Not more than $250,000 each fiscal year appropriated for the operations and support of the Coast Guard shall be available for investigative expenses of a confidential character, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Commandant and payment to be made on the Commandant’s certificate of necessity for confidential purposes, and the Commandant’s determination shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Government.
Pub. L. 93–283, § 1(10)88 Stat. 140 Pub. L. 108–293, title II, § 221118 Stat. 1040 Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 107(b)132 Stat. 4205 Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV134 Stat. 4760 (Added , , , § 658; amended , , ; renumbered § 944 and amended , title III, § 308, , , 4248; [LXXXV], § 8513(a)(3), , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 116–2832021— substituted “the operations and support” for “necessary expenses for the operation” and “the Commandant’s” for “his” in two places.
Pub. L. 115–282, § 3082018—, substituted “$250,000” for “$45,000”.
Pub. L. 115–282, § 107(b)section 658 of this title, renumbered as this section.
Pub. L. 108–2932004— substituted “$45,000 each fiscal year” for “$15,000 per annum”.