§ 883a. Surveys and other activities.

To provide charts and related information for the safe navigation of marine and air commerce, and to provide basic data for engineering and scientific purposes and for other commercial and industrial needs, the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, hereinafter referred to as the Director, under direction of the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to conduct the following activities:

(1) Hydrographic and topographic surveys; (2) Tide and current observations;

(3) Geodetic-control surveys;

(4) Field surveys for aeronautical charts;

(5) Geomagnetic, seismological, gravity, and related geophysical measurements and investigations, and observations for the determination of variation in latitude and longitude. (Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 1, 61 Stat. 787; Apr. 5, 1960, Pub. L. 86-409, 74 Stat. 16.)

AMENDMENTS

1960-Pub. L. 86-409 eliminated provisions which restricted the Coast and Geodetic Survey in the conduct of its specified activities to the United States, its Territories and possessions, and which restricted hydrographic and topographic surveys to surveys of coastal water and land areas (including offlying islands, banks, shoals, and other offshore areas), and to surveys of lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and other inland waters not otherwise provided for by statute.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration and the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey were abolished by Reorg. Plan. No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All functions of the Survey, the Director of the Survey, and the officers, employees, and organizational entities of the Survey were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and all personnel (including commissioned officers) and property of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were deemed transferred to the Administration.

The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Coast and Geodetic Survey, referred to in this section, was an agency within the Department of Commerce.

§ 883b. Dissemination of data; further activities.

In order that full public benefit may be derived from the operations of the Coast and Geodetic Survey by the dissemination of data resulting from the activities herein authorized and of related data from other sources, the Director is authorized to conduct the following activities:

(1) Analysis and prediction of tide and current data;

(2) Processing and publication of data, information, compilations, and reports;

(3) Compilation and printing of aeronautical charts of the United States, its Territories, and possessions; and, in addition, the compilation and printing of such aeronautical charts covering international airways as are required primarily by United States Civil aviation;

(4) Compilation and printing of nautical charts of the United States, its Territories, and possessions;

(5) Distribution of aeronautical charts and related navigational publications required by United States civil aviation;

(6) Distribution of nautical charts and related navigational publications for the United States, its Territories, and possessions.

(Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 2, 61 Stat. 787.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. -, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Adminis

tration and the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All functions of the Survey, the Director of the Survey, and the officers, employees, and organizational entities of the Survey were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and all personnel (including commissioned officers) and property of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were deemed transferred to the Administration.

The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Coast and Geodetic Survey, referred to in this section, was an agency within the Department of Commerce.

§ 883c. Geomagnetic data; collection, correlation, and dissemination.

To provide for the orderly collection of geomagnetic data from domestic and foreign sources, and to assure that such data shall be readily available to Government and private agencies and individuals, the Coast and Geodetic Survey is designated as the central depository of the United States Government for geomagnetic data, and the Director is authorized to collect, correlate, and disseminate such data. (Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 3, 61 Stat. 787.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administratior and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration and the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All functions of the Survey, the Director of the Survey, and the officers, employees, and organizational entities of the Survey were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and all personnel (including commissioned officers) and property of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were deemed transferred to the Administration.

The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Coast and Geodetic Survey, referred to in this section, was an agency within the Department of Commerce.

§ 883d. Improvement of methods, instruments, and equipments; investigations and research.

To improve the efficiency of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and to increase engineering and scientific knowledge, the Director is authorized to conduct developmental work for the improvement of surveying and cartographic methods, instruments, and equipments; and to conduct investigations and research in geophysical sciences (including geodesy, oceanography, seismology, and geomagnetism). (Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 4, 61 Stat. 788.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. -, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Services, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration and the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey were abolished by Reorg Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All functions of the Survey, the Director of the Survey. and the officers, employees, and organizational entities of the Survey were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and all personnel (including commissioned officers) and property of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were deemed transferred to the Administration.

The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Coast and Geodetic Survey, referred to in this section, was an agency within the Department of Commerce.

