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Title 14 — Coast Guard

Chapter 7 — Cooperation

§ 703. Treasury Department

Statutory text

Commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard are deemed to be officers of the customs and when so acting shall, insofar as performance of the duties relating to customs laws are concerned, be subject to regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury governing officers of the customs.

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.

  1. Title 14, United States Code, section —

    Pub. L. 81–393 · 63 Stat. 495

    Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 703

    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 506, § 143

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 506, § 143

  2. Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 106(b) · 132 Stat. 4192

    Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 703

    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered sction 143 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered sction 143 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

Based on title 19, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §§ 1401(l), 1709(b) (Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 435, title II, § 201, 49 Stat. 521; Aug. 5, 1935, ch. 438, title IV, § 401, 49 Stat. 529).

This section will not repeal the sections cited above, but makes further provision that Coast Guard personnel when acting as officers of the customs shall, insofar as enforcing customs laws are concerned, be subject to regulations governing regular officers of the customs. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 703 was renumbered section 3703 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered sction 143 of this title as this section.

Credits

1949–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 1949Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 506, § 143
  2. 2018renumbered § 703, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), , 132 Stat. 4203.
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(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 506, § 143; renumbered § 703, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), , 132 Stat. 4203.)

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