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Current through Pub. L. 112-283. (See Public Laws for the current Congress.)

This title was enacted by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 1,63 Stat. 495   Part Sec. I. Regular Coast Guard 1 II. Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary 701
Amendments

1986—Pub. L. 99–640, § 10(a)(1),Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3548, substituted “701” for “751” in item for part II.

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 14
Title 14 Former Sections Title 14 New Sections
1 1, 3, 4(a), (b)
2 467
2a Elim.
3 3, 571
3a 481, 465, 488, 576
4 Rep.
5 41
5a–6 Rep.
6a 42
6b 47, 222, 462
6c 225
6d 224(c)
6e, 6f 433(a), (b)
7 4(c)
8 Rep.
9 41, 43
10 Rep.
10a 224(c), 226
10b–10f Rep.
10g 432(a)
10h 432(b)
10i Rep.
11 44, 45
11a 47, 48
12 47, 48
12a Rep.
13 485(b)
14 Rep.
15 182, 183
15a 184
15a–1 182, 185
15b 187, 188
15c 187, 189
15d 186
15e 191
15f 190
15g 193
15h 194
15i 192
15j Rep.
15k 476
16 223
16a, 16b Rep.
16c 223
17 223
18 223, 224
19, 19a, 20 Rep.
20a 228, 461
20a–1 228
20a–2 301
20b Rep.
20c 228
21 41, 225
21a 228, 301
21b 433(c)
22 632
23 352
24 Rep.
25 182
26 636
27 636
28 92(b), 144(a), 145(a)
29 88, 92(c), 93(b)
30 485(a)
31 144(b), 145(b)
31a 144(c)
31b 93(k)
31c 151
32, 33 (See former 131, 132)
34 632
34–1 T. 34 § 450b–1
34a Rep.
35 351, 365, 367
35a 351, 367
35b 366
35c 367
35d 433(d)
36 651
37 651
38 Rep.
39 484
40, 40a Rep.
41 505
41a 504
42 145(a)
43 (See former 127)
43a 641(a)
44 Rep.
45 89(a)
46 89(b)
47 89(c)
48 634(a)
48a 91
49 148
50 432(c)
50a Rep. in part, elim. in part
50b 640
50c 643
50d T. 37 § 31a.
50e 433(e).
50f–50j T. 5 §§ 150p–150t
50k 90(a)
50l 90(b)
50m 81
50n 82
50o 81
51 89, 92(i)
52 89, 93(a)
53 88, 93(a)
54 93(c)
55 88, 93, (d)
56 Rep.
57 145(a)
58 632
59 Rep.
60 88
61 88(a)
62 88
63 88
64 638
65 Rep.
66 89
67 89
68 637
69 92(d), 93(h)
70 Rep.
71 646
72–74 Rep.
91 93(d), 632
92 633
93 92(c), 93(b)
94 92(c), 93(h)
95 92(a), 93(b)
96 92(f)
97 93(b), (c)
98 Rep.
98a 92(c), 93(b)
99 632
100–102 Rep.
103 632
104 88(a), 89(b)
105–107 Rep.
108 93(h), (i)
109 92(d), 93(h), (i)
110 93(m)
111 93(e)
112 93(b), (c)
121 461
121a–121c Rep.
121d 433(h)
122–127 Rep.
127a Elim.
128 Rep.
129 464
130, 130a Elim.
131 92(i)
132 479
132a, 133 Rep.
133a 475
134 478(b)
135 478
136 Rep.
136a 466
137 Rep.
138 472
141 562
142 561
143 563, 564, 566, 567
144 569(a)
145 569(b)
146 570
147 575, 644
148 482
161 46
161a 49
162 49
162a 230, 232, 243, 303, 313, 423
162b T. 34 § 428
163 Rep.
164, 165 240, 310
165a 241, 311
165b 240, 241, 310, 311
166 Rep.
167 423
167a T. 37 § 26a
167b Rep.
167b–1 Elim.
167b–2 483
167b–3 Elim.
167c T. 34 § 399c–1
168 246, 315, 364
169 233, 241, 306, 311, 356
170 425, 635
171 234
172 233, 245, 306, 314, 356, 363
173 230, 303, 353
174 421(b)
174a 239, 309
175 231, 304, 354, 424
175a 238, 244
175b 235
175c 423
175d–175f Rep.
176, 177 Rep.
178 431(a)
178a 431(b)
178b 431(c)
179 Rep.
180 432(d)
181 432(e)
182 433(f)
183 433(g)
185 357(a)
185a 355
185b 358
185c 359, 360
185d 357(a), (c), 423
185e 633
186 755(e)
191 Rep.
192 93(m)
193–196 500
201 226
202 Rep.
203 226(a)
204 226(a), 227
205 Rep.
206 302, 351
207, 208 Rep.
251–259 Rep.
260 821
261 822
262 823
263 821
264 825
265 826
266 827
266a 828
266b 829
267 830
268 831
269 Rep.
270 832
271 893
301 751
302 752
303 754
304 751
305 753, 754
306 755
307 756
308 757
309 758
310 759
311 755(c)
312 760
313 761
314, 315 Rep.
351 753, 823
352 891, 892
353 Rep.
354 894
381–388 Rep.

