Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 472 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 472 : US Code - Notes

(Sept. 15, 1922, ch. 313, 42 Stat. 844; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432.)
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Commandant of the Coast Guard" and "Coast Guard" substituted in
text for "Commissioner of Lighthouses" and "Lighthouse Service",
respectively, on authority of Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec.
2(a), set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, which transferred and consolidated the Bureau of
Lighthouses (of which the Lighthouse Service was a part and of
which the Commissioner of Lighthouses was the head) and its
functions with the Coast Guard (of which the Commandant was the
Chief).
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, Secs. 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64
Stat. 1280, 1281, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees. Functions of Coast Guard, and
Commandant of Coast Guard, excepted from transfer when Coast Guard
is operating as part of Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14,
Coast Guard.
Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation, and
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, Sec. 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 the
Navy in time of war or when President directs as provided in
section 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard. 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.