TITLE 33 - US CODE - CHAPTER 16 - LIGHTHOUSES

711 to 715. Omitted

33 USC 716 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 9, 36 Stat. 538; July 27, 1939, ch. 388, 1, 53 Stat. 1130, related to employment of temporary draftsmen. See section 653 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

33 USC 717 - Detail of Army engineers as construction aids

The President may detail officers of the Engineer Corps of the United States Army for consultation or to superintend the construction or repair of any aid to navigation authorized by Congress.

33 USC 717a - Repealed. Pub. L. 89554, 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 647

Section, act Feb. 25, 1929, ch. 313, 5, 45 Stat. 1262, provided for the detail of superintendents and engineers to duty at Washington.

33 USC 718 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section, act Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1638, 6, 34 Stat. 997, related to traveling expenses of Army and Navy officers. See section 404 et seq. of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

33 USC 719 - Omitted

720, 720a. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section 720, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 7, 36 Stat. 538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to general control by Commandant of Coast Guard. See section 81 of Title 14, Coast Guard. Section 720a, act Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 665, 3, 50 Stat. 667, related to establishment and maintenance of aids to navigation in certain waters. See section 81 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

33 USC 721 - Omitted

721a to 724. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section 721a, acts Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 665, 2, 50 Stat. 667; July 11, 1941, ch. 290, 2, 55 Stat. 585, related to deposit of damage payments and disbursement. See section 642 of Title 14, Coast Guard. Section 722, acts July 7, 1884, ch. 332, 23 Stat. 198; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to necessity for contract for expenditure of appropriations. Section 723, act Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, 1, 35 Stat. 973, related to proposals for repair of vessels and specifications. Section 724, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 8, 36 Stat. 538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to contracts for materials and necessity for public letting.

33 USC 725 - Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials, etc.

No Commandant of the Coast Guard, superintendent of lighthouses, lightkeeper, or other person in any manner connected with the light-house service, shall be interested, either directly or indirectly, in any contract for labor, materials, or supplies for the light-house service, or in any patent, plan, or mode of construction or illumination, or in any article of supply for the light-house service.

33 USC 726 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section, act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 168, 37 Stat. 1018, related to procurement of supplies and equipment for special works of Lighthouse Service. See section 649 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

33 USC 727 - Lighthouse and other sites; necessity for cession by State of jurisdiction

No lighthouse, beacon, public piers, or landmark, shall be built or erected on any site until cession of jurisdiction over the same has been made to the United States.

33 USC 728 - Sufficiency of cession by State; service of State process in lands ceded

A cession by a State of jurisdiction over a place selected as the site of a lighthouse, or other structure or work, shall be deemed sufficient within section 727 of this title, notwithstanding it contains a reservation that process issued under authority of such State may continue to be served within such place. And notwithstanding any such cession of jurisdiction contains no such reservation, all process may be served and executed within the place ceded, in the same manner as if no cession had been made.

729, 730. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section 729, acts June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 9, 36 Stat. 538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to purchase by Commandant of sites for lighthouses. See sections 92 (f) and 653 of Title 14, Coast Guard. Section 730, acts Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 168, 37 Stat. 1018; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736; Oct. 22, 1913, ch. 32, 38 Stat. 225, related to purchase of additional land for lighthouses and depots. See section 92 (f) of Title 14.

33 USC 730a - Sites for pierhead beacons

The Secretary of Transportation is authorized whenever he shall deem it advisable, to acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf of the United States, the right to use and occupy sites for pierhead beacons the establishment of which has been, or shall hereafter be, authorized by Congress.

731, 732. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section 731, acts Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 299, 1, 35 Stat. 972; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to lease of sites for temporary lights. See section 92 of Title 14, Coast Guard. Section 732, acts Aug. 28, 1916, ch. 414, 2, 39 Stat. 538; July 11, 1941, ch. 290, 1, 55 Stat. 584, related to exchange of right-of-way pertaining to Coast Guard. See section 92 of Title 14.

33 USC 733 - Transferred

33 USC 734 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section, R.S. 4678, related to coloring and numbering buoys. See section 87 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

33 USC 735 - Marking pierheads in certain lakes

The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly mark all pierheads belonging to the United States situated on the northern and northwestern lakes, whenever he is duly notified by the department charged with the construction or repair of pierheads that the construction or repair of any such pierheads has been completed.

