14 U.S.C. § 93 : US Code - Section 93: Commandant; general powers

Search 14 U.S.C. § 93 : US Code - Section 93: Commandant; general powers

(a) For the purpose of executing the duties and functions of the
Coast Guard the Commandant may:
(1) maintain water, land, and air patrols, and ice-breaking
facilities;
(2) establish and prescribe the purpose of, change the location
of, consolidate, discontinue, re-establish, maintain, operate,
and repair Coast Guard shore establishments;
(3) assign vessels, aircraft, vehicles, aids to navigation,
equipment, appliances, and supplies to Coast Guard districts and
shore establishments, and transfer any of the foregoing from one
district or shore establishment to another;
(4) conduct experiments, investigate, or cause to be
investigated, plans, devices, and inventions relating to the
performance of any Coast Guard function and cooperate and
coordinate such activities with other Government agencies and
with private agencies;
(5) conduct any investigations or studies that may be of
assistance to the Coast Guard in the performance of any of its
powers, duties, or functions;
(6) collect, publish, and distribute information concerning
Coast Guard operations;
(7) conduct or make available to personnel of the Coast Guard
such specialized training and courses of instruction, including
correspondence courses, as may be necessary or desirable for the
good of the service;
(8) design or cause to be designed, cause to be constructed,
accept as gift, or otherwise acquire patrol boats and other small
craft, equip, operate, maintain, supply, and repair such patrol
boats, other small craft, aircraft, and vehicles, and subject to
applicable regulations under subtitle I of title 40 and title III
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) dispose of them;
(9) acquire, accept as gift, maintain, repair, and discontinue
aids to navigation, appliances, equipment, and supplies;
(10) equip, operate, maintain, supply, and repair Coast Guard
districts and shore establishments;
(11) establish, equip, operate, and maintain shops, depots, and
yards for the manufacture and construction of aids to navigation,
equipment, apparatus, vessels, vehicles, and aircraft not
normally or economically obtainable from private contractors, and
for the maintenance and repair of any property used by the Coast
Guard;
(12) accept and utilize, in times of emergency in order to save
life or protect property, such voluntary services as may be
offered to the Coast Guard;
(13) rent or lease, under such terms and conditions as are
deemed advisable, for a period not exceeding five years, such
real property under the control of the Coast Guard as may not be
required for immediate use by the Coast Guard, the monies
received from any such rental or lease, less amount of expenses
incurred (exclusive of governmental personal services), to be
deposited in the Treasury;
(14) grant, under such terms and conditions as are deemed
advisable, permits, licenses, easements, and rights-of-way over,
across, in, and upon lands under the control of the Coast Guard
when in the public interest and without substantially injuring
the interests of the United States in the property thereby
affected;
(15) establish, install, abandon, re-establish, reroute,
operate, maintain, repair, purchase, or lease such telephone and
telegraph lines and cables, together with all facilities,
apparatus, equipment, structures, appurtenances, accessories, and
supplies used or useful in connection with the installation,
operation, maintenance, or repair of such lines and cables,
including telephones in residences leased or owned by the
Government of the United States when appropriate to assure
efficient response to extraordinary operational contingencies of
a limited duration, and acquire such real property rights of way,
easements, or attachment privileges as may be required for the
installation, operation, and maintenance of such lines, cables,
and equipment;
(16) establish, install, abandon, reestablish, change the
location of, operate, maintain, and repair radio transmitting and
receiving stations;
(17) provide medical and dental care for personnel entitled
thereto by law or regulation, including care in private
facilities;
(18) accept, under terms and conditions the Commandant
establishes, the service of an individual ordered to perform
community service under the order of a Federal, State, or
municipal court;
(19) notwithstanding any other law, enter into cooperative
agreements with States, local governments, non-governmental
organizations, and individuals, to accept and utilize voluntary
services for the maintenance and improvement of natural and
historic resources on, or to benefit natural and historic
research on, Coast Guard facilities, subject to the requirement
that -
(A) the cooperative agreements shall each provide for the
parties to contribute funds or services on a matching basis to
defray the costs of such programs, projects, and activities
under the agreement; and
(B) a person providing voluntary services under this
subsection shall not be considered a Federal employee except
for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, with
respect to compensation for work-related injuries, and chapter
171 of title 28, United States Code, with respect to tort
claims;
(20) enter into cooperative agreements with other Government
agencies and the National Academy of Sciences;
(21) require that any member of the Coast Guard or Coast Guard
Reserve (including a cadet or an applicant for appointment or
enlistment to any of the foregoing and any member of a uniformed
service who is assigned to the Coast Guard) request that all
information contained in the National Driver Register pertaining
to the individual, as described in section 30304(a) of title 49,
be made available to the Commandant under section 30305(a) of
title 49, may receive that information, and upon receipt, shall
make the information available to the individual;
(22) provide for the honorary recognition of individuals and
organizations that significantly contribute to Coast Guard
programs, missions, or operations, including State and local
governments and commercial and nonprofit organizations, and pay
for, using any appropriations or funds available to the Coast
Guard, plaques, medals, trophies, badges, and similar items to
acknowledge such contribution (including reasonable expenses of
ceremony and presentation);
(23) rent or lease, under such terms and conditions as are
considered by the Secretary to be advisable, commercial vehicles
to transport the next of kin of eligible retired Coast Guard
military personnel to attend funeral services of the service
member at a national cemetery; and
(24) after informing the Secretary, make such recommendations
to the Congress relating to the Coast Guard as the Commandant
considers appropriate.
(b)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(14), a lease described in
paragraph (2) of this subsection may be for a term of up to 20
years.
(2) A lease referred to in paragraph (1) is a lease -
(A) to the United States Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association
for the construction of an Alumni Center on the grounds of the
United States Coast Guard Academy; or
(B) to an entity with which the Commandant has a cooperative
agreement under section 4(e) of the Ports and Waterways Safety
Act, and for which a term longer than 5 years is necessary to
carry out the agreement.