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14 U.S.C. § 543 — Interference with aids to navigation; penalty

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14 U.S.C. § 543 — Interference with aids to navigation; penalty

It shall be unlawful for any person, or public body, or instrumentality, excluding the armed forces, to remove, change the location of, obstruct, wilfully damage, make fast to, or interfere with any aid to navigation established, installed, operated, or maintained by the Coast Guard pursuant to [section 541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section541&num=0&edition=prelim), or with any aid to navigation lawfully maintained under authority granted by the Coast Guard pursuant to [section 542 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section542&num=0&edition=prelim), or to anchor any vessel in any of the navigable waters of the United States so as to obstruct or interfere with range lights maintained therein. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,500 for each offense. Each day during which such violation shall continue shall be considered as a new offense.

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14 U.S.C. § 2905 — Youth sponsorship initiatives

**(a) In General.—** The Commandant is authorized to establish, within any Coast Guard unit, an initiative to help integrate into new surroundings the dependent children of members of the Coast Guard who received permanent change of station orders. **(b) Description of Initiative.—** An initiative established under subsection (a) shall— (1) provide for the involvement of a dependent child of a member of the Coast Guard in the dependent child’s new Coast Guard community; and (2) primarily focus on preteen and teenaged children. **(c) Authority.—** In carrying out an initiative under subsection (a), the Commandant may— (1) provide to a dependent child of a member of the Coast Guard information on youth programs and activities available in the dependent child’s new Coast Guard community; and (2) enter into agreements with nonprofit entities to provide youth programs and activities to such child.

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14 U.S.C. § 542 — Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty

No person, or public body, or instrumentality, excluding the armed services, shall establish, erect, or maintain any aid to maritime navigation in or adjacent to the waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or on the high seas if that person, or public body, or instrumentality is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, without first obtaining authority to do so from the Coast Guard in accordance with applicable regulations. Whoever violates the provisions of this section or any of the regulations issued by the Secretary in accordance herewith shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,500 for each offense. Each day during which such violation continues shall be considered as a new offense.

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14 U.S.C. § 541 — Aids to navigation authorized

**(a)** In order to aid navigation and to prevent disasters, collisions, and wrecks of vessels and aircraft, the Coast Guard may establish, maintain, and operate: (1) aids to maritime navigation required to serve the needs of the armed forces or of the commerce of the United States; (2) aids to air navigation required to serve the needs of the armed forces of the United States peculiar to warfare and primarily of military concern as determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of any department within the Department of Defense and as required by any of those officials; and (3) electronic aids to navigation systems (a) required to serve the needs of the armed forces of the United States peculiar to warfare and primarily of military concern as determined by the Secretary of Defense or any department within the Department of Defense; or (b) required to serve the needs of the maritime commerce of the United States; or (c) required to serve the needs of the air commerce of the United States as requested by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. These aids to navigation other than electronic aids to navigation systems shall be established and operated only within the United States, the waters above the Continental Shelf, the territories and possessions of the United States, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the United States at places where naval or military bases of the United States are or may be located. The Coast Guard may establish, maintain, and operate aids to maritime navigation under paragraph (1) of this section by contract with any person, public body, or instrumentality. **(b)** In the case of pierhead beacons, the Commandant may— (1) acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf

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33 U.S.C. § 755 to 762 — Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20, 63 Stat. 561

### Statutory Notes Section 755, act June 16, 1880, ch. 235, 21 Stat. 263, related to police powers of masters of Lighthouse Service. See [section 522 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section522&num=0&edition=prelim), Coast Guard. Section 756, act Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, § 6, 38 Stat. 928, related to use of appropriations with Forest Service. See [section 701 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section701&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 757, act Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 602, related to cooperation with Army and Navy Departments in time of or in preparation for war. See sections 103, 501, 504, 505, 521, 701, 704, and 705 of Title 14. Section 758, act Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 602, related to transfer of vessels, equipment, etc., to Navy or Army Departments in case of vocational emergency. See sections 103, 501, 504, 505, 521, 701, 704, and 705 of Title 14. Section 759, acts June 20, 1906, ch. 3447, § 3, 34 Stat. 324; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to unauthorized establishment of lights and penalty. See [section 542 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section542&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 760, act May 14, 1908, ch. 168, § 5, 35 Stat. 162, related to failure to maintain lights on bridges and penalty. See [section 544 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section544&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 761, acts May 14, 1908, ch. 168, § 6, 35 Stat. 162; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to wrongful interference with Government aids to navigation and penalty. See [section 543 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:U

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14 U.S.C. § 543 — Interference with aids to navigation; pen-

Page 56 TITLE 14—COAST GUARD § 543 tality is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, without first obtaining authority’’ for ‘‘mari- time navigation without first obtaining authority’’. Executive Documents TERMINATION OF TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Is- lands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. § 543. Interference with aids to navigation; pen- alty It shall be unlawful for any person, or public body, or instrumentality, excluding the armed forces, to remove, change the location of, ob- struct, wilfully damage, make fast to, or inter- fere with any aid to navigation established, in- stalled, operated, or maintained by the Coast Guard pursuant to section 541 of this title, or with any aid to navigation lawfully maintained under authority granted by the Coast Guard pursuant to section 542 of this title, or to anchor any vessel in any of the navigable waters of the United States so as to obstruct or interfere with range lights maintained therein. Whoever vio- lates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,500 for each offense. Each day dur- ing which such violation shall continue shall be considered as a new offense. (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 500, § 84; Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 205(a)(2), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3025; renumbered § 543 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 105(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200, 4240.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 33, U.S.C., 1946, ed., §§ 761, 762 (May 14, 1908, ch. 168, § 6, 35 Stat. 162; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, § 6, 36 Stat. 538; Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, § 8, 38 Stat. 928; 1939 Reorg. Plan No.

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