2018 US Code
Title 14 - Coast Guard
Subtitle I - Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration
Chapter 7 - Cooperation
Sec. 711 - Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions
14 U.S.C. § 711 (2018) |
§711. Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions |
Commissioned officers may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, be regularly and officially attached to the diplomatic missions of the United States in those nations with which the United States is extensively engaged in maritime commerce. Expenses for the maintenance of such Coast Guard attachés abroad, including office rental and pay of employees and allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light, may be defrayed by the Coast Guard. |
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 507, §150; renumbered §711, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.) |
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Experience since the war has indicated the necessity for making provision for the assignment of Coast Guard officers to diplomatic missions in those foreign countries which are extensively engaged in maritime commerce with the United States. This is largely the result of duties in connection with inspection of merchant vessels. This section authorizes the designation, with the consent of the State Department, of Coast Guard officers to be officially attached to diplomatic missions of the United States. Although Coast Guard advice on Coast Guard matters is always available to our diplomatic missions, in those locations where such advice and information are frequently sought, it is felt that the most effective utilization of Coast Guard services would be achieved by having Coast Guard officers attached to such missions. Provision for customs officers to be attached to diplomatic missions is contained in the act of March 4, 1923, as amended, 42 Stat. 1453 (title 19, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §6). Before the transfer in 1939 of the Foreign Agriculture Service to the State Department, representatives of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the Department of Agriculture stationed abroad were agricultural attachés. Act of June 5, 1930, 46 Stat. 498 (title 7, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §542(a)). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557. PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 711 was renumbered section 3712 of this title. AMENDMENTS2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 150 of this title as this section. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATION ITEMS IN SUPPORT OF THE COAST GUARD ATTACHé PROGRAMPub. L. 113–126, title III, §312, July 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 1399, provided that: "Notwithstanding any other limitation on the amount of funds that may be used for official representation items, the Secretary of Homeland Security may use funds made available to the Secretary through the National Intelligence Program for necessary expenses for intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities for official representation items in support of the Coast Guard Attaché Program." |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 14 - COAST GUARD |
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Title 14 - COAST GUARD SUBTITLE I - ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 7 - COOPERATION Sec. 711 - Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions |
section 711 |
2018 |
January 14, 2019 |
Yes |
standard |
42 Stat. 1453 46 Stat. 498 63 Stat. 507 128 Stat. 1399 132 Stat. 4203 |
Public Law 113-126, Public Law 115-282 |