§ 747b. — Lighthouse keepers; traveling expenses incurred in obtaining medical attention.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC747b]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 16--LIGHTHOUSES
Sec. 747b. Lighthouse keepers; traveling expenses incurred in
obtaining medical attention
On and after February 25, 1929, the appropriation, ``General
expenses, Coast Guard,'' shall be available, under rules prescribed by
the Secretary of Transportation, for paying the actual and necessary
traveling expenses of lighthouse keepers at isolated stations incurred
in obtaining medical attention.
(Feb. 25, 1929, ch. 313, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 1261; 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.)
Transfer of Functions
``Coast Guard'' substituted in text for ``Lighthouse Service'' on
authority of Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 2(a), set out in the
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which
transferred and consolidated Bureau of Lighthouses, of which Lighthouse
Service was a part, with Coast Guard.
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 Coast Guard, were 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.
