14 USC § 5115 - Major grants, contracts, or other transactions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s5115"
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title: "14 USC § 5115 - Major grants, contracts, or other transactions"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "5115"
section_name: "Major grants, contracts, or other transactions"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "REPORTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXII, § 11262(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4060.)"
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# § 5115. Major grants, contracts, or other transactions

**(a)** **Notification.—**

**(1)** **In general.—** Subject to subsection (b), the Commandant shall notify the appropriate committees of Congress and the Coast Guard Office of Congressional and Governmental Affairs not later than 3 full business days in advance of the Coast Guard—

**(A)** making or awarding a grant allocation or grant in excess of $1,000,000;

**(B)** making or awarding a contract, other transaction agreement, or task or delivery order for the Coast Guard on the multiple award contract, or issuing a letter of intent totaling more than $4,000,000;

**(C)** awarding a task or delivery order requiring an obligation of funds in an amount greater than $10,000,000 from multi-year Coast Guard funds;

**(D)** making a sole-source grant award; or

**(E)** announcing publicly the intention to make or award an item described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D), including a contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

**(2)** **Element.—** A notification under this subsection shall include—

**(A)** the amount of the award;

**(B)** the fiscal year for which the funds for the award were appropriated;

**(C)** the type of contract;

**(D)** an identification of the entity awarded the contract, such as the name and location of the entity; and

**(E)** the account from which the funds are to be drawn.

**(b)** **Exception.—** If the Commandant determines that compliance with subsection (a) would pose a substantial risk to human life, health, or safety, the Commandant—

**(1)** may make an award or issue a letter described in such subsection without the notification required under such subsection; and

**(2)** shall notify the appropriate committees of Congress not later than 5 full business days after such an award is made or letter issued.

**(c)** **Applicability.—** Subsection (a) shall not apply to funds that are not available for obligation.

**(d)** **Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.—** In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—

**(1)** the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

**(2)** the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXII, § 11262(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4060.)