[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4194]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XIV--POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS
GENERALLY
Sec. 4194. Lists and returns of seamen and vessels, etc.
Every consular officer shall keep a detailed list of all seamen and
mariners shipped and discharged by him, specifying their names and the
names of the vessels on which they are shipped and from which they are
discharged, and the payments, if any, made on account of each so
discharged; also of the number of the vessels arrived and departed, the
amounts of their registered tonnage, and the number of their seamen and
mariners, and of those who are protected, and whether citizens of the
United States or not, and as nearly as possible the nature and value of
their cargoes, and where produced, and shall make returns of the same,
with their accounts and other returns, to the Secretary of Commerce.
(R.S. Sec. 1708; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, Sec. 10, 32 Stat. 829; Mar. 4,
1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 1708 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, Sec. 27, 11
Stat. 62.
Act Feb. 14, 1903, substituted ``Secretary of Commerce and Labor''
for ``Secretary of the Treasury''. Act Mar. 4, 1913, substituted
``Secretary of Commerce'' for ``Secretary of Commerce and Labor''.
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
which comprises this chapter.
Section was formerly classified to section 1174 of this title, and
prior thereto to section 74 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
Certain shipping and navigation functions of Secretary of Commerce
transferred to Commandant of Coast Guard and Commissioner of Customs by
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, Secs. 101 to 104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R.
7875, 60 Stat. 1097, 1098 set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
Functions of all officers of Department of the Treasury [which
included Commandant of Coast Guard and Commissioner of Customs], and
functions of all agencies and employees of Department, transferred, with
certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in
him to authorize their performance or 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 was
generally a service in Department of the Treasury but such Plan
excepted, from transfer, functions of Coast Guard, and of Commandant
thereof, when Coast Guard was operating as a part of Navy under section
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 offices and officers of Department of the
Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by Pub. L. 89-670,
Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 931. 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, Domes
