14 USC § 551 - Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard

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title: "14 USC § 551 - Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "551"
section_name: "Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "FUNCTIONS AND POWERS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "AIDS TO NAVIGATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added and amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVIII, § 11808(c), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4166, § 548; renumbered § 551, Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7264(a)(1)(A), title LXXVII, § 7701(i)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1739, 1836.)"
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# § 551. 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVIII, § 11808(c), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4166, § 548; renumbered § 551, Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7264(a)(1)(A), title LXXVII, § 7701(i)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1739, 1836.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

The text of , Navigation and Navigable Waters, which was transferred to appear at the end of this subchapter, redesignated as , and amended by , was based on , .

### Amendments

2025—, §§ 7264(a)(1)(A), 7701(i)(1), made identical amendments, renumbering the second  as this section.

2022— substituted “The Commandant of the Coast Guard” for “That hereafter the Commissioner of Lighthouses” and “for the Coast Guard” for “for the Lighthouse Service”.