2000 U.S. Code
Title 14 - COAST GUARD
PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES
Sec. 1 - Establishment of Coast Guard
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2000 Edition, Title 14 - COAST GUARD |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 14 - COAST GUARD PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD CHAPTER 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES Sec. 1 - Establishment of Coast Guard |
| Contains | section 1 |
| Date | 2000 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 2, 2001 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 496; Pub. L. 94-546, §1(1), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2519. |
| Statutes at Large References | 38 Stat. 800 55 Stat. 585 63 Stat. 496 80 Stat. 931 90 Stat. 2519 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 89-670, Public Law 94-546 |
§1. Establishment of Coast Guard
The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times. The Coast Guard shall be a service in the Department of Transportation, except when operating as a service in the Navy.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 496; Pub. L. 94–546, §1(1), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2519.)
Historical and Revision NotesBased on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §1 (Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, §1, 38 Stat. 800; July 11, 1941, ch. 290, §§5, 6(a), 55 Stat. 585).
Said section has been divided. Provisions relating to operation under the Navy in time of war are placed in sections 3 and 4 of this title, and the remainder is in this section.
This section continues the Coast Guard as a military service and branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times. By the act of July 11, 1941, 55 Stat. 585 (title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §1), the Coast Guard was constituted a branch of the land and naval forces of the United States at all times. This section therefore merely continues an existing agency and codifies existing law on the military status of the Coast Guard, substituting “armed forces” for “land and naval forces” because of the recent establishment of the Department of the Air Force as an “armed force” rather than as a part of the “land and naval forces”. The Coast Guard is designated a service in the Treasury Department except when operating as a service in the Navy. This is a better definition of the status of the Coast Guard than one which defines it as a service under the Treasury Department in time of peace, because the President is authorized to place the Coast Guard under the Navy in time of emergency, which could be in time of peace.
Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
Amendments1976—Pub. L. 94–546 substituted “Department of Transportation” for “Treasury Department”.
Transfer of FunctionsCoast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation and all functions, powers, and duties, relating to Coast Guard, of Secretary of the Treasury and of other offices and officers of Department of the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89–670, §6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 931. Section 6(b)(2) of Pub. L. 89–670, however, provided that notwithstanding such transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in time of war or when President directs as provided in section 3 of this title. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in title 46 section 2101.
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