Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102

§524 Enforcement of Coastwise Trade Laws

Title 14 › SUBTITLE I — ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 — FUNCTIONS AND POWERS › SUBCHAPTER II — LIFE SAVING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES › § 524

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Coast Guard officers and members can enforce the rules in chapter 551 of Title 46. The Secretary must create a program to let them carry out that enforcement.

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Title 14, §524

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Officers and members of the Coast Guard are authorized to enforce chapter 551 of title 46. The Secretary shall establish a program for these officers and members to enforce that chapter.

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2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 100 of this title as this section.

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14 U.S.C. § 524

Title 14, Coast Guard

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102