§ 883e. Cooperative agreements for surveys and inves tigations.

The Director is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with, and to receive and expend funds made available by, any State or subdivision thereof, or any public or private organization, or individual, for surveys or investigations authorized herein, or for performing related surveying and mapping activities, including special-purpose maps. and for the preparation and publication of the results thereof. (Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 5, 61 Stat. 788.)

transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration and the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All functions of the Survey, the Director of the Survey, and the officers, employees, and organizational entities of the Survey were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and all personnel (including commissioned officers) and property of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were deemed transferred to the Administration.

The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Coast and Geodetic Survey, referred to in this section, was an agency within the Department of Commerce. § 883f. Contracts with qualified organizations.

The Director is authorized to contract with qualified organizations for the performance of any part of the authorized functions of the Coast and Geodetic Survey when he deems such procedure to be in the public interests. (Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 6, 61 Stat. 788.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration and the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All functions of the Survey, the Director of the Survey, and the officers, employees, and organizational entities of the Survey were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and all personnel (including commissioned officers) and property of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were deemed transferred to the Administration.

The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in

him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Coast and Geodetic Survey, referred to in this section, was an agency within the Department of Commerce.

§ 883g. Repealed. Pub. L. 88-611, § 4(a)(2), Oct. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 991.

Section, act Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 7, 61 Stat. 788, provided for acceptance of gifts or bequests and exemption from Federal taxes, and is now covered by sections 1522 and 1523 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

§ 883h. Employment of public vessels.

The President is authorized to cause to be cmployed such of the public vessels as he deems it expedient to employ, and to give such instructions for regulating their conduct as he deems proper in order to carry out the provisions of sections 883a to 8831 of this title. (Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 8, 61 Stat. 788.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 883g of this title, referred to in the text, was repealed by Pub. L. 88-611, § 4(a) (2), Oct, 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 991.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration and the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey were abolished by Reorg. Plan. No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All functions of the Survey, the Director of the Survey, and the officers, employees, and organizational entities of the survey were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and all personnel (including commissioned officers) and property of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were deemed transferred to the Administration.

DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS

Functions of the President under this section delegated to the Secretary of Commerce, see section 1(1) of Ex. Ord. No. 11023, May 28, 1962, 27 F.R. 5131, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.

CROSS REFERENCES

Authority to place vessels of Bureau of Fisheries on the same footing as those of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, see section 746 of Title 16, Conservation.

§ 8831. Appropriations.

There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate ships, stations, equipment, and facilities and for such other expenditures, including personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere and including the erection of tem

porary observatory buildings and lease of sites therefor, as may be necessary for the conduct of the activities herein authorized. (Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 9, 61 Stat. 788.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration and the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All functions of the Survey, the Director of the Survey, and the officers, employees, and organizational entities of the Survey were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and all personnel (including commissioned officers) and property of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were deemed transferred to the Administration.

§ 884. Power to use books, maps, etc., and to employ persons.

The President is authorized, in executing the provisions of sections 881 to 883 of this title relating to the coast survey, to use all maps, charts, books, instruments, and apparatus belonging to the United States, and to direct where the same shall be deposited, and to employ all persons in the land or naval service of the United States, and such astronomers and other persons as he shall deem proper. (R. S. § 4685.)

DERIVATION

Act July 10, 1832, ch. 191, § 2, 4 Stat. 571.

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Sections 881 to 883 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by act Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504,-§ 10 (2-5), 61 Stat. 788.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration and the offices of Director and Deputy Director of

the Coast and Geodetic Survey were abolished by Reorg Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All functions of the Survey, the Director of the Survey, and the officers, employees, and organizational entities of the Survey were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and all personnel (including commissioned officers) and property of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were deemed transferred to the Administration.

§ 885. Repealed. Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, § 10 (6), 61 Stat. 788.

Section, R. S. § 4686, related to the use of public vessels on coast surveys, and is now covered by section 883h of this title.

