14 USC § 1154 - Procurement of buoy chain

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s1154"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 1154 - Procurement of buoy chain"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "1154"
section_name: "Procurement of buoy chain"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "ACQUISITIONS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PROCUREMENT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–324, title XI, § 1128(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3984, § 97; renumbered § 1154, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 108(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4208.)"
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# § 1154. Procurement of buoy chain

**(a)** Except as provided in subsection (b), the Coast Guard may not procure buoy chain—

**(1)** that is not manufactured in the United States; or

**(2)** substantially all of the components of which are not produced or manufactured in the United States.

**(b)** The Coast Guard may procure buoy chain that is not manufactured in the United States if the Secretary determines that—

**(1)** the price of buoy chain manufactured in the United States is unreasonable; or

**(2)** emergency circumstances exist.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–324, title XI, § 1128(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3984, § 97; renumbered § 1154, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 108(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4208.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.