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[CITE: 14USC477]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
   CHAPTER 13--PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 477. Equipment to prevent accidents

    The Coast Guard may make such expenditures as are deemed appropriate 
for promotion and maintenance of the safety and occupational health of, 
and the prevention of accidents affecting, personnel of the Coast Guard, 
including the purchase of clothing, equipment, and other materials 
necessary thereto.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 532.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Derived from title 5, U.S.C., 1946, ed., Sec. 118g (Aug. 2, 1946, 
ch. 744, Sec. 13, 60 Stat. 809).
    Because of the wide variety of tasks assigned to Coast Guard 
personnel it is deemed advisable to broaden this authority to the more 
general language as rewritten, insofar as Coast Guard personnel are 
concerned, thus giving complete authority to protect their health.
    Said section would in no way be affected.
    Inasmuch as the act cited above applies to executive departments 
generally, it is not scheduled for repeal by this act. 81st Congress, 
House Report No. 557.
