Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

22 U.S.C. § 4194

Lists and returns of seamen and vessels, etc.

Every consular officer shall keep a detailed list of all seamen and mariners shipped and discharged by him, specifying their names and the names of the vessels on which they are shipped and from which they are discharged, and the payments, if any, made on account of each so discharged; also of the number of the vessels arrived and departed, the amounts of their registered tonnage, and the number of their seamen and mariners, and of those who are protected, and whether citizens of the United States or not, and as nearly as possible the nature and value of their cargoes, and where produced, and shall make returns of the same, with their accounts and other returns, to the Secretary of Commerce.

Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 1032 Stat. 829Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 137 Stat. 736(R.S. § 1708; , ; , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, § 2711 Stat. 62R.S. § 1708 derived from , .

Act , substituted “Secretary of Commerce and Labor” for “Secretary of the Treasury”. Act , substituted “Secretary of Commerce” for “Secretary of Commerce and Labor”.

Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.

section 1174 of this titlesection 74 of this titleSection was formerly classified to , and prior thereto to .

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1)80 Stat. 931Section 6(b)(2) of Pub. L. 89–670section 108 of Title 49Coast Guard transferred to Department of Transportation and functions, powers, and duties, relating to Coast Guard, of Secretary of the Treasury and of other offices and officers of Department of the Treasury transferred to Secretary of Transportation by , , . , however, provided that notwithstanding such transfer of functions, Coast Guard shall operate as part of Navy in time of war or when President directs as provided in former section 3 (now 103) of Title 14. See , Transportation.

section 542 of Title 6For 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 , as modified, set out as a note under .

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

60 Stat. 1097Certain shipping and navigation functions of Secretary of Commerce transferred to Commandant of Coast Guard and Commissioner of Customs by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, §§ 101 to 104, eff. , 11 F.R. 7875, , 1098 set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

64 Stat. 1280Functions of all officers of Department of the Treasury [which included Commandant of Coast Guard and Commissioner of Customs], and functions of all agencies and employees of Department, transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by Reorg. Plan No. 26 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 4935, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Coast Guard was generally a service in Department of the Treasury but such Plan excepted, from transfer, functions of Coast Guard, and of Commandant thereof, when Coast Guard was operating as a part of Navy under former section 3 (now 103) of Title 14, Coast Guard.