§ 314. Captains of the port

Statutory text

Any officer, including any petty officer, may be designated by the Commandant as captain of the port or ports or adjacent high seas or waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, as the Commandant deems necessary to facilitate execution of Coast Guard duties.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2018
Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 104(c)(1)(A) · 132 Stat. 4192
Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 314
Added Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(c)(1)(A), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4198, § 311
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(c)(1)(A), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4198, § 311
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) by inserting after section 310 (as so redesignated and transferred under subsection (b)) the following: “§ 311. Captains of the port “Any officer, including any petty officer, may be designated by the Commandant as captain of the port or ports or adjacent high seas or waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, as the Commandant deems necessary to facilitate execution of Coast Guard duties.” ; and
2025
Pub. L. 119–60 div. G title LXXII § 7201(b) · 139 Stat. 1675
Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 314
Pub. L. 119–60 renumbered section 311 of this title as this section
Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 119–60 renumbered section 311 of this title as this section.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 314 was renumbered section 332 of this title.

Another prior section 314, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 520, related to retiring or dropping for disabilities not incident to service, prior to repeal by act Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, § 36, 64 Stat. 408. See section 1207 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60 renumbered section 311 of this title as this section.

Credits

2018–2025 · 2 acts

2018Added Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(c)(1)(A), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4198, § 311
2025renumbered § 314, Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1675.

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(Added Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(c)(1)(A), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4198, § 311; renumbered § 314, Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1675.)