§ 770. — Regulations for expenditure of moneys accruing from commutation of rations and provisions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC770]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 16--LIGHTHOUSES
Sec. 770. Regulations for expenditure of moneys accruing from
commutation of rations and provisions
Money accruing from commutation of rations and provisions for
working parties in the field, officers and crews of light vessels and
tenders, and officials and other authorized persons on board of such
tenders or vessels, after payment on proper vouchers to the officer in
charge of the mess of such vessel or party, as provided by law, may be
expended and accounted for pursuant to regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of Transportation, notwithstanding the provisions of sections
1321 and 1322(a) of title 31.
(May 13, 1938, ch. 215, Sec. 3, 52 Stat. 353; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1432; Pub. L. 89-
670, Sec. 6(b)(1), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938.)
Codification
``Sections 1321 and 1322(a) of title 31'' substituted in text for
``the Act of June 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 1233) [31 U.S.C. 725s]'' on
authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067,
the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Transfer of Functions
The money accruing from commutation of rations and provisions refer
to such moneys of persons in the Lighthouse Service. The Lighthouse
Service was under the Secretary of Commerce prior to the transfer and
consolidation of the Bureau of Lighthouses, of which the Lighthouse
Service was a part, with the Coast Guard which was under the Secretary
of the Treasury by Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 2(a), set out in the
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Subsequently, the functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating to
the Coast Guard were transferred to the Secretary of Transportation by
section 6(b)(1) of Pub. L. 89-670. See section 108 of Title 49,
Transportation.
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the
Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of
Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d),
552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified,
set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
