§ 152. — Regulation of length of towlines.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC152]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 3--NAVIGATION RULES FOR HARBORS, RIVERS, AND INLAND WATERS
GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--PRELIMINARY
Sec. 152. Regulation of length of towlines
The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall prepare regulations limiting
the length of hawsers between towing vessels and seagoing barges in tow
and the length of such tows within any of the inland waters of the
United States designated and defined from time to time pursuant to
section 151 of this title, and such regulations shall have the force of
law.
(May 28, 1908, ch. 212, Sec. 14, 35 Stat. 428; June 17, 1910, ch. 301,
Secs. 4, 6, 36 Stat. 537, 538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat.
736; June 30, 1932, ch. 314, Secs. 501, 502, 47 Stat. 415; May 27, 1936,
ch. 463, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 1380; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 2(a), eff.
July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3,
Secs. 101-104, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097; Aug. 4,
1949, ch. 393, Secs. 1, 20, 63 Stat. 496, 561.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act June 7, 1897, ch. 4, 30 Stat.
96, which comprises a major part of this chapter.
Transfer of Functions
``Commandant of the Coast Guard'' substituted in text for provision
that the Chairman of the Light House Board, the Supervising Inspector
General of the Steamboat Inspection Service and the Commissioner of
Navigation shall convene as a board to prepare regulations, and for
approval of the regulations by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor designated Secretary of Commerce by
act Mar. 4, 1913, which created Department of Labor.
Sections 4 and 6 of act June 17, 1910, established in Department of
Commerce and Labor a Bureau of Lighthouses with a Commissioner of
Lighthouses as its head, and transferred duties of Light House Board to
such Commissioner. Said sections 4 and 6 were repealed by section 20 of
act Aug. 4, 1949, section 1 of which reestablished 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, the
Chief of which is Commandant of the Coast Guard.
Supervising Inspector General of the Steamboat Inspection Service
and Commissioner of Navigation of Bureau of Navigation were affected by
Secretary's authority to retain or dismiss officers and employees upon
consolidation of bureaus under section 502(b) of act June 30, 1932.
Steamboat Inspection Service and Bureau of Navigation consolidated
into Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection to be under direction
of a chief of bureau by section 501 of act June 30, 1932.
Director of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection was
designation given to chief of such Bureau by Secretary of Commerce under
section 502(b) of act June 30, 1932.
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was designation given to
Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection by act May 27, 1936.
Functions of Secretary of Commerce and Director of Bureau of Marine
Inspection and Navigation under this section transferred to Commandant
of the Coast Guard by Reorg. Plan No. 3, of 1946, Secs. 101 to 104, set
out in the Appendix to Title 5.
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
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. Functions of Coast Guard, and Commandant
of the Coast Guard, excepted from transfer when Coast Guard is operating
as part of Navy under sections 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 153 of this title.
