CHAPTER 5 — Functions and Powers
37 sections.
SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL POWERS 11 sections
- § 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 9 sections
- § 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 12 sections
- § 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