2018 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 16 - Lighthouses
Sec. 747b - Lighthouse keepers; traveling expenses incurred in obtaining medical attention
33 U.S.C. § 747b (2018) |
§747b. Lighthouse keepers; traveling expenses incurred in obtaining medical attention |
On and after February 25, 1929, the appropriation, "General expenses, Coast Guard," shall be available, under rules prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, for paying the actual and necessary traveling expenses of lighthouse keepers at isolated stations incurred in obtaining medical attention. |
(Feb. 25, 1929, ch. 313, §1, 45 Stat. 1261; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Pub. L. 89–670, §6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.) |
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Coast Guard" substituted in text for "Lighthouse Service" on authority of Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, §2(a), set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred and consolidated Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse Service was a part, with Coast Guard. For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Treasury, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Functions of Coast Guard, and Commandant of Coast Guard, were excepted from transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under former sections 1 and 3 (now 101 and 103) of Title 14, Coast Guard. Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and all functions, powers, and duties relating to Coast Guard of Secretary of the Treasury and of other officers and offices of Department of the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89–670, §6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938. 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 former section 3 (now 103) of Title 14. See section 108 of Title 49, Transportation. For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. |
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Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES Sec. 747b - Lighthouse keepers; traveling expenses incurred in obtaining medical attention |
section 747b |
2018 |
January 14, 2019 |
No |
standard |
45 Stat. 1261 53 Stat. 1432 64 Stat. 1280 80 Stat. 938 |
Public Law 89-670 |