14 USC § 949 - Telephone installation and charges

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s949"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 949 - Telephone installation and charges"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "949"
section_name: "Telephone installation and charges"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 102–587, title V, § 5204(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5074, § 669; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; renumbered § 949, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205.)"
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# § 949. Telephone installation and charges

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, amounts appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security are available to install, repair, and maintain telephone wiring in residences owned or leased by the United States Government and, if necessary for national defense purposes in other private residences.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 102–587, title V, § 5204(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5074, § 669; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; renumbered § 949, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4205.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2002— substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see , set out as a note under , Armed Forces.