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[CITE: 14USC3]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
                   CHAPTER 1--ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES
 
Sec. 3. Relationship to Navy Department

    Upon the declaration of war or when the President directs, the Coast 
Guard shall operate as a service in the Navy, and shall so continue 
until the President, by Executive order, transfers the Coast Guard back 
to the Department of Transportation. While operating as a service in the 
Navy, the Coast Guard shall be subject to the orders of the Secretary of 
the Navy who may order changes in Coast Guard operations to render them 
uniform, to the extent he deems advisable, with Navy operations.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 496; Pub. L. 94-546, Sec. 1(2), Oct. 
18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2519.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 1 (Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, 
Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 800; July 11, 1941, ch. 290, Secs. 5, 6(a), 55 Stat. 
585).
    Said section has been divided. The provisions relating to when the 
Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy are in this section. The 
provisions relating to the establishment of the Coast Guard are placed 
in section 1 of this title. The provisions relating to appropriations 
are placed in section 4 of this title.
    Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 
557.


                               Amendments

    1976--Pub. L. 94-546 substituted ``Executive'' for ``executive'' and 
``Department of Transportation'' for ``Treasury Department''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 10 section 5013a; title 49 
section 108; title 50 section 191a.
