Title 14, Chapter 5 — Functions and Powers

Secretary; general powers

Delegation of powers by the Secretary

Transferred]

Commandant; general powers

Functions and powers vested in the Commandant

Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care

Appointment of judges

Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability

Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft

Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes

Retention of certain records

Saving life and property

Law enforcement

Enforcement authority

Enforcement of coastwise trade laws

Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority

Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing at or into vessel

Safety of vessels of the Armed Forces

Protecting against unmanned aircraft

Public availability of information

Aids to navigation authorized

Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty

Interference with aids to navigation; penalty

Aids to maritime navigation; penalty

Marking of obstructions

Deposit of damage payments

Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation

Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials

Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State of jurisdiction

Marking pierheads in certain lakes

Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard

Discontinuance of aid to navigation

Icebreaking in polar regions

Appeals and waivers

Notification of certain determinations

Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits

Use of unmanned aircraft systems