§ 142. — State Department.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC142]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 7--COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES
Sec. 142. State Department
The Coast Guard, through the Secretary, may exchange information,
through the Secretary of State, with foreign governments and suggest to
the Secretary of State international collaboration and conferences on
all matters dealing with the safety of life and property at sea, other
than radio communication.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 505.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Because of the numerous situations in which it is necessary for the
Coast Guard to deal with foreign governments, particularly in the field
of safety of life and property at sea, the Coast Guard and the State
Department agree that a provision such as this is desirable.
The international character of many Coast Guard functions makes it
more and more necessary for the Service to be an initiating or
participating agency in international collaboration. Examples of
international meetings concerned with matters affecting the Coast Guard
include those which dealt with the International Rules of the Road,
international load lines, the International Code of Signals, safety at
sea, and international telecommunications. It is highly desirable that
there be a clear-cut legislative expression of Coast Guard cooperation
with the State Department on proposed international conferences dealing
with various phases of Coast Guard activities, such as aids to
navigation, life-saving equipment, navigation and communication
equipment other than radio communication, regulation of dangerous
cargoes, international rules of the road, safety requirements and
equipment of transoceanic aircraft and vessels, and safe manning
standards and efficiency of personnel employed on transoceanic aircraft
and vessels. Provisions for similar relationship between the Civil
Aeronautical Board and the State Department appear in the act of June
23, 1938, as amended, 52 Stat. 984 (title 49, U.S.C., 1946 ed.,
Secs. 425(c), 602). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
