Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-73
§908 Long-term lease authority for lighthouse property
Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— - ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY › § 908
Summary
The Commandant may lease Coast Guard lighthouse property to nonfederal groups or private people for up to 30 years. Payment can be money or work like repairs and restoration, and 40 U.S.C. 1302 does not apply. After costs, lease money must go into the fund under section 2946.
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Title 14, §908
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(a)The Commandant may lease to non-Federal entities, including private individuals, lighthouse property under the administrative control of the Coast Guard for terms not to exceed 30 years. Consideration for the use and occupancy of lighthouse property leased under this section, and for the value of any utilities and services furnished to a lessee of such property by the Commandant, may consist, in whole or in part, of non-pecuniary remuneration including the improvement, alteration, restoration, rehabilitation, repair, and maintenance of the leased premises by the lessee. Section 1302 of title 40 shall not apply to leases issued by the Commandant under this section.
(b)Amounts received from leases made under this section, less expenses incurred, shall be deposited in the fund established under section 2946.
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Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 107(b), renumbered section 672a of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “Commandant” for “Commandant of the Coast Guard” and “Section 1302 of title 40” for “section 321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b)”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 2946” for “section 687”. 2014—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–281 substituted “the fund established under section 687” for “the Treasury”.
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14 U.S.C. § 908
Title 14 — Coast Guard
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73