33 USC 736 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section, R.S. 4676; acts June 10, 1910, ch. 301, 6, 36 Stat. 538; Aug. 16, 1937, ch. 665, 1, 50 Stat. 666, related to placement of markers over sunken craft and other obstructions. See section 86 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

737, 738. Omitted

739 to 740b. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section 739, R.S. 4668, related to substitution of lighthouses for lightships. Section 740, acts Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, 5, 38 Stat. 927; Aug. 28, 1916, ch. 414, 3, 39 Stat. 538; June 20, 1918, ch. 103, 5, 40 Stat. 608; June 5, 1920, ch. 235, 1, 41 Stat. 927, related to post-lantern lights on particular waters. Section 740a, act May 22, 1926, ch. 371, 6, 44 Stat. 626, related to post-lantern lights on Allegheny and Rock Rivers. Section 740b, acts June 23, 1874, ch. 455, 1, 18 Stat. 220; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to lights and buoys on Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers. Sections covered by section 81 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

741, 742. Repealed. June 6, 1940, ch. 257, 5, 6, 54 Stat. 247

Section 741, acts May 14, 1908, ch. 168, 7, 35 Stat. 162; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 6, 36 Stat. 538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to reports of aids to navigation which might be discontinued. Section 742, R.S. 4674; acts Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, 10, 32 Stat. 829; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 6, 36 Stat. 538; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to discontinuance and reestablishment of lights. Provisions of section 742 were substantially incorporated into sections 92 and 93 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

33 USC 743 - Lighthouse districts

The ocean, gulf, and lake coasts and the rivers of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the naval station in Cuba shall be arranged into not exceeding nineteen lighthouse districts.

33 USC 744 - Omitted

33 USC 745 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section, R.S. 4673; act June 20, 1918, ch. 103, 8, 40 Stat. 609, related to salaries of keepers of lighthouses.

33 USC 745a - Traveling expenses of new appointees to isolated posts outside United States

In all appropriations hereafter made for General expenses, Coast Guard, there is authorized to be made available not exceeding $1,500 in any fiscal year, under rules prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, for paying the actual and necessary traveling expenses of new appointees from ports of embarkation in the United States to first post of duty at isolated light stations, in districts outside the continental limits of the United States.

746 to 746b. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 565

Section 746, act June 29, 1949, ch. 277, 1, 63 Stat. 299, related to compensation and pay of civilians keepers of lighthouses and civilian employees on Coast Guard vessels. Section 746a, act June 29, 1949, ch. 277, 2, 63 Stat. 299, related to extra pay and hours of duty. Section 746b, act June 29, 1949, ch. 277, 3, 63 Stat. 300, related to additional compensation as affecting retirement compensation.

747, 747a. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, 1313, 58 Stat. 714

Section 747, act Aug. 28, 1916, ch. 414, 5, 39 Stat. 538, related to medical relief to lighthouse keepers. See section 763c of this title. Act Aug. 28, 1916, was also repealed, by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561. Section 747a, act May 22, 1926, ch. 371, 3, 44 Stat. 626, related to medical relief to lighthouse keepers. See section 763c of this title. Act May 22, 1926, was also repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561.

33 USC 747b - Lighthouse keepers; traveling expenses incurred in obtaining medical attention

On and after February 25, 1929, the appropriation, General expenses, Coast Guard, shall be available, under rules prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, for paying the actual and necessary traveling expenses of lighthouse keepers at isolated stations incurred in obtaining medical attention.

33 USC 748 - Teachers for children of lighthouse keepers

The appropriation, General expenses, Coast Guard, shall be available, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, for the payment of traveling and subsistence expenses of teachers while actually employed by States or private persons to instruct the children of keepers of lighthouses.

33 USC 748a - Transportation expenses for school children

In all appropriations hereafter made for General expenses, Coast Guard there is authorized to be made available not exceeding $2,500 in any fiscal year, for the transportation, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, of the children of lighthouse keepers at isolated light stations where necessary to enable such children to attend school.

33 USC 749 - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section, acts July 27, 1912, ch. 255, 2, 37 Stat. 239; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to reimbursement of lighthouse keepers for clothing, etc., furnished shipwrecked persons. See section 486 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

33 USC 750 - Repealed. Pub. L. 89554, 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 642

Section, act Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 223, 1, 38 Stat. 658, related to leaves of absence to employees of Lighthouse Service.

751 to 752a. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section 751, act Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, 4, 38 Stat. 927, related to leave of absence to employees of Lighthouse Service. See section 6301 et seq. of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Section 752, acts Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 168, 37 Stat. 1019; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to sale of condemned supplies, etc., and land not used; disposition of funds. See section 93 of Title 14, Coast Guard. Section 752a, act May 22, 1926, ch. 371, 5, 44 Stat. 626, related to sale of equipment; disposition of receipts. See section 641 of Title 14.

