Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§548 Prohibition Against Officers and Employees Being Interested in Contracts for Materials
Title 14 › SUBTITLE I — ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 5 — FUNCTIONS AND POWERS › SUBCHAPTER III — AIDS TO NAVIGATION › § 548
Summary
Coast Guard officers, enlisted members, and civilian workers who work on building, running, or fixing lighthouses must not have any financial interest, either directly or through others, in contracts, patents, designs, lighting methods, or supplies for those lighthouses.
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Title 14, §548
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No officer, enlisted member, or civilian member of the Coast Guard in any manner connected with the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract for labor, materials, or supplies for the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, or in any patent, plan, or mode of construction or illumination, or in any article of supply for the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses.
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Codification Another section 548 was renumbered section 551 of this title.
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14 U.S.C. § 548
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102