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§ 1234. —  Enforcement of regulations; use of public or private vessels.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1234]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
             CHAPTER 25--PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PROGRAM
 
Sec. 1234. Enforcement of regulations; use of public or private 
        vessels
        
    To enforce such regulations the Commandant of the Coast Guard may 
detail any public vessel in the service of the Coast Guard and make use 
of any private vessel tendered gratuitously for the purpose, or upon the 
request of the Commandant of the Coast Guard the head of any other 
department may enforce the regulations issued under sections 1233 and 
1235 of this title by means of any public vessel of such department and 
of any private vessel tendered gratuitously for the purpose.

(Apr. 28, 1908, ch. 151, Sec. 2, 35 Stat. 69; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 
Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Secs. 101-104, eff. July 
16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7875, 60 Stat. 1097.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Ports and Waterways Safety 
Act which comprises this chapter.
    Section was formerly classified to section 455 of former Title 46, 
Shipping.

                          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.
    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, were excepted 
from transfer when Coast Guard is operating as part of Navy under 
sections 1 and 3 of Title 14.
    ``Commandant of the Coast Guard'' substituted for ``Secretary of 
Commerce'' and a reference to Department of Commerce changed to Coast 
Guard on authority of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, Secs. 101-104, set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5.
    Upon incorporation into the Code, the words ``Secretary of 
Commerce'' were substituted for ``Secretary of Commerce and Labor'' to 
conform to act Mar. 4, 1913, which provided that the Secretary of 
Commerce and Labor should be called the Secretary of Commerce.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1235, 1236 of this title.



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