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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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maintain water, land, and air patrols, and ice-breaking facilities;

( Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393 , 63 Stat. 504 , § 93; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, § 2 , 64 Stat. 406 ; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654 , §§ 1(33), 2(10), 4(1), 65 Stat. 702 , 707, 709; Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(9) , Oct. 18, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2519 ; Pub. L. 97–136, § 6(d) , Dec. 29, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1706 ; Pub. L. 97–276, § 143 , Oct. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1199 ; Pub. L. 97–295, § 2(4) , Oct. 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1301 ; Pub. L. 97–322, title I, § 115(c) , Oct. 15, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1586 ; Pub. L. 102–241, § 7 , Dec. 19, 1991 , 105 Stat. 2212 ; Pub. L. 103–206, title II, § 202 , title III, § 316, Dec. 20, 1993 , 107 Stat. 2420 , 2426; Pub. L. 104–324, title II, § 207(a) , Oct. 19, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3908 ; Pub. L. 105–383, title II , §§ 202, 203, Nov. 13, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3414 , 3415; Pub. L. 107–217, § 3(c)(2) , Aug. 21, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1298 ; Pub. L. 108–293, title II , §§ 201, 217, Aug. 9, 2004 , 118 Stat. 1031 , 1038; Pub. L. 109–241, title IX, § 901(a) , (c), July 11, 2006 , 120 Stat. 564 ; Pub. L. 111–259, title IV, § 442(1) , Oct. 7, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2733 ; Pub. L. 111–281, title V, § 523 , Oct. 15, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2958 ; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(c)(2) , Jan. 4, 2011 , 124 Stat. 3847 ; Pub. L. 112–213, title II, § 202 , Dec. 20, 2012 , 126 Stat. 1543 ; Pub. L. 113–281, title II , §§ 206(a), 207, 208(a), 209, 214(c), 222(1), Dec. 18, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3025 , 3026, 3034, 3038; Pub. L. 114–120, title II, § 209(4) , title VI, § 610(b), Feb. 8, 2016 , 130 Stat. 40 , 85; Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3533(b) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 2321 ; renumbered § 504 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I , §§ 105(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4200 , 4240; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(a)(3), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4747 ; Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXII, § 11229 , Dec. 23, 2022 , 136 Stat. 4029 .)

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