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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Chapter 12 — Vessels in Territorial Waters of United States

§ 191a. Transfer of Secretary of Transportation’s powers to Secretary of Navy when Coast Guard operates as part of Navy

Statutory text

When the Coast Guard operates as a part of the Navy pursuant to section 3 1 of title 14, the powers conferred on the Secretary of Transportation by section 191 1 of this title, shall vest in and be exercised by the Secretary of the Navy.

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

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. Pub. L. 77–471 § 2 · 55 Stat. 763

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 191a

    Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 471, § 2, 55 Stat. 763

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 471, § 2, 55 Stat. 763

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. When the Coast Guard operates as a part of the Navy pursuant When Coast Guard operates as part of Navy. Ante, p. 585. to section 1 of the Act of January 28, 1915 (38 Stat. 800; U. S. C., title 14, sec. 1), as amended, the powers conferred on the Secretary of the Treasury by section 1, title II, of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 220; U. S. C., title 50, sec. 191), shall vest in and be exercised by the Secretary of the Navy.

  2. Pub. L. 87–845 § 11 · 76A Stat. 699

    Substituted · 50 U.S.C. § 191a

    Pub. L. 87–845 substituted “section 3 of title 14” for “section 1 of title 14”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 87–845 substituted “section 3 of title 14” for “section 1 of title 14”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 87–845 effective Jan. 2, 1963, see section 25 of Pub. L. 87–845, set out as a note under section 414 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

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

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 3 of title 14, referred to in text, was redesignated section 103 of title 14 by Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 103(b), , 132 Stat. 4195, and references to section 3 of title 14 deemed to refer to such redesignated section, see section 123(b)(1) of Pub. L. 115–282, set out as a References to Redesignated Sections of Title 14 note preceding section 101 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

Section 191 of this title, referred to in text, was redesignated and transferred to section 70051 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–282, title IV, § 407(b)(1), (5), , 132 Stat. 4267.

Amendments

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 87–845 effective , see section 25 of Pub. L. 87–845, set out as a note under section 414 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

“Secretary of Transportation” substituted in text for “Secretary of the Treasury” pursuant to section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 89–670, which transferred Coast Guard to Department of Transportation and transferred to and vested in Secretary of Transportation functions, powers, and duties, relating to Coast Guard, of Secretary of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of the Treasury. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.

Credits

1941–1966 · 3 acts
  1. 1941Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 471, § 2, 55 Stat. 763
  2. 1962Pub. L. 87–845, § 11, , 76A Stat. 699
  3. 1966Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), , 80 Stat. 938.
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(Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 471, § 2, 55 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 87–845, § 11, , 76A Stat. 699; Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), , 80 Stat. 938.)

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