33 USC 752b - Omitted

753, 754. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section 753, act June 20, 1918, ch. 103, 4, 40 Stat. 608, related to sale of publications of Lighthouse Service. See sections 1705, 1708 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. Section 754, acts July 27, 1912, ch. 255, 2, 37 Stat. 239; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, 1, 37 Stat. 736, related to sale of clothing to employees. See section 485 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

33 USC 754a - Purchase of commissary and quartermaster supplies

Officers and crews of vessels of the Lighthouse Service and light keepers and depot keepers of the Lighthouse Service shall be permitted to purchase commissary and quartermaster supplies from the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps at the price charged officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps.

755 to 762. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section 755, act June 16, 1880, ch. 235, 21 Stat. 263, related to police powers of masters of Lighthouse Service. See section 89 of Title 14, Coast Guard. Section 756, act Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, 6, 38 Stat. 928, related to use of appropriations with Forest Service. See section 141 of Title 14. Section 757, act Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 602, related to cooperation with Army and Navy Departments in time of or in preparation for war. See sections 3, 88, 92, 93, 141, 144, 145, and 632 of Title 14. Section 758, act Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 602, related to transfer of vessels, equipment, etc., to Navy or Army Departments in case of vocational emergency. See sections 3, 88, 92, 93, 141, 144, 145, and 632 of Title 14. Section 759, acts June 20, 1906, ch. 3447, 3, 34 Stat. 324; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to unauthorized establishment of lights and penalty. See section 83 of Title 14. Section 760, act May 14, 1908, ch. 168, 5, 35 Stat. 162, related to failure to maintain lights on bridges and penalty. See section 85 of Title 14. Section 761, acts May 14, 1908, ch. 168, 6, 35 Stat. 162; June 17, 1910, ch. 301, 6, 36 Stat. 538, related to wrongful interference with Government aids to navigation and penalty. See section 84 of Title 14. Section 762, act Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, 8, 38 Stat. 928, related to wrongful interference with private aids to navigation and penalty. See section 84 of Title 14.

33 USC 763 - Retirement for age of officers and employees generally; retirement pay; waiver of retirement pay

All officers and employees engaged in the field service or on vessels of the Lighthouse Service, except persons continuously employed in district offices or shop, who
(1)  shall have reached the age of fifty-five years, after having been thirty years in the active service of the Government,
(2)  shall have reached the age of sixty-two years, after having been twenty-five years in the active service of the Government, or
(3)  are involuntarily separated from further performance of duty, except by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or delinquency, after completing twenty-five years in the active service of the Government, or after completing twenty years of such service and after reaching the age of fifty years, may at their option be retired from further performance of duty; and all such officers and employees who shall have reached the age of seventy years shall be compulsorily retired from further performance of duty: Provided, That the annual compensation of persons so retired shall be a sum equal to one-fortieth of the average annual pay received for the last three years of service for each year of active service in the Lighthouse Service, or in a department or branch of the Government having a retirement system, not to exceed in any case thirty-fortieths of such average annual pay received: Provided further, That the retirement pay computed under the preceding proviso for any such officer or employee retiring under clause (3) shall be reduced by one-sixth of 1 per centum for each full month the officer or employee is under fifty-five years of age at the date of retirement: Provided further, That such retirement pay shall not include any amount on account of subsistence or other allowance: Provided further, That the retirement provisions and pay shall not apply to persons in the field service of the Lighthouse Service whose duties do not require substantially all their time. Any person entitled to retirement pay under this section may decline to accept all or any part of such retirement pay by a waiver signed and filed with the Secretary of the Treasury. Such waiver may be revoked in writing at any time, but no payment of the retirement pay waived shall be made covering the period during which such waiver was in effect.

33 USC 7631 - Increase of retired pay

The annual rate of retired pay received by any person who was retired on or before June 29, 1949, under section 763 of this title, as amended and supplemented, shall be increased by $360 effective on the first day of the calendar month following October 29, 1949.

33 USC 7632 - Additional increase of retired pay

The annual rate of retired pay of each person retired under section 763 of this title, as amended and supplemented, shall be increased, effective on the first day of the first calendar month following July 9, 1956, in accordance with the following schedule: Such annual increase in retired pay shall not exceed the sum necessary to increase such retired pay to $4,104. The monthly installment of each retired payment so increased shall be fixed at the nearest dollar.

33 USC 763a - Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section, act May 22, 1926, ch. 371, 7, 44 Stat. 626, related to retirement of certain officers and employees of the Lighthouse Service.

