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Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102

§941 Coast Guard Supply Fund

Title 14 › SUBTITLE I — ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 9 — ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER II — MISCELLANEOUS › § 941

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Coast Guard Supply Fund and lets the Secretary make rules about what items are stocked. If the fund is widened to include items not stocked before, or spare parts bought as part of big purchases for things like vessels or aircraft, the Secretary may increase the fund’s capital by the value of usable items moved in from other Coast Guard inventories. The fund pays for new purchases and is credited when items are used, issued, sold, or thrown away at values that roughly cover cost. With approval from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary may enter obligations against expected reimbursements to the fund without regard to fiscal year limits, in amounts and for the time needed to keep stock levels consistent with planned operations for the next year.

Full Legal Text

Title 14, §941

Coast Guard, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)A Coast Guard Supply Fund is authorized. The Secretary may prescribe regulations for designating the classification of materials to be stocked. In these regulations, whenever the fund is extended to include items not previously stocked, or spare parts obtained as part of a procurement under a different account of major items such as vessels or aircraft, whether or not such parts were previously stocked, the Secretary may authorize an increase in the existing capital of the fund by the value of such usable materials transferred thereto from Coast Guard inventories carried in other accounts. Except for the materials so transferred, the fund shall be charged with the cost of materials purchased or otherwise acquired. The fund shall be credited with the value of materials consumed, issued for use, sold, or otherwise disposed of, such values to be determined on a basis that will approximately cover the cost thereof.
(b)Obligations may, without regard to fiscal year limitations, be incurred against anticipated reimbursement to the Coast Guard Supply Fund in such amount and for such period, as the Secretary, with approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, may determine to be necessary to maintain stock levels consistently with planned operations for the next year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

A Coast Guard supply fund was established by the Naval Appropriation Act for fiscal year 1943 approved February 7, 1942, 56 Stat. 73. Experience has clearly shown that it is advantageous to the Government to have permanent authorization for such a fund. 81st Congress,

House Report No. 557

.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 650 of this title as this section. 1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–376 substituted “these

Regulations

” for “such

Regulations

” and authorized an increase in the capital of the fund when the fund is extended to include spare parts obtained as part of a procurement under a different account of major items such as vessels or aircraft, whether or not such parts were previously stocked. 1976—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–546 substituted “Office of Management and Budget” for “Bureau of the Budget”. 1970—Pub. L. 91–278 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b). 1956—Act Aug. 7, 1956, substituted “Coast Guard Supply Fund” for “Coast Guard supply fund and supply account” in section catchline, struck out provisions calling for mandatory increase of the Fund by the value of commissary provisions and uniform clothing on hand on July 1, 1949, and inserted provisions permitting the Secretary to prescribe

Regulations

for designating the classification of materials to be stocked and for increasing the existing capital of the Fund.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

14 U.S.C. § 941

Title 14, Coast Guard

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102