14 USC § 944 - Confidential investigative expenses

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s944"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 944 - Confidential investigative expenses"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "944"
section_name: "Confidential investigative expenses"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 93–283, § 1(10), May 14, 1974, 88 Stat. 140, § 658; amended Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 221, Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1040; renumbered § 944 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), title III, § 308, Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205, 4248; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8513(a)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4760.)"
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# § 944. Confidential investigative expenses

Not more than $250,000 each fiscal year appropriated for the operations and support of the Coast Guard shall be available for investigative expenses of a confidential character, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Commandant and payment to be made on the Commandant’s certificate of necessity for confidential purposes, and the Commandant’s determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 93–283, § 1(10), May 14, 1974, 88 Stat. 140, § 658; amended Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 221, Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1040; renumbered § 944 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), title III, § 308, Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205, 4248; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8513(a)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4760.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— substituted “the operations and support” for “necessary expenses for the operation” and “the Commandant’s” for “his” in two places.

2018—, substituted “$250,000” for “$45,000”.

, renumbered  as this section.

2004— substituted “$45,000 each fiscal year” for “$15,000 per annum”.