Icebreaking in polar regions

  1. Law
  2. USC 14
  3. Coast Guard
  4. ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION
  5. FUNCTIONS AND POWERS
  6. MISCELLANEOUS
  7. Icebreaking in polar regions

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§561. Icebreaking in polar regions

The President shall facilitate planning for the design, procurement, maintenance, deployment, and operation of icebreakers as needed to support the statutory missions of the Coast Guard in the polar regions by allocating all funds to support icebreaking operations in such regions, except for recurring incremental costs associated with specific projects, to the Coast Guard.

(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title V, §506(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3060 , §87; renumbered §561, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200 .)


Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 561 was renumbered section 1101 of this title.

Another prior section 561, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 538 , related to limitations on punishment by commanding officer, prior to repeal by act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, §§5, 14(v), 64 Stat. 145 , 148, effective May 31, 1951.

Amendments

2018-Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 87 of this title as this section.


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