Positive Law; Citation

This title has been enacted into positive law by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 1,63 Stat. 495, which provided in part that: “Title 14 of the United States Code, entitled ‘Coast Guard’, is hereby revised, codified, and enacted into law, and may be cited as ‘14 U.S.C., § —.’ ”
Effective Date

Act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 19,63 Stat. 561, provided that: “This Act shall take effect on the first day of the third month after approval by the President but shall not affect any proceedings commenced by or against any person prior to the effective date of this Act.”
Repeals

Act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20,63 Stat. 561, repealed the sections or parts of sections of the Revised Statutes or Statutes at Large covering provisions codified in this act, with a proviso that “any rights or liabilities now existing under such sections or parts thereof shall not be affected by such repeal”.
Legislative Construction

Act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 3,63 Stat. 557, provided that: “No inference of a legislative construction is to be drawn by reason of the chapter in Title 14, Coast Guard, as set out in section 1 of this Act, in which any section is placed, nor by reason of the catch lines used in such title.”
Separability

Act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 2,63 Stat. 557, provided that: “If any part of Title 14, United States Code, as enacted by section 1 of this Act, shall be held invalid the remainder of such title shall not be affected thereby.”
Orders, Rules, and Regulations

Act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 4,63 Stat. 558, provided that: “All orders, rules, and regulations of the Coast Guard in effect under provisions of law superseded or amended by this Act shall, to the extent they would have been authorized under this Act, remain in force and effect as the regulations and orders under the provisions of this Act and shall be administered and enforced under this Act as nearly as may be until specifically repealed, amended, or revised.”
Reduction in Grade, Rank, Pay, Allowances, and Benefits

Act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 5,63 Stat. 558, provided that: “Nothing contained in this Act shall operate to abolish or reduce the grade, rank, rating, pay, allowances, or other benefits to which any person in the Coast Guard is entitled on the effective date of this Act.”

