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14 U.S.C. § 544 — Aids to maritime navigation; penalty
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The Secretary shall prescribe and enforce necessary and reasonable rules and regulations, for the protection of maritime navigation, relative to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of lights and other signals on fixed and floating structures in or over waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in the high seas for structures owned or operated by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Any owner or operator of such a structure, excluding an agency of the United States, who violates any of the rules or regulations prescribed hereunder, commits a misdemeanor and shall be punished, upon conviction thereof, by a fine of not exceeding $1,500 for each day which such violation continues.
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The Secretary shall prescribe and enforce necessary and reasonable rules and regulations, for the protection of maritime navigation, relative to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of lights and other signals on fixed and floating structures in or over waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in the high seas for structures owned or operated by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Any owner or operator of such a structure, excluding an agency of the United States, who violates any of the rules or regulations prescribed hereunder, commits a misdemeanor and shall be punished, upon conviction thereof, by a fine of not exceeding $1,500 for each day which such violation continues.
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**(a)** The Secretary may provide, out of funds appropriated to or for the use of the Coast Guard, for the primary and secondary schooling of dependents of Coast Guard personnel stationed outside the continental United States at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of those dependents.
**(b)** Whenever the Secretary, under such regulations as he may prescribe, determines that schools located in the same area in which a Coast Guard facility is located are not accessible by public means of transportation on a regular basis, he may provide, out of funds appropriated to or for the use of the Coast Guard, for the transportation of dependents of Coast Guard personnel between the schools serving the area and the Coast Guard facility.
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**(a) In General.—** At least 90 days prior to making a final determination that a waterway, or a portion thereof, is navigable for purposes of the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, the Commandant shall provide notification regarding the proposed determination to—
(1) the Governor of each State in which such waterway, or portion thereof, is located;
(2) the public; and
(3) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
**(b) Content Requirement.—** Each notification provided under subsection (a) to an entity specified in paragraph (3) of that subsection shall include—
(1) an analysis of whether vessels operating on the waterway, or portion thereof, subject to the proposed determination are subject to inspection or similar regulation by State or local officials;
(2) an analysis of whether operators of commercial vessels on such waterway, or portion thereof, are subject to licensing or similar regulation by State or local officials; and
(3) an estimate of the annual costs that the Coast Guard may incur in conducting operations on such waterway, or portion thereof.
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### 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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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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