§§ 886, 887. Repealed. June 21, 1955, ch. 172, § 5 (1), (2), 69 Stat. 170.

Section 886, R. S. § 4687, related to employment of officers of Army and Navy in the work of surveying the coast of the United States.

Section 887, R. S. § 4688; acts Aug. 30, 1890, ch. 837, § 1, 26 Stat. 382; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 929, provided for allowance for subsistence to officers of Army and Navy while employed on coast survey service.

ADDITIONAL REPEAL

Sections were also repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641. Section 49 (a) of act Aug. 10, 1956, provided in part that laws effective after Mar. 31, 1955, inconsistent with that act, should be considered as superseding it to the extent of the inconsistency.

§ 888. Report to Congress on expenditures.

The Secretary of Commerce shall report to Congress annually a full statement of all expenditures, other than the amount of compensation paid persons employed during the last preceding fiscal year upon the coast survey and business connected therewith, made under the direction of the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. (R. S. § 264; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, §§ 4, 10, 32 Stat. 826, 829; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 929; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1 (104), 45 Stat. 994; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1 (13), 68 Stat. 967.)

DERIVATION

Acts Mar. 3, 1853, ch. 97, § 3, 10 Stat. 209; Mar. 3, 1853. ch. 98, § 1, 10 Stat. 214, 217; Aug. 15, 1876, ch. 287, § 1, 19 Stat. 156.

CODIFICATION

The words "Secretary of Commerce" were substituted for "Secretary of the Treasury." The duties, powers, etc.. of the Secretary of the Treasury, as to reports of Coast Survey expenditures, were vested in the Secretary of Commerce and Labor by the transfer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey from the Treasury Department to the Department of Commerce and Labor and the vesting in the head of that Department of the duties, powers, etc.. possessed or exercised by the head of any executive department in or over any division of the public business so transferred, or any business arising therefrom or pertaining thereto, etc., by provisions of act Feb. 14, 1903. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor was designated the Secretary of Commerce by act Mar. 4, 1913.

The words "Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey" were substituted for "Superintendent of the Coast Survey," such title having been changed by act June 5, 1920 See section 852 of this title.

AMENDMENTS

1954 R. S. § 4690, which formerly comprised the second paragraph of this section, and which, as amended by act Aug. 7, 1946, ch. 770, § 1 (5), 60 Stat. 866, required that a coast survey report be submitted annually to Congress, was as amended by act of Aug. 7, 1946, repealed by act Aug. 30, 1954. Act of Aug. 7, 1946 had. prior to such repeal, amended such second paragraph (RS

§ 4690) by repealing the provisions thereof that such report be accompanied by a general chart of the whole coast of the United States. General authority for the publication of annual reports of the Coast and Geodetic Survey is now contained in section 883a et seq., of this title.

1928-Act May 29, 1928, repealed provisions relating to inclusion in the annual report of information showing number and names of persons employed during the last preceding fiscal year upon the coast survey and business connected therewith.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

The Environmental Science Services Administration in the Department of Commerce, including the offices of Administrator and Deputy Administrator thereof, were abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 30, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which created the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce and transferred the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of funds of the Environmental Science Services Administration to such newly created National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The components of the Environmental Science Services Administration thus transferred included the Weather Bureau, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Environmental Data Service, the National Environmental Satellite Center, and the ESSA Research Laboratories.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey was consolidated with the Weather Bureau of the Department of Commerce to form a new agency in the Department of Commerce to be known as the Environmental Science Services Administration and the offices of Director and Deputy Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey were abolished by Reorg. Plan. No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318,

set out as a note under section 851 of this title. All functions of the Survey, the Director of the Survey, and the officers, employees, and organizational entities of the Survey were transferred to the Secretary of Commerce and all personnel (including commissioned officers) and property of the Survey, not already transferred by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, were deemed transferred to the Administration.

The functions of all officers of the Department of Commerce and all functions of all officers and employees of such Department, were, with a few exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of Commerce, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 5, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. The Coast and Geodetic Survey, referred to in this section, was an agency within the Department of Commerce.

