§8605 Promotion of health and prevention of accidents

Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 72055 U.S.C. 421e(b).Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 24(b), 60 Stat. 856. 5 U.S.C. 421g(b), (c).Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 40(b), (c), 60 Stat. 858. 5 U.S.C. 412a.Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858. In subsection (a) the word “maintenance” is omitted as surplusage.

In subsection (b) the words “except the authority to prescribe

” are omitted, since 5 U.S.C. 421e(b) contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe

for the administration of that section.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7205 of this title as this section. 1980—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 96–513 substituted “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” for “Environmental Science Services Administration”. 1966—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 89–718 substituted “Environmental Science Services Administration” for “Coast and Geodetic Survey”.

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.

The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, Pub. L. 89–718, § 8(a), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1117, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 97–295, § 6(b), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1314.

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. Management of Fatigue Among Crew of Naval Surface Ships and Related Improvements Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title III, § 379(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1670, provided that: “The Secretary of the Navy shall implement each recommendation for executive action set forth in the report of the Government Accountability Office titled ‘Navy Readiness: Additional Efforts Are Needed to Manage Fatigue, Reduce Crewing Shortfalls, and Implement Training’ (GAO–21–366).”