Delegation of powers by the Secretary

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Title 14—COAST GUARD > SUBTITLE I—ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION > CHAPTER 5—FUNCTIONS AND POWERS > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL POWERS

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The Secretary is authorized to confer or impose upon the Commandant any of the rights, privileges, powers, or duties, in respect to the administration of the Coast Guard, vested in or imposed upon the Secretary by this title or other provisions of law.

( Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393 , 63 Stat. 544 , § 631; Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(33) , Oct. 18, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2521 ; renumbered § 502, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(b) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4200 ; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(d) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1677 .)

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