CROSS REFERENCES

Printing of special publications of Coast and Geodetic Survey, see section 1310 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

S$ 889, 890. Repealed. June 21, 1955, ch. 172, § 5 (5), 69 Stat. 170.

Section 889, acts Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 313, § 1, 35 Stat. 1064; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736, authorized cooperation with North Carolina State Fish Commission in survey of waters of State.

Section 890, acts Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 313, § 2, 35 Stat. 1065; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736, provided for marking triangulation points of North Carolina survey.

§ 2. Primary duties.

The Coast Guard shall enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable Federal laws on or under the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; shall administer laws and promulgate and enforce regulations for the promotion of safety of life and property on and under the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States covering all matters not specifically delegated by law to some other executive department; shall develop, establish, maintain, and operate, with due regard to the requirements of national defense, aids to maritime navigation, icebreaking facilities, and rescue facilities for the promotion of safety on, under, and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; shall engage in oceanographic research of the high seas and in waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and shall maintain a state of readiness to function as a specialized service in the Navy in time of war. (Aug. 4, 1969, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 496; Oct. 5, 1961, Pub. L. 87-396, § 1, 75 Stat. 827; June 12, 1970, Pub. L. 91-278, § 1(1), 84 Stat. 304.)

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Reviser's Note. This section defines in general terms, for the first time in any statute, all the primary duties of the Coast Guard. It is derived from title 14, U. S. C., 1946 ed., § 45, 50k-500, 51, 52, 53, 55, 60, 61, 62, 63, 98a, 104, 261, 301, title 33, U. S. C., 1946 ed., §§ 720, 720a, 740,

740a, 740b, title 46, U. S. C., 1946 ed., §§ 1 (footnote), 2 (R. S. 1536, 2747, 2758, 2759, 4249; June 23, 1874, ch. 455, § 1, 18 Stat. 220; June 18, 1878, ch. 265, § 4, 20 Stat. 163; July 5, 1884, ch. 221, § 2, 23 Stat. 118; Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 10, 32 Stat. 829; Apr. 19, 1906, ch. 1640, §§ 1—3, 34 Stat. 123; May 12, 1906, ch. 2454, 34 Stat. 190; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, §§ 6, 7, 36 Stat. 538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; June 24, 1914, ch. 124, 38 Stat. 387; Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, 5, 38 Stat. 927; Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 1820; May 22, 1926, ch. 371, § 6, 44 Stat. 626; June 30, 1932, ch. 314, § 501, 47 Stat. 415; May 27, 1936, ch. 463, § 1, 49 Stat. 1380; Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 665, § 3, 50 Stat. 667; Feb. 19, 1941, ch. 8, §§ 2, 201, 55 Stat. 9, 11; July 11, 1941, ch. 290, § 7, 55 Stat. 585; Nov. 23, 1942, ch. 639, § 2 (2). 56 Stat. 102; Sept. 30, 1944, ch. 453, § 1, 58 Stat. 759; June 22, 1948, ch. 600, 62 Stat. 574; June 26, 1948, ch. 672, 62 Stat. 1050).

This section contains a codification of functions. It sets forth in general language the primary responsibilities of the Coast Guard: enforcement of all Federal laws on waters to which they have application, safety of life and property at sea, aiding navigation, and readiness to function with the Navy. Having been created in 1915 by the consolidation of the Revenue Cutter Service and the Life Saving Service, the Coast Guard has gradually been given additional duties and responsibilities, such as the assignment of law enforcement powers on the high seas and navigable waters in 1936, the transfer of the Lighthouse Service in 1939, and the transfer of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation in 1942. Existing along with these other duties has been that of maintaining a state of readiness as a specialized service prepared for active participation with the Navy in time of war. These various interdependent functions of the Service have not been expressed collectively in any statute heretofore, but it is believed desirable to do so in this revision in order to have outlined in general terms in one section the broad scope of