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[CITE: 50USC191a]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
       CHAPTER 12--VESSELS IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF UNITED STATES
 
Sec. 191a. Transfer of Secretary of Transportation's powers to 
        Secretary of Navy when Coast Guard operates as part of Navy
        
    When the Coast Guard operates as a part of the Navy pursuant to 
section 3 of title 14, the powers conferred on the Secretary of 
Transportation by section 191 of this title, shall vest in and be 
exercised by the Secretary of the Navy.

(Nov. 15, 1941, ch. 471, Sec. 2, 55 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 87-845, Sec. 11, 
Oct. 18, 1962, 76A Stat. 699; Pub. L. 89-670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 
1966, 80 Stat. 938.)


                               Amendments

    1962--Pub. L. 87-845 substituted ``section 3 of title 14'' for 
``section 1 of title 14''.


                    Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 87-845 effective Jan. 2, 1963, see section 25 
of Pub. L. 87-845, set out as a note under section 14 of Title 18, 
Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary of Transportation'' substituted in text for ``Secretary 
of the Treasury'' pursuant to section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 89-670, which 
transferred Coast Guard to Department of Transportation and transferred 
to and vested in Secretary of Transportation functions, powers, and 
duties, relating to Coast Guard, of Secretary of the Treasury and of 
other officers and offices of Department of the Treasury. See section 
108 of Title 49, Transportation.
