10 USC § 8013a - Secretary of the Navy: powers with respect to Coast Guard

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title: "10 USC § 8013a - Secretary of the Navy: powers with respect to Coast Guard"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8013a"
section_name: "Secretary of the Navy: powers with respect to Coast Guard"
chapter_number: 803
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 279, § 5032; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(3), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2931; renumbered § 5013a, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(c)(3), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1045; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; renumbered § 8013a, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8013a. Secretary of the Navy: powers with respect to Coast Guard

**1** Whenever the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy under section 3 [^1] of title 14, the Secretary of the Navy has the same powers and duties with respect to the Coast Guard as the Secretary of Homeland Security has when the Coast Guard is not so operating.

See References in Text note below.

**(b)** While operating as a service in the Navy, the Coast Guard is subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, who may order changes in Coast Guard operations to make them uniform, to the extent he considers advisable, with Navy operations.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 279, § 5032; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(3), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2931; renumbered § 5013a, Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(c)(3), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1045; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; renumbered § 8013a, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Subsection (a) is derived from , and subsection (b) from the second sentence of . These provisions are duplicated in this title for the purpose of producing a statement of the general powers of the Secretary of the Navy in this important area.

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in subsec. (a), was redesignated  by , , , and references to  deemed to refer to such redesignated section, see , set out as a References to Sections of Title 14 as Redesignated by  note preceding , Coast Guard.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2002—Subsec. (a).  substituted “Secretary of Homeland Security” for “Secretary of Transportation”.

1986— renumbered  as this section.

1980—Subsec. (a).  substituted “Secretary of Transportation” for “Secretary of the Treasury”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .