14 U.S.C. § 81 : US Code - Section 81: Aids to navigation authorized

Search 14 U.S.C. § 81 : US Code - Section 81: Aids to navigation authorized

In order to aid navigation and to prevent disasters, collisions,
and wrecks of vessels and aircraft, the Coast Guard may establish,
maintain, and operate:
(1) aids to maritime navigation required to serve the needs of
the armed forces or of the commerce of the United States;
(2) aids to air navigation required to serve the needs of the
armed forces of the United States peculiar to warfare and
primarily of military concern as determined by the Secretary of
Defense or the Secretary of any department within the Department
of Defense and as required by any of those officials; and
(3) electronic aids to navigation systems (a) required to serve
the needs of the armed forces of the United States peculiar to
warfare and primarily of military concern as determined by the
Secretary of Defense or any department within the Department of
Defense; or (b) required to serve the needs of the maritime
commerce of the United States; or (c) required to serve the needs
of the air commerce of the United States as requested by the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
These aids to navigation other than electronic aids to navigation
systems shall be established and operated only within the United
States, the waters above the Continental Shelf, the territories and
possessions of the United States, the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands, and beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the
United States at places where naval or military bases of the United
States are or may be located. The Coast Guard may establish,
maintain, and operate aids to maritime navigation under paragraph
(1) of this section by contract with any person, public body, or
instrumentality.