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14 USC Ch. 5: Front Matter
From Title 14-COAST GUARDSUBTITLE I-ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATIONCHAPTER 5-FUNCTIONS AND POWERS
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CHAPTER 5-FUNCTIONS AND POWERS

SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL POWERS

Sec.
501.
Secretary; general powers.
502.
Delegation of powers by the Secretary.
[503.
Transferred.]
504.
Commandant; general powers.
505.
Functions and powers vested in the Commandant.
506.
Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care.
507.
Appointment of judges.
508.
Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability.
509.
Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft.
510.
Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes.
511.
Retention of certain records.

        

SUBCHAPTER II-LIFE SAVING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES

521.
Saving life and property.
522.
Law enforcement.
523.
Enforcement authority.
524.
Enforcement of coastwise trade laws.
525.
Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority.
526.
Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing at or into vessel.
527.
Safety of vessels of the Armed Forces.
528.
Protecting against unmanned aircraft.
529.
Public availability of information.

        

SUBCHAPTER III-AIDS TO NAVIGATION

541.
Aids to navigation authorized.
542.
Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty.
543.
Interference with aids to navigation; penalty.
544.
Aids to maritime navigation; penalty.
545.
Marking of obstructions.
546.
Deposit of damage payments.
547.
Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation.
548.
Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials.
549.
Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State of jurisdiction.
550.
Marking pierheads in certain lakes.
551.
Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard.
552.
Discontinuance of aid to navigation.

        

SUBCHAPTER IV-MISCELLANEOUS

561.
Icebreaking in polar regions.
562.
Appeals and waivers.
563.
Notification of certain determinations.
564.
Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits.
565.
Use of unmanned aircraft systems.

        

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior analysis for chapter 5 "FUNCTIONS AND POWERS" consisted of items 81 "Aids to navigation authorized", 83 "Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty", 84 "Interference with aids to navigation; penalty", 85 "Aids to maritime navigation; penalty", 86 "Marking of obstructions", 87 "Icebreaking in polar regions", 88 "Saving life and property", 89 "Law enforcement", 90 "Arctic maritime transportation", 91 "Safety of naval vessels", 92 "Secretary; general powers", 93 "Commandant; general powers", 94 "Oceanographic research", 95 "Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority", 96 "Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards", 97 "Procurement of buoy chain", 98 "National Coast Guard Museum", 99 "Enforcement authority", 100 "Enforcement of coastwise trade laws", 101 "Appeals and waivers", 102 "Agreements", 103 "Notification of certain determinations", and 104 "Protecting against unmanned aircraft", prior to repeal by Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §105(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4199 .

Amendments

2025- Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, §7264(a)(2)(B), title LXXVII, §7701(i)(2), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1740 , 1837, added identical items 551 and added item 552. Amendment by section 7264(a)(2)(B) adding items 551 and 552 "at the end" of this analysis was executed by adding the items at the end of the item for subchapter III to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, §7264(a)(2)(A), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1740 , which directed striking out the second item 548, was executed by striking out the second item 548 that had been added editorially, as section 548 had been added by Pub. L. 117–263 without corresponding amendment of this chapter analysis.

Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, §§7201(d)(2), 7202(b)(1), 7277(b), title LXXIII, §7338(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1677 , 1687, 1750, 1776, struck out item 503 "Regulations" and added items 511, 529, and 565. Amendment striking out item 503 was made pursuant to operation of section 107 of this title.

2022- Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXII, §§11231(b), 11258(b)(2), 11272(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4032 , 4057, 4066, added items 509, 510, and 564. Amendment by section 11258(b)(2) of Pub. L. 117–263 adding item 510 to the analysis for subchapter I of this chapter was executed by adding item 510 to the analysis for this chapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

2021- Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], §8509(c), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4756 , added items 548 to 550.

2018- Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §105(a), title III, §§305(b), 318(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200 , 4246, 4252, inserted chapter 5 designation and heading and added items 501 to 563.