Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 725 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 725 : US Code - Notes

(R.S. Sec. 4680; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, Secs. 6, 13, 36 Stat. 538,
539; June 20, 1918, ch. 103, Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 608; 1939 Reorg. Plan
No. II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432;
Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Secs. 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561.)
CODIFICATION
R.S. Sec. 4680 derived from act Aug. 31, 1852, ch. 112, Sec. 17,
10 Stat. 120.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Commandant of the Coast Guard" substituted in text for "member
of the Light-House Board" on authority of sections 6 and 13 of act
June 17, 1910, which abolished board and transferred its powers and
duties to Commissioner of Lighthouses who was head of Bureau of
Lighthouses. Said sections 6 and 13 were repealed by section 20 of
act Aug. 4, 1949, section 1 of which reestablished the Coast Guard
by enacting Title 14, Coast Guard. Section 2(a) of Reorg. Plan No.
II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees, consolidated Bureau of Lighthouses with
Coast Guard, Chief of which is Commandant of Coast Guard.
The words "superintendent of lighthouses" substituted for
"inspector" on authority of act June 20, 1918, which transferred
such officers to the positions of superintendent of lighthouses
within the Bureau of Lighthouses.
The light-house service was a service under control of
Commissioner of Lighthouses within Bureau of Lighthouses.
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 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, 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. 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.