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Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102

§908 Long-term Lease Authority for Lighthouse Property

Title 14 › SUBTITLE I — ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 9 — ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER I — REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY › § 908

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commandant of the Coast Guard can rent out lighthouses and their grounds that the Coast Guard controls to non‑Federal groups or private people for up to 30 years. Rent can be money or work instead of money, such as fixing, restoring, changing, maintaining the property, or covering utilities and services the Coast Guard provides. The normal federal leasing rule for similar leases does not apply here. Money collected from these leases, after paying any expenses, must be put into the special fund set up for this purpose.

Full Legal Text

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.

Legislative History

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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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Citation

14 U.S.C. § 908

Title 14, Coast Guard

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102