Title 14 — Coast Guard
Chapter 7 — Cooperation
§ 702. State Department
Statutory text
The Coast Guard, through the Secretary, may exchange information, through the Secretary of State, with foreign governments and suggest to the Secretary of State international collaboration and conferences on all matters dealing with the safety of life and property at sea, other than radio communication.
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.
Title 14, United States Code, section —
Pub. L. 81–393 · 63 Stat. 495
Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 702
Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 505, § 142
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 505, § 142Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 106(b) · 132 Stat. 4192
Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 702
Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 142 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 142 of this title as this section.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Redesignations and Transfers.— (1) Requirement.— The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended— (A) by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and (B) by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 7 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table. (2) Table.— The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following: Title 14 section number before redesignationSection heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)Title 14 section number after redesignation 141Cooperation with other agencies, States, territories, and political subdivisions701 142State Department702 143Treasury Department703 144Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force704 145Navy Department705 146United States Postal Service706 147Department of Commerce707 147aDepartment of Health and Human Services708 148Maritime instruction709 149Assistance to foreign governments and maritime authorities710 150Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions711 151Contracts with Government-owned establishments for work and material712 152Nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: contracts with other agencies and instrumentalities to provide or obtain goods and services713 154Arctic maritime domain awareness714 94Oceanographic research715 90Arctic maritime transportation716 102Agreements717
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes
Because of the numerous situations in which it is necessary for the Coast Guard to deal with foreign governments, particularly in the field of safety of life and property at sea, the Coast Guard and the State Department agree that a provision such as this is desirable.
The international character of many Coast Guard functions makes it more and more necessary for the Service to be an initiating or participating agency in international collaboration. Examples of international meetings concerned with matters affecting the Coast Guard include those which dealt with the International Rules of the Road, international load lines, the International Code of Signals, safety at sea, and international telecommunications. It is highly desirable that there be a clear-cut legislative expression of Coast Guard cooperation with the State Department on proposed international conferences dealing with various phases of Coast Guard activities, such as aids to navigation, life-saving equipment, navigation and communication equipment other than radio communication, regulation of dangerous cargoes, international rules of the road, safety requirements and equipment of transoceanic aircraft and vessels, and safe manning standards and efficiency of personnel employed on transoceanic aircraft and vessels. Provisions for similar relationship between the Civil Aeronautical Board and the State Department appear in the act of , as amended, 52 Stat. 984 (title 49, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ 425(c), 602). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 702 was renumbered section 3702 of this title.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 142 of this title as this section.
Credits
1949–2018 · 2 acts
- 1949Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 505, § 142
- 2018renumbered § 702, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), , 132 Stat. 4203.
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(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 505, § 142; renumbered § 702, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), , 132 Stat. 4203.)