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New Sections for this Title

14 USCDescription of ChangeSession YearPublic LawStatutes at Large
§ 1prec gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(1)126 Stat. 1555
§ 1gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(1)126 Stat. 1555
§ 1nt new2012112-213 [Sec.] 1(a)126 Stat. 1540
§ 2gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(1)126 Stat. 1556
§ 2gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(1)126 Stat. 1555
§ 3gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(1)126 Stat. 1556
§ 3gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(1)126 Stat. 1555
§ 4gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(1)126 Stat. 1557
§ 4gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(1)126 Stat. 1555
§ 5omitted2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(1)126 Stat. 1555
§ 41prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 216(a)126 Stat. 1555
§ 55repealed2012112-213 [Sec.] 216(a)126 Stat. 1555
§ 81prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 216(b)126 Stat. 1555
§ 81prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 216(c)126 Stat. 1555
§ 82repealed2012112-213 [Sec.] 216(b)126 Stat. 1555
§ 882012112-213 [Sec.] 201126 Stat. 1543
§ 90repealed2012112-213 [Sec.] 216(c)126 Stat. 1555
§ 932012112-213 [Sec.] 202126 Stat. 1543
§ 952012112-213 [Sec.] 217(2)126 Stat. 1557
§ 1492012112-213 [Sec.] 216(d)126 Stat. 1555
§ 1492012112-213 [Sec.] 203126 Stat. 1543
§ 181prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 216(e)126 Stat. 1555
§ 181prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 216(f)126 Stat. 1555
§ 181prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 205(b)126 Stat. 1545
§ 193repealed2012112-213 [Sec.] 216(e)126 Stat. 1555
§ 1952012112-213 [Sec.] 204126 Stat. 1543
§ 198repealed2012112-213 [Sec.] 216(f)126 Stat. 1555
§ 211prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 209(b)126 Stat. 1550
§ 211prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 208(d)126 Stat. 1549
§ 2112012112-213 [Sec.] 206126 Stat. 1546
§ 254gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 207126 Stat. 1546
§ 2592012112-213 [Sec.] 217(3)126 Stat. 1557
§ 2612012112-213 [Sec.] 208(b)126 Stat. 1549
§ 261nt new2012112-213 [Sec.] 208(e)(1)126 Stat. 1549
§ 262gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 208(c)126 Stat. 1549
§ 271nt new2012112-213 [Sec.] 208(e)(2)126 Stat. 1549
§ 286a2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(4)126 Stat. 1557
§ 2902012112-213 [Sec.] 217(5)126 Stat. 1557
§ 5122012112-239 [Sec.] 1076(a)(9)126 Stat. 1948
§ 5162012112-213 [Sec.] 217(6)126 Stat. 1557
§ 561prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 211(b)126 Stat. 1552
§ 561prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 210(b)126 Stat. 1551
§ 5622012112-213 [Sec.] 210(c)(2)(A)126 Stat. 1551
§ 564gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(7)126 Stat. 1557
§ 5692012112-213 [Sec.] 217(8)126 Stat. 1558
§ 573nt new2012112-213 [Sec.] 221126 Stat. 1559
§ 5732012112-213 [Sec.] 210(c)(2)(B)126 Stat. 1551
§ 631prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 217(9)126 Stat. 1558
§ 631prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 214(b)126 Stat. 1555
§ 631prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 213(c)(1)126 Stat. 1553
§ 631prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 212(b)(2)126 Stat. 1552
§ 6562012112-213 [Sec.] 212(a), (b)(1)126 Stat. 1552
§ 663nt repealed2012112-213 [Sec.] 213(c)(3)126 Stat. 1553
§ 663gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 213(a)126 Stat. 1552
§ 663nt2012112-213 [Sec.] 210(c)(1)126 Stat. 1551
§ 6662012112-213 [Sec.] 217(10)126 Stat. 1558
§ 6732012112-213 [Sec.] 217(11)126 Stat. 1558
§ 6742012112-213 [Sec.] 217(12)126 Stat. 1558
§ 6752012112-213 [Sec.] 217(13)126 Stat. 1558
§ 690prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 213(c)(2)126 Stat. 1553
§ 693gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 213(b)126 Stat. 1553
§ 7402012112-213 [Sec.] 217(14)126 Stat. 1558
§ 821prec2012112-213 [Sec.] 215(b)126 Stat. 1555
§ 823gen amd2012112-213 [Sec.] 215(a)126 Stat. 1555
--- new sections within this title ---
§ 200new2012112-213 [Sec.] 205(a) "200"126 Stat. 1543
§ 263new2012112-213 [Sec.] 208(a) "263"126 Stat. 1546
§ 427new2012112-213 [Sec.] 209(a) "427"126 Stat. 1549
§ 569anew2012112-213 [Sec.] 210(a) "569a"126 Stat. 1550
§ 577new2012112-213 [Sec.] 211(a) "577"126 Stat. 1551
§ 678new2012112-213 [Sec.] 214(a) "678"126 Stat. 1553
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