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14 U.S.C. § 706 (COAST GUARD)
§ 706. United States Postal Service
Coast Guard facilities and personnel may be utilized for the transportation and delivery of mail matter during emergency conditions or at isolated locations under such arrangements as may be satisfactory to the Secretary and the United States Postal Service.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 506, § 146; Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(12), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2519; Pub. L. 99–640, § 10(a)(5), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3549; renumbered § 706, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
heading: Historical and Revision Notes
text: This section provides generally for what has been the practice between the Coast Guard and the Post Office Department in Alaska for years. The authorization is limited to emergency conditions or isolated locations. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 706 was renumbered section 3706 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 146 of this title as this section.
1986—Pub. L. 99–640 substituted “United States Postal Service” for “Postmaster General”.
1976—Pub. L. 94–546 substituted “United States Postal Service” for “Post Office Department” in section catchline.
14 U.S.C. § 707 (COAST GUARD)
§ 707. Department of Commerce
In order to promote the safety of life and property on and over the high seas and waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, and to facilitate the preparation and dissemination by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the weather reports, forecasts, and warnings essential to the safe and efficient conduct of domestic and international commerce on and over such seas and waters, the Commandant may cooperate with the Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by procuring, maintaining, and making available, facilities and assistance for observing, investigating, and communicating weather phenomena and for disseminating weather data, forecasts and warnings, the mutually satisfactory terms of such cooperation in weather service to be agreed upon and arranged between the Commandant and the Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 507, § 147; Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(13), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2520; Pub. L. 97–295, § 2(5), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1301; renumbered § 707, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
heading: Historical and Revision Notes
text: This section outlines the sphere of cooperation between the Weather Bureau and the Coast Guard. It would not permit any cooperation that has not been carried on in the past.
Although the Coast Guard has always cooperated closely with the Weather Bureau, positive recognition of this has never appeared in the statutes. In its patrol, its aiding navigation, and its life saving activities, the Coast Guard finds it important to make, receive and transmit weather observations and measurements. Furthermore, with the advent of war, weather reporting, particularly mid-Atlantic weather patrol work, assumed increasing importance, and this extensive weather station manning in cooperation with the Weather Bureau must be provided for in the postwar period. This section providing for such close cooperation with the Weather Bureau in weather reporting would crystallize the cooperative practices of the two agencies as they have operated for years. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 707 was renumbered section 3707 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 147 of this title as this section.
1982—Pub. L. 97–295 substituted “Administration” for “Admministration” after “Atmospheric”.
1976—Pub. L. 94–546 substituted references to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and to the Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for references to the Weather Bureau and to the Chief of the Weather Bureau.
14 U.S.C. § 708 (COAST GUARD)
§ 708. Department of Health and Human Services
(a) The Commandant may assist the Secretary of Health and Human Services in providing medical emergency helicopter transportation services to civilians. The Commandant may prescribe conditions, including reimbursement, under which resources may be provided under this section. The following specific limitations apply to assistance provided under this section:
(1) Assistance may be provided only in areas where Coast Guard units able to provide the assistance are regularly assigned. Coast Guard units may not be transferred from one area to another to provide the assistance.
(2) Assistance may be provided only to the extent it does not interfere with the performance of the Coast Guard mission.
(3) Providing assistance may not cause an increase in amounts required for the operation of the Coast Guard.
(b) An individual (or the estate of that individual) who is authorized by the Coast Guard to provide a service under a program established under subsection (a) and who is acting within the scope of that individual’s duties is not liable for injury to, or loss of, property or personal injury or death that may be caused incident to providing the service.
(Added Pub. L. 97–295, § 2(6)(A), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1301, § 147a; renumbered § 708, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
text: Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
147a
14:141 (note).
July 1, 1977, Pub. L. 95–61, § 8, 91 Stat. 260.
In subsection (a), the words “Secretary of Health and Human Services” are substituted for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare” because of 20:3508(b) and because the responsibility is in the head of the Department. The word “may” is substituted for “is authorized to” for clarity. The word “conditions” is substituted for “terms and conditions” because it is inclusive. The words “deems appropriate” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “The following . . . limitations apply” are substituted for “shall be subject to the following . . . limitations” for clarity.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 708 was renumbered section 3708 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 147a of this title as this section.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Similar Provisions
text: Similar provisions were contained in section 8 of Pub. L. 95–61 which was formerly set out as a note under section 141 (now 701) of this title.
14 U.S.C. § 709 (COAST GUARD)
§ 709. Maritime instruction
The Coast Guard may, when so requested by proper authority, detail members for duty in connection with maritime instruction and training by the several States, Territories, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, and when requested by the Maritime Administrator, detail persons in the Coast Guard for duty in connection with maritime instruction and training by the United States. The service rendered by any person so detailed shall be considered Coast Guard duty.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 507, § 148; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(4), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 154; Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(D), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865; renumbered § 709, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
heading: Historical and Revision Notes
text: Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 49 (Aug. 4, 1939, ch. 416, 53 Stat. 1181).
Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 709 was renumbered section 3709 of this title.
A prior section 709a was renumbered section 3710 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 148 of this title as this section.
1984—Pub. L. 98–557 substituted reference to members for reference to officers and enlisted men.
1981—Pub. L. 97–31 substituted “Maritime Administrator” for “United States Maritime Commission”.
14 U.S.C. § 711 (COAST GUARD)
§ 711. Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions
Commissioned officers may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, be regularly and officially attached to the diplomatic missions of the United States in those nations with which the United States is extensively engaged in maritime commerce. Expenses for the maintenance of such Coast Guard attachés abroad, including office rental and pay of employees and allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, may be defrayed by the Coast Guard.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 507, § 150; renumbered § 711, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
heading: Historical and Revision Notes
text: Experience since the war has indicated the necessity for making provision for the assignment of Coast Guard officers to diplomatic missions in those foreign countries which are extensively engaged in maritime commerce with the United States. This is largely the result of duties in connection with inspection of merchant vessels.
This section authorizes the designation, with the consent of the State Department, of Coast Guard officers to be officially attached to diplomatic missions of the United States. Although Coast Guard advice on Coast Guard matters is always available to our diplomatic missions, in those locations where such advice and information are frequently sought, it is felt that the most effective utilization of Coast Guard services would be achieved by having Coast Guard officers attached to such missions. Provision for customs officers to be attached to diplomatic missions is contained in the act of March 4, 1923, as amended, 42 Stat. 1453 (title 19, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 6). Before the transfer in 1939 of the Foreign Agriculture Service to the State Department, representatives of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the Department of Agriculture stationed abroad were agricultural attachés. Act of June 5, 1930, 46 Stat. 498 (title 7, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 542(a)). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 711 was renumbered section 3712 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 150 of this title as this section.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Official Representation Items in Support of the Coast Guard Attaché Program
text: Pub. L. 113–126, title III, § 312, July 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 1399, provided that: “Notwithstanding any other limitation on the amount of funds that may be used for official representation items, the Secretary of Homeland Security may use funds made available to the Secretary through the National Intelligence Program for necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities for official representation items in support of the Coast Guard Attaché Program.”
14 U.S.C. § 712 (COAST GUARD)
§ 712. Contracts with Government-owned establishments for work and material
(a) In General.—
All orders or contracts for work or material, under authorization of law, placed with Government-owned establishments by the Coast Guard, shall be considered as obligations in the same manner as provided for similar orders or contracts placed with private contractors, and appropriations for such work or material shall remain available for payment therefor as in the case of orders or contracts placed with private contractors.
(b) Orders and Agreements for Industrial Activities.—
Under this section, the Coast Guard industrial activities may accept orders from and enter into reimbursable agreements with establishments, agencies, and departments of the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 507, § 151; Pub. L. 111–281, title II, § 202, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2909; renumbered § 712, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
heading: Historical and Revision Notes
text: Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 31c (June 6, 1942, ch. 384, 56 Stat. 328). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 712 was renumbered section 3713 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 151 of this title as this section.
2010—Pub. L. 111–281 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
14 U.S.C. § 713 (COAST GUARD)
§ 713. Nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: contracts with other agencies and instrumentalities to provide or obtain goods and services
The Coast Guard Exchange System, or a morale, welfare, and recreation system of the Coast Guard, may enter into a contract or other agreement with any element or instrumentality of the Coast Guard or with another Federal department, agency, or instrumentality to provide or obtain goods and services beneficial to the efficient management and operation of the Coast Guard Exchange System or that morale, welfare, and recreation system.
(Added Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1031, § 152; renumbered § 713, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 713 was renumbered section 3714 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 152 of this title as this section.
14 U.S.C. § 714 (COAST GUARD)
§ 714. Arctic maritime domain awareness
(a) In General.—
The Commandant shall improve maritime domain awareness in the Arctic—
(1) by promoting interagency cooperation and coordination;
(2) by employing joint, interagency, and international capabilities; and
(3) by facilitating the sharing of information, intelligence, and data related to the Arctic maritime domain between the Coast Guard and departments and agencies listed in subsection (b).
(b) Coordination.—
The Commandant shall seek to coordinate the collection, sharing, and use of information, intelligence, and data related to the Arctic maritime domain between the Coast Guard and the following:
(1) The Department of Homeland Security.
(2) The Department of Defense.
(3) The Department of Transportation.
(4) The Department of State.
(5) The Department of the Interior.
(6) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(7) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(8) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(9) The National Science Foundation.
(10) The Arctic Research Commission.
(11) Any Federal agency or commission or State the Commandant determines is appropriate.
(c) Cooperation.—
The Commandant and the head of a department or agency listed in subsection (b) may by agreement, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, share personnel, services, equipment, and facilities to carry out the requirements of this section.
