§ 730a. — Sites for pierhead beacons.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC730a]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 16--LIGHTHOUSES
Sec. 730a. Sites for pierhead beacons
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized whenever he shall deem
it advisable, to acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf of the
United States, the right to use and occupy sites for pierhead beacons
the establishment of which has been, or shall hereafter be, authorized
by Congress.
(Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, Sec. 1, 18 Stat. 372; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141,
Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; 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.)
Codification
Section is based on last paragraph under heading ``FOR LIFE-SAVING
AND LIFE-BOAT STATIONS'' of act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, 18 Stat. 372,
insofar as such paragraph provided for the right to use and occupy sites
for pier-head beacons. Provisions of such paragraph relating to the
right to use and occupy sites for Coast Guard Stations and houses of
refuge were classified to section 96 of former Title 14, Coast Guard,
and were repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 20, 63 Stat. 561,
and restated as section 92(f) of Title 14, Coast Guard.
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.
Bureau of Lighthouses and its functions transferred and consolidated
with Coast Guard by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
