14 U.S. Code § 548 - Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials [and] Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard

§ 548.[1] Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials

No officer, enlisted member, or civilian member of the Coast Guard in any manner connected with the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract for labor, materials, or supplies for the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, or in any patent, plan, or mode of construction or illumination, or in any article of supply for the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses.

(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8509(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4756.)

§ 548.[1] Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard

The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide, establish, and maintain, out of the annual appropriations for the Coast Guard, buoys or other suitable marks for marking anchorage grounds for vessels in waters of the United States, when such anchorage grounds have been defined and established by proper authority in accordance with the laws of the United States.

(Added and amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVIII, § 11808(c), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4166.)

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[1]  Another section 548 is set out after section 550 of this title.

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[1]  Another section 548 is set out after section 547 of this title.

Editorial Notes

Codification

The text of section 472 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, which was transferred to appear at the end of this subchapter, redesignated as section 548 of this title, and amended by Pub. L. 117–263, § 11808(c), was based on act Sept. 15, 1922, ch. 313, 42 Stat. 844.

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “The Commandant of the Coast Guard” for “That hereafter the Commissioner of Lighthouses” and “for the Coast Guard” for “for the Lighthouse Service”.