102 ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCES 



for the promotion of safety on and over the high seas and waters 

 subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; oceanographic research 

 in and beneath any accessible portion of the oceans, seas, gulf and bays 

 inchiding international waters; and siiaU maintain a state of readiness 

 to function as a speciahzed service in the Navy in time of war. 



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(14 U.S.C.) 



§ 81. Aids to navigation authorized 



In order to aid navigation and to prevent disasters, collisions, 

 and ^vrecks of vessels and aircraft and to conduct oceanographic research 

 the Coast Guard may establish, maintain, and operate: 



(1) aids to maritime navigation requu-ed to serve the needs of 

 the armed forces or of the commerce of the United States ; 



(2) aids to au' navigation required to serve the needs of the 

 armed forces of the United States as requested by the Secretary 

 of the appropriate department within the Department of Defense; 

 [and] 



(3) Loran stations (a) required to serve the needs of the armed 

 forces of the United States; or (b) required to serve the needs of 

 the maritime commerce of the United States; or (c) required to 

 serve the needs of the air commerce of the United States as deter- 

 mined by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency; 

 and 



(4) aids to oceanographic research required to serve the needs oj 

 maritime commerce and navigation, including undersea navigation, 

 the national defense, and of increasing the safety of life and property 

 on the high seas. 



Such aids to navigation other than loran stations and scientific in- 

 struments, equipment, systems and facilities shall be established and 

 operated only within the United States, its Territories and possessions, 

 the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and beyond the territorial 

 jurisdiction of the United States at places where naval or military 

 bases of the United States are or may be located, and at other places 

 where such aids to navigation have been established prior to June 26, 

 1948. 



(14 U.S.C.) 

 § 90. Ocean stations 



(a) The Coast Guard is authorized to operate and maintain floating 

 ocean stations for the purpose of providing search and rescue, com- 

 munication, oceanographic research and surveys, and air navigation 

 facilities, and meteorological services in such ocean areas as are regu- 



larl}^ traversed by aircraft of the United States. 

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(14 U.S.C.) 



§ 94. Oceanographic research 



The Coast Guard may conduct such oceanographic research and collect 

 and analyze such oceanographic data, in cooperation with other agencies 

 of the Government or not, as the Secretary determines to be in the national 

 interest: Provided, however, That the authority herein conveyed shall not 



