Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§1607 Implementation by Rules and Regulations; Authority to Promulgate
Title 33 › CHAPTER 30 — INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA › § 1607
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The Coast Guard Secretary can make rules to implement this chapter and international regulations.
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Title 33, §1607
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating is authorized to promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter and the International Regulations proclaimed hereunder.
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Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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33 U.S.C. § 1607
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102