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title: "14 U.S.C. § 715"
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title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
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# 14 U.S.C. § 715 - Oceanographic research

## Text

The Coast Guard shall conduct such oceanographic research, use such equipment or instruments, and collect and analyze such oceanographic data, in cooperation with other agencies of the Government, or not, as may be in the national interest.

(Added Pub. L. 87–396, § 1, Oct. 5, 1961, 75 Stat. 827, § 94; renumbered § 715, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 94 of this title as this section.