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[CITE: 10USC5013a]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                   CHAPTER 503--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
Sec. 5013a. Secretary of the Navy: powers with respect to Coast 
        Guard
        
    (a) Whenever the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy under 
section 3 of title 14, the Secretary of the Navy has the same powers and 
duties with respect to the Coast Guard as the Secretary of 
Transportation has when the Coast Guard is not so operating.
    (b) While operating as a service in the Navy, the Coast Guard is 
subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, who may order 
changes in Coast Guard operations to make them uniform, to the extent he 
considers advisable, with Navy operations.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 279, Sec. 5032; Pub. L. 96-513, 
title V, Sec. 513(3), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2931; renumbered 
Sec. 5013a, Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 511(c)(3), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 
Stat. 1045.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Subsection (a) is derived from 14 U.S.C. 5, and subsection (b) from 
the second sentence of 14 U.S.C. 3. These provisions are duplicated in 
this title for the purpose of producing a statement of the general 
powers of the Secretary of the Navy in this important area.


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``Secretary of 
Transportation'' for ``Secretary of the Treasury''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.
