§ 472. — Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC472]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 10--ANCHORAGE GROUNDS AND HARBOR REGULATIONS GENERALLY
Sec. 472. Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast
Guard
The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide, establish, and
maintain, out of the annual appropriations for the Coast Guard, buoys or
other suitable marks for marking anchorage grounds for vessels in waters
of the United States, when such anchorage grounds have been defined and
established by proper authority in accordance with the laws of the
United States.
(Sept. 15, 1922, ch. 313, 42 Stat. 844; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432.)
Transfer of Functions
``Commandant of the Coast Guard'' and ``Coast Guard'' substituted in
text for ``Commissioner of Lighthouses'' and ``Lighthouse Service'',
respectively, 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 the Bureau of Lighthouses (of which
the Lighthouse Service was a part and of which the Commissioner of
Lighthouses was the head) and its functions with the Coast Guard (of
which the Commandant was the Chief).
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
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 the 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 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.
