Volume 75
Public Law 87–396
To amend title 14 of the United States Code to provide for an expansion of the functions of the Coast Guard.
Approved October 5, 1961
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend title 14 of the United States Code to provide for an expansion of the functions of the Coast Guard.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That title 14 of
Coast Guard.
Oceanographic research.
the United States Code, relating to the Coast Guard, is amended by inserting in chapter 1, section 2, after the words “rescue facilities for the promotion of safety on and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;” and before the words “and shall maintain a state of readiness” the words: “shall engage in oceanographic research on the high seas and in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;” and is further amended by inserting at the end of chapter 5 the following new section:
Ҥ 94. 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.”
Sec. 2.
The analysis of chapter 5 of title 14 of the United States Code is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:
Approved October 5, 1961.