14 USC § 2777 - Clothing for destitute shipwrecked individuals

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2777"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 2777 - Clothing for destitute shipwrecked individuals"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2777"
section_name: "Clothing for destitute shipwrecked individuals"
chapter_number: 27
chapter_name: "PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PAYMENTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534, § 486; renumbered § 2777, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(a)(45)(A), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4750.)"
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# § 2777. Clothing for destitute shipwrecked individuals

The Coast Guard may furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute shipwrecked individuals, and the Coast Guard may reimburse, in cash or in kind, Coast Guard personnel who furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute shipwrecked individuals.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534, § 486; renumbered § 2777, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(a)(45)(A), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4750.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 749 (, ; , ).

This section was enlarged to provide that the Coast Guard, as well as personnel thereof, may furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute shipwrecked persons.

Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— substituted “individuals” for “persons” in section catchline and in two places in text.

2018— renumbered  as this section.