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§2942 General authority

Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 29— - COAST GUARD FAMILY SUPPORT, CHILD CARE, AND HOUSING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - HOUSING › § 2942

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary to buy or build family housing and unaccompanied (single‑member) housing at or near Coast Guard installations in the United States, its territories, and possessions. No funds under this chapter can be used for those projects unless the House and Senate committees named in the law approve by resolution.

Full Legal Text

Title 14, §2942

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(a)In addition to any other authority providing for the acquisition or construction of military family housing or military unaccompanied housing, the Secretary may acquire or construct the following:
(1)Military family housing on or near Coast Guard installations within the United States and its territories and possessions.
(2)Military unaccompanied housing on or near such Coast Guard installations.
(b)No appropriation shall be made to acquire or construct military family housing or military unaccompanied housing under this chapter if that acquisition or construction has not been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.

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Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 681 of this title as this section. 2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–281, § 221(a)(2)(A), in introductory provisions, substituted “acquire or construct the following:” for “exercise any authority or any combination of authorities provided under this chapter in order to provide for the acquisition or

Construction

by private persons, including a small business concern qualified under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)), of the following:”. Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–281, § 221(a)(2)(B), substituted “Military family housing” for “Family housing units”. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 111–281, § 221(a)(2)(C), substituted “Military unaccompanied housing” for “Unaccompanied housing units”. 2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–295 inserted “, including a small business concern qualified under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)),” after “private persons” in introductory provisions.

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Citation

14 U.S.C. § 2942

Title 14Coast Guard

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73