Purpose of the Coast Guard Auxiliary

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Title 14—COAST GUARD > SUBTITLE III—COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY > CHAPTER 39—COAST GUARD AUXILIARY

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The purpose of the Auxiliary is to assist the Coast Guard as authorized by the Commandant, in performing any Coast Guard function, power, duty, role, mission, or operation authorized by law.

( Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393 , 63 Stat. 555 , § 822; Pub. L. 104–324, title IV, § 402(a) , Oct. 19, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3923 ; Pub. L. 114–120, title II, § 205(a) , Feb. 8, 2016 , 130 Stat. 36 ; renumbered § 3902 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I , §§ 119(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4236 , 4240.)

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