 89 "Law enforcement", 90 "Arctic maritime transportation", 91 "Safety of naval vessels", 92 "Secretary; general powers", 93 "Commandant; general powers", 94 "Oceanographic research", 95 "Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority", 96 "Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards", 97 "Procurement of buoy chain", 98 "National Coast Guard Museum", 99 "Enforcement authority", 100 "Enforcement of coastwise trade laws", 101 "Appeals and waivers", 102 "Agreements", 103 "Notification of certain determinations", and 104 "Protecting against unmanned aircraft", prior to repeal by Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §105(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4199.

#### Amendments

**2022**—Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXII, §§11231(b), 11258(b)(2), 11272(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4032, 4057, 4066, added items 509, 510, and 564. Amendment by section 11258(b)(2) of Pub. L. 117–263 adding item 510 to the analysis for subchapter I of this chapter was executed by adding item 510 to the analysis for this chapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

**2021**—Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], §8509(c), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4756, added items 548 to 550.

**2018**—Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §105(a), title III, §§305(b), 318(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200, 4246, 4252, inserted chapter 5 designation and heading and added items 501 to 563.

1  Editorially supplied. Section added by Pub. L. 117–263 at the end of subchapter III without corresponding amendment of chapter analysis.