14 U.S.C. § 548 — Untitled legal text

Page 57 TITLE 14—COAST GUARD § 550 1 Another section 548 is set out after section 550 of this title. 50 Stat. 666; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432). Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 86 of this title as this section. 1974—Pub. L. 93–283 substituted ‘‘the navigable waters or waters above the continental shelf of the United States’’ for ‘‘any navigable waters of the United States’’. 1965—Pub. L. 89–191 vested sole responsibility for wreck marking in the Coast Guard by giving the Sec- retary discretionary authority to mark wrecks or other similar obstructions for as long as in his judgment the needs of maritime navigation may require, by remov- ing reference to responsibility of the Department of the Army to mark wrecks, after abandonment and before removal, and by giving the Secretary the authority to terminate an owner’s liability to pay the cost of mark- ing a wreck. § 546. Deposit of damage payments Whenever an aid to navigation or other prop- erty belonging to the Coast Guard is damaged or destroyed by a private person, and such private person or his agent shall pay to the satisfaction of the proper official of the Coast Guard for the cost of repair or replacement of such property, the Commandant may accept and deposit such payments, through proper officers of the Fiscal Service, Treasury Department, in special de- posit accounts in the Treasury, for payment therefrom to the person or persons repairing or replacing the damaged property and refundment of amounts collected in excess of the cost of the repairs or replacements concerned. In the event that repair or replacement of the damaged prop- erty is effected by the Coast Guard, the appro- priations bearing the cost thereof and current at the time collection is made shall be reimbursed from the special deposit account. (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 547, § 642; renum- bered § 546, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 721a (Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 665, § 2, 50 Stat. 667). Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 642 of this title as this section. § 547. Rewards for apprehension of persons inter- fering with aids to navigation The Coast Guard may offer and pay rewards for the apprehension and conviction, or for in- formation helpful therein, of persons found interfering in violation of law with aids to navi- gation maintained by the Coast Guard; or for in- formation leading to the discovery of missing Coast Guard property or to recovery thereof. (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 547, § 643; renum- bered § 547, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 50c (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 32, 60 Stat. 857). Section is enlarged to provide for payment of rewards for information leading to the discovery or recovery of missing Coast Guard property. 81st Congress, House Re- port No. 557. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 643 of this title as this section. § 548.1 Prohibition against officers and employ- ees being interested in contracts for mate- rials No officer, enlisted member, or civilian mem- ber of the Coast Guard in any manner connected with the construction, operation, or mainte- nance of lighthouses, shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract for labor, materials, or supplies for the construction, oper- ation, or maintenance of lighthouses, or in any patent, plan, or mode of construction or illu- mination, or in any article of supply for the con- struction, operation, or maintenance of light- houses. (Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8509(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4756.) § 549. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State of jurisdiction (a) No lighthouse, beacon, public pier, or land- mark, shall be built or erected on any site until cession of jurisdiction over the same has been made to the United States. (b) For the purposes of subsection (a), a ces- sion by a State of jurisdiction over a place se- lected as the site of a lighthouse, or other struc- ture or work referred to in subsection (a), shall be deemed sufficient if the cession contains a reservation that process issued under authority of such State may continue to be served within such place. (c) If no reservation of service described in subsection (b) is contained in a cession, all proc- ess may be served and executed within the place ceded, in the same manner as if no cession had been made. (Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8509(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4756.) § 550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly mark all pierheads belonging to the United States situated on the northern and northwestern lakes, whenever he is duly notified by the department charged with the construc- tion or repair of pierheads that the construction or repair of any such pierhead has been com- pleted. (Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8509(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4756.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS Prior sections 551 to 555 were renumbered sections 2921 to 2925 of this title, respectively.