14 USC § 715 - Oceanographic research

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s715"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 715 - Oceanographic research"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "715"
section_name: "Oceanographic research"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "COOPERATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 87–396, § 1, Oct. 5, 1961, 75 Stat. 827, § 94; renumbered § 715, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)"
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# § 715. Oceanographic research

The Coast Guard shall conduct such oceanographic research, use such equipment or instruments, and collect and analyze such oceanographic data, in cooperation with other agencies of the Government, or not, as may be in the national interest.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 87–396, § 1, Oct. 5, 1961, 75 Stat. 827, § 94; renumbered § 715, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.