# § 8605. Promotion of health and prevention of accidents
**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy may make such expenditures as he considers appropriate to prevent accidents and to promote the safety and occupational health of—
The expenditures may include payments for clothing, equipment, and other materials necessary for the purposes of this section. Any appropriation available for the activities in which the personnel are engaged shall be available for these purposes.
**(1)** members of the naval service on active duty;
**(2)** civilian officers and employees of the Department of the Navy;
**(3)** members of the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy; and
**(4)** members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration serving with the Navy.
**(b)** The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.
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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 443, § 7205; Pub. L. 89–718, § 8(a), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1117; Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 513(24), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2932; renumbered § 8605, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7205 | 5 U.S.C. 421e(b). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 24(b), 60 Stat. 856. |
| | 5 U.S.C. 421g(b), (c). | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 40(b), (c), 60 Stat. 858. |
| | 5 U.S.C. 412a. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858. |
In subsection (a) the word “maintenance” is omitted as surplusage.
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2018— renumbered as this section.
1980—Subsec. (a)(4). substituted “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” for “Environmental Science Services Administration”.
1966—Subsec. (a)(4). substituted “Environmental Science Services Administration” for “Coast and Geodetic Survey”.
## 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 1980 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Repeals
The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, , , , cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by , , .
### 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 , as modified, set out as a note under .
### Management of Fatigue Among Crew of Naval Surface Ships and Related Improvements
> “The Secretary of the Navy shall implement each recommendation for executive action set forth in the report of the Government Accountability Office titled ‘Navy Readiness: Additional Efforts Are Needed to Manage Fatigue, Reduce Crewing Shortfalls, and Implement Training’ (GAO–21–366).”
, , , provided that: