Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-73
§944 Confidential investigative expenses
Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— - ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 944
Summary
Allows up to $250,000 each fiscal year from the money for running the Coast Guard to be used for confidential investigative expenses. Payments must be approved by the Commandant and supported by the Commandant’s written certificate saying the expense is necessary, and government accounting officers must accept the Commandant’s decision as final.
Full Legal Text
Title 14, §944
Coast Guard — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Not more than $250,000 each fiscal year appropriated for the operations and support of the Coast Guard shall be available for investigative expenses of a confidential character, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Commandant and payment to be made on the Commandant’s certificate of necessity for confidential purposes, and the Commandant’s determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government.
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Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “the operations and support” for “necessary expenses for the operation” and “the Commandant’s” for “his” in two places. 2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 308, substituted “$250,000” for “$45,000”. Pub. L. 115–282, § 107(b), renumbered section 658 of this title as this section. 2004—Pub. L. 108–293 substituted “$45,000 each fiscal year” for “$15,000 per annum”.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 944
Title 14 — Coast Guard
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73