The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide, establish, and maintain, out of the annual appropriations for the Coast Guard, buoys or other suitable marks for marking anchorage grounds for vessels in waters of the United States, when such anchorage grounds have been defined and established by proper authority in accordance with the laws of the United States.
Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVIII, § 11808(c)136 Stat. 4166Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7264(a)(1)(A)139 Stat. 1739(Added and amended , , , § 548; renumbered § 551, , title LXXVII, § 7701(i)(1), , , 1836.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 472 of Title 33section 548 of this titlePub. L. 117–263, § 11808(c)act Sept. 15, 1922, ch. 31342 Stat. 844The text of , Navigation and Navigable Waters, which was transferred to appear at the end of this subchapter, redesignated as , and amended by , was based on , .
Amendments
Pub. L. 119–60section 548 of this title2025—, §§ 7264(a)(1)(A), 7701(i)(1), made identical amendments, renumbering the second as this section.
Pub. L. 117–2632022— substituted “The Commandant of the Coast Guard” for “That hereafter the Commissioner of Lighthouses” and “for the Coast Guard” for “for the Lighthouse Service”.