Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-73

§1154 Procurement of buoy chain

Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— - ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - ACQUISITIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - PROCUREMENT › § 1154

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Coast Guard must buy buoy chain that is made in the United States or whose main parts are mostly made in the United States. The Secretary can allow buying non‑U.S. chain only if U.S. chain is unreasonably priced or there is an emergency.

Full Legal Text

Title 14, §1154

Coast Guard — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), the Coast Guard may not procure buoy chain—

(1)that is not manufactured in the United States; or

(2)substantially all of the components of which are not produced or manufactured in the United States.

(b)The Coast Guard may procure buoy chain that is not manufactured in the United States if the Secretary determines that—

(1)the price of buoy chain manufactured in the United States is unreasonable; or

(2)emergency circumstances exist.

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Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 97 of this title as this section.

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Citation

14 U.S.C. § 1154

Title 14 — Coast Guard

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73