Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 1233 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 33 U.S.C. § 1233 : US Code - Notes

(Apr. 28, 1908, ch. 151, Sec. 1, 35 Stat. 69; 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.)
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of the Ports and Waterways Safety
Act which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 454 of former Title
46, Shipping.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
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.
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 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, were excepted from transfer when Coast
Guard is operating as part of Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title
14.
"Commandant of the Coast Guard" substituted for "Secretary of
Commerce" on authority of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, Secs. 101-104,
set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
Upon incorporation into the Code, the words "Secretary of
Commerce" were substituted for "Secretary of Commerce and Labor" to
conform to act Mar. 4, 1913, which provided that the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor should be called the Secretary of Commerce.