§ 150. — Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC150]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 7--COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES
Sec. 150. Coast Guard officers as attaches to missions
Commissioned officers may, with the consent of the Secretary of
State, be regularly and officially attached to the diplomatic missions
of the United States in those nations with which the United States is
extensively engaged in maritime commerce. Expenses for the maintenance
of such Coast Guard attaches abroad, including office rental and pay of
employees and allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and
light, may be defrayed by the Coast Guard.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 507.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Experience since the war has indicated the necessity for making
provision for the assignment of Coast Guard officers to diplomatic
missions in those foreign countries which are extensively engaged in
maritime commerce with the United States. This is largely the result of
duties in connection with inspection of merchant vessels.
This section authorizes the designation, with the consent of the
State Department, of Coast Guard officers to be officially attached to
diplomatic missions of the United States. Although Coast Guard advice on
Coast Guard matters is always available to our diplomatic missions, in
those locations where such advice and information are frequently sought,
it is felt that the most effective utilization of Coast Guard services
would be achieved by having Coast Guard officers attached to such
missions. Provision for customs officers to be attached to diplomatic
missions is contained in the act of March 4, 1923, as amended, 42 Stat.
1453 (title 19, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 6). Before the transfer in 1939
of the Foreign Agriculture Service to the State Department,
representatives of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the
Department of Agriculture stationed abroad were agricultural attaches.
Act of June 5, 1930, 46 Stat. 498 (title 7, U.S.C., 1946 ed.,
Sec. 542(a)). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
