§ 725. — Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials, etc.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC725]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 16--LIGHTHOUSES
Sec. 725. Prohibition against officers and employees being
interested in contracts for materials, etc.
No Commandant of the Coast Guard, superintendent of lighthouses,
lightkeeper, or other person in any manner connected with the light-
house service, shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in
any contract for labor, materials, or supplies for the light-house
service, or in any patent, plan, or mode of construction or
illumination, or in any article of supply for the light-house service.
(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sections 6 and 13 were repealed by section 20 of act Aug. 4, 1949,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.
