Coast Guard Legal Authorities

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U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, 1994 - Naval law

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Page 8-18 - Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the Status of their Forces...
Page 13-15 - The Coast Guard shall enforce or assist in the enforcement of all applicable Federal laws upon the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 8-7 - USCA §89(a)( 1990) ('The Coast Guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures, and arrests upon the high seas and waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, Tor the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United States.
Page 13-14 - The head of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall have authority to promulgate and enforce such reasonable regulations with respect to lights and other warning devices, safety equipment, and other matters relating to the promotion of safety of life and property...
Page 13-8 - Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of the United States that there should be no discharges of oil or hazardous substances into or upon the navigable waters of the United States, adjoining shorelines, or into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone...
Page 13-11 - International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, the International Convention relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, as well as the Protocol relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other than Oil, 1973.
Page 8-14 - FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE HALIBUT FISHERY OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN AND BERING SEA...
Page 1-1 - Transportation," with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy...
Page 16-12 - ... facilities, and rescue facilities for the promotion of safety on and over the high seas and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 8-17 - States; and shall maintain a state of readiness to function as a specialized service in the Navy in time of war.

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