Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 474 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 474 : US Code - Notes

(Mar. 6, 1896, ch. 49, Secs. 1-3, 29 Stat. 54, 55; Apr. 26, 1906,
ch. 1874, Secs. 1, 2, 34 Stat. 136; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1,
37 Stat. 736; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Secs. 101-104, eff. July 16,
1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; Oct. 14, 1949, ch. 393, Secs. 1,
20, 63 Stat. 496, 561; Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966,
80 Stat. 938.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Chapter 4 of this title, referred to in last par., was in the
original "the Act entitled 'An Act to regulate navigation on the
Great Lakes, and their connecting and tributary waters as far east
as Montreal,' approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-
five", which was classified generally to chapter 4 (Sec. 241 et
seq.) of this title and was repealed by Pub. L. 96-591, Sec. 8(b),
Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3435, eff. Mar. 1, 1983, pursuant to 47
F.R. 15135, Apr. 8, 1982. See section 7 of Pub. L. 96-591, set out
as an Effective Date note under section 2001 of this title.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Coast Guard vessels" and "Coast Guard" substituted in text for
"revenue cutters" and "Revenue-Cutter Service", respectively, the
Revenue Cutter Service and Life-Saving Service having been combined
to form the Coast Guard by act Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, Sec. 1, 38
Stat. 800. That act was repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec.
20, 63 Stat. 561, section 1 of which reestablished the Coast Guard
by enacting Title 14, Coast Guard.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor designated Secretary of Commerce
by act Mar. 4, 1913, which created Department of Labor.
Functions of Secretary of Commerce under this section transferred
to Commandant of Coast Guard by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, Secs.
101-104, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
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 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.
(!1) See References in Text note below.