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title: "14 U.S.C. § 524"
description: "Enforcement of coastwise trade laws"
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title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
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chapter_name: "FUNCTIONS AND POWERS"
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citation: "14 U.S.C. § 524"
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# 14 U.S.C. § 524 - Enforcement of coastwise trade laws

## Text

Officers and members of the Coast Guard are authorized to enforce chapter 551 of title 46. The Secretary shall establish a program for these officers and members to enforce that chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 111–281, title II, § 216(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2917, § 100; renumbered § 524, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 100 of this title as this section.