2011 US Code
Title 14 - Coast Guard
Part I - REGULAR COAST GUARD (§§ 1 - 693)
Chapter 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES (§§ 1 - 5)
Section 5 - Secretary” defined

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 14 - COAST GUARD
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 14 - COAST GUARD
PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 1 - ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES
Sec. 5 - Secretary” defined
Containssection 5
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 497.
Statutes at Large Reference63 Stat. 497

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14 USC § 5 (2011)
§5. “Secretary” defined

As used in this title, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the respective department in which the Coast Guard is operating.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 497.)

Historical and Revision Notes

This section is definitive and is included to obviate the necessity of spelling out in detail in each section of the bill where the Secretary is referred to, “the Secretary of the Treasury when the Coast Guard is operating in the Treasury Department and the Secretary of the Navy when the Coast Guard is operating as a service in the Navy.” 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

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