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[CITE: 14USC486]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
   CHAPTER 13--PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
 
Sec. 486. Clothing for destitute shipwrecked persons

    The Coast Guard may furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute 
shipwrecked persons, and the Coast Guard may reimburse, in cash or in 
kind, Coast Guard personnel who furnish clothing and subsistence to 
destitute ship- wrecked persons.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 749 (July 27, 1912, ch. 
255, Sec. 2, 37 Stat. 239; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 736).
    This section was enlarged to provide that the Coast Guard, as well 
as personnel thereof, may furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute 
shipwrecked persons.
    Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 
557.
