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title: "14 U.S.C. § 548"
description: "Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials"
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# 14 U.S.C. § 548 - Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials
## Text
No officer, enlisted member, or civilian member of the Coast Guard in any manner connected with the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract for labor, materials, or supplies for the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses, or in any patent, plan, or mode of construction or illumination, or in any article of supply for the construction, operation, or maintenance of lighthouses.
(Added Pub. L. 116283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8509(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4756.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Codification Another section 548 was renumbered section 551 of this title.