Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-73not60
§2777 Clothing for Destitute Shipwrecked Individuals
Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 27— PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › Subchapter III— PAYMENTS › § 2777
Summary
The Coast Guard can give clothing and food to shipwrecked people who are destitute. It can also repay Coast Guard members who provide those items, either with money or with supplies.
Full Legal Text
Title 14, §2777
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The Coast Guard may furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute shipwrecked individuals, and the Coast Guard may reimburse, in cash or in kind, Coast Guard personnel who furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute shipwrecked individuals.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 749 (July 27, 1912, ch. 255, § 2, 37 Stat. 239; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736). This section was enlarged to provide that the Coast Guard, as well as personnel thereof, may furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute shipwrecked persons. Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress,
House Report No. 557
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Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “individuals” for “persons” in section catchline and in two places in text. 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 486 of this title as this section.
Reference
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 2777
Title 14 — Coast Guard
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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