Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 748 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 748 : US Code - Notes

(June 20, 1918, ch. 103, Sec. 2, 40 Stat. 608; 1939 Reorg. Plan No.
II, Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Pub.
L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.)
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
"Coast Guard" substituted in text for "Lighthouse Service" 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 Bureau of Lighthouses, of which
Lighthouse Service was a part, with Coast Guard.
All functions of all officers of Department of the Treasury, and
all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department,
transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury,
with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the
performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers,
agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2,
eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F.R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in the
Appendix to Title 5.
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, 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.