(d) 5-year Strategic Plan.—
Not later than January 1, 2016 and every 5 years thereafter, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a 5-year strategic plan to guide interagency and international intergovernmental cooperation and coordination for the purpose of improving maritime domain awareness in the Arctic.
(e) Definitions.—
In this section the term “Arctic” has the meaning given that term in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).
(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title V, § 502(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3057, § 154; renumbered § 714, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 154 of this title as this section.
14 U.S.C. § 715 (COAST GUARD)
§ 715. Oceanographic research
The Coast Guard shall conduct such oceanographic research, use such equipment or instruments, and collect and analyze such oceanographic data, in cooperation with other agencies of the Government, or not, as may be in the national interest.
(Added Pub. L. 87–396, § 1, Oct. 5, 1961, 75 Stat. 827, § 94; renumbered § 715, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 94 of this title as this section.
14 U.S.C. § 716 (COAST GUARD)
§ 716. Arctic maritime transportation
(a) Purpose.—
The purpose of this section is to ensure safe and secure maritime shipping in the Arctic including the availability of aids to navigation, vessel escorts, spill response capability, and maritime search and rescue in the Arctic.
(b) International Maritime Organization Agreements.—
To carry out the purpose of this section, the Secretary is encouraged to enter into negotiations through the International Maritime Organization to conclude and execute agreements to promote coordinated action among the United States, Russia, Canada, Iceland, Norway, and Denmark and other seafaring and Arctic nations to ensure, in the Arctic—
(1) placement and maintenance of aids to navigation;
(2) appropriate marine safety, tug, and salvage capabilities;
(3) oil spill prevention and response capability;
(4) maritime domain awareness, including long-range vessel tracking; and
(5) search and rescue.
(c) Coordination by Committee on the Maritime Transportation System.—
The Committee on the Maritime Transportation System established under section 55501 of title 46, United States Code, shall coordinate the establishment of domestic transportation policies in the Arctic necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.
(d) Agreements and Contracts.—
The Secretary may, subject to the availability of appropriations, enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, or other agreements with, or make grants to, individuals and governments to carry out the purpose of this section or any agreements established under subsection (b).
(e) Icebreaking.—
The Secretary shall promote safe maritime navigation by means of icebreaking where necessary, feasible, and effective to carry out the purposes of this section.
(f) Arctic Definition.—
In this section, the term “Arctic” has the meaning given such term in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).
(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title V, § 501(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3056, § 90; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3533(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2321; renumbered § 716, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 90 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 115–232 struck out question mark after “the term ‘Arctic’ ”.
14 U.S.C. § 717 (COAST GUARD)
§ 717. Agreements
(a) In General.—
In carrying out section 504(a)(4), the Commandant may—
(1) enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, and other agreements with—
(A) Federal entities;
(B) other public or private entities in the United States, including academic entities; and
(C) foreign governments with the concurrence of the Secretary of State; and
(2) impose on and collect from an entity subject to an agreement or contract under paragraph (1) a fee to assist with expenses incurred in carrying out such section.
(b) Deposit and Use of Fees.—
Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts. The fees may be used, to the extent provided in advance in an appropriation law, only to carry out activities under section 504(a)(4).
(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 206(b), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3025, § 102; renumbered § 717 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 106(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203, 4240.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 106(b), renumbered section 102 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 504(a)(4)” for “section 93(a)(4)” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 504(a)(4)” for “section 93(a)(4)”.
14 U.S.C. § 902 (COAST GUARD)
§ 902. Employment of draftsmen and engineers
The Coast Guard may employ temporarily, at the seat of government, draftsmen and engineers for the preparation of plans and specifications for vessels, lighthouses, aids to navigation, and other projects for the Coast Guard that may be authorized or appropriated for by Congress, to be paid from the appropriations applicable to such projects.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 550, § 653; renumbered § 902, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205.)
heading: Historical and Revision Notes
text: Based on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 716 (June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 9, 36 Stat. 538; July 27, 1939, ch. 388, § 1, 53 Stat. 1130).
Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 653 of this title as this section.
14 U.S.C. § 904 (COAST GUARD)
§ 904. Local hire
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, each contract awarded by the Coast Guard for construction or services to be performed in whole or in part in a State that has an unemployment rate in excess of the national average rate of unemployment (as determined by the Secretary of Labor) shall include a provision requiring the contractor to employ, for the purpose of performing that portion of the contract in that State, individuals who are local residents and who, in the case of any craft or trade, possess or would be able to acquire promptly the necessary skills. The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may waive the requirements of this subsection in the interest of national security or economic efficiency.
(b) Local Resident Defined.—
As used in this section, “local resident” means a resident of, or an individual who commutes daily to, a State described in subsection (a).
(Added Pub. L. 101–225, title II, § 206(a), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1912, § 666; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; Pub. L. 112–213, title II, § 217(10), Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1558; renumbered § 904, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 666 of this title as this section.
2012—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–213 substituted “of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “of Homeland Security”.
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 10, Armed Forces.