33 USC 763a1 - Retirement, exceptions for age and period of service

Any officer or employee of the Lighthouse Service who, on June 30, 1939, meets the requirements (except those relating to age and period of service) of section 763 of this title, as amended or supplemented, and who shall
(1)  reach the age of sixty-four years prior to July 1, 1940, or
(2)  be the occupant of an office or position abolished prior to July 1, 1940, may in the discretion of the head of his executive department be retired with annual compensation as provided in said section: Provided, however, That no such officer or employee shall be retired hereunder unless he shall have been in the service of the Government not less than thirty years at the time of retirement. Any officer or employee to whom this section applies who is not retired hereunder prior to reaching the age of sixty-five years shall, upon reaching such age, become eligible for retirement in accordance with the provisions of said section 763 of this title, and may not be retired under the provisions of this section. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to affect the application of said section to any officer or employee of the Lighthouse Service to whom this section does not apply.

33 USC 763a2 - Application to persons of Coast Guard

The provisions of sections 763 and 763a–1 of this title shall not apply to persons of the Coast Guard other than officers and employees of the former Lighthouse Service who, on June 30, 1939, met the requirements for retirement (except those relating to age and period of service) of said sections.

33 USC 763b - Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, 1313, 58 Stat. 714

Section, act June 24, 1930, ch. 597, 46 Stat. 807, as affected by 1939 Reorg. Plans Nos. I, 201, 205, and II, 2(a), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2731, 53 Stat. 1424, 1432, provided for hospital facilities for retired officers and employees of former Lighthouse Service.

33 USC 763c - Repealed. Pub. L. 93222, 7(b), Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936

Section, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, 1310(b), formerly title VI, 610(b), 58 Stat. 714; renumbered title VII, 710(b), by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, 5, 60 Stat. 1049; renumbered title VIII, 810(b), by act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, 3(b), 70 Stat. 721; renumbered title IX, 910(b), by Pub. L. 88–581, § 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat. 919; renumbered title X, 1010(b), by Pub. L. 89–239, § 3(b), Oct. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 931; renumbered title XI, 1110(b) by Pub. L. 91–572, § 6(b), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1506; renumbered title XII, 1210(b) by Pub. L. 92–294, § 3(b), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 137; renumbered title XIII, 1310(b), by Pub. L. 93–154, § 2(b)(2), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 604, made provision for hospital facilities for officers and employees.

33 USC 764 - Omitted

33 USC 765 - Retirement for disability

Any officer or employee to whom section 763 of this title applies, who has been in the active service of the Government fifteen years or more and who is found, after examination by a medical officer of the United States, to be disabled for useful and efficient service by reason of disease or injury not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful misconduct on his part, shall be retired under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation on an annuity computed in the manner provided in said section.

33 USC 766 - Restoration to active duty after retirement for disability

Any officer or employee retired under section 765 of this title may, upon recovery, be restored to active duty, and shall from time to time, before reaching the age at which he may be retired under section 763 of this title be reexamined by a medical officer of the United States upon the request of the Secretary of Transportation.

767 to 769. Repealed. Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561

Section 767, acts Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, 7, 38 Stat. 928; June 20, 1918, ch. 103, 7, 40 Stat. 608, related to administration of oaths to employees of Lighthouse Service. Section 768, acts Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 355, 8, 37 Stat. 487; Mar. 3, 1915, ch. 81, 7, 38 Stat. 928; June 20, 1918, ch. 103, 7, 40 Stat. 608; June 6, 1939, ch. 185, 53 Stat. 810, related to oaths to expense accounts. Section 769, act Feb. 25, 1929, ch. 313, 3, 45 Stat. 1262, related to aids to navigation in Panama. See section 81 of Title 14, Coast Guard.

33 USC 770 - Regulations for expenditure of moneys accruing from commutation of rations and provisions

Money accruing from commutation of rations and provisions for working parties in the field, officers and crews of light vessels and tenders, and officials and other authorized persons on board of such tenders or vessels, after payment on proper vouchers to the officer in charge of the mess of such vessel or party, as provided by law, may be expended and accounted for pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1321 and 1322 (a) of title 31.

33 USC 771 - Benefits for surviving spouses of Lighthouse Service employees; death of employee during retirement; amount of payment

Where
(1) any former employee of the Lighthouse Service has died or shall hereafter die at a time when that employee was receiving or was entitled to receive retirement pay under section 763 of this title, as amended and supplemented, and
(2) the surviving spouse of the former employee was married to the former employee prior to the retirement of the former employee from the Lighthouse Service and has not remarried

the surviving spouse, so long as the surviving spouse does not remarry, shall be paid $100 per month by the Secretary of Transportation.

33 USC 772 - Death of employee due to non-service-connected causes after 15 years service; amount of payment

Where
(1) any employee of the Lighthouse Service has died or shall hereafter die from non-service-connected causes after fifteen or more years of employment in such service, and
(2) the surviving spouse of the employee has not since remarried,

the surviving spouse, so long as the surviving spouse does not marry, shall be paid $100 per month by the Secretary of Transportation.

33 USC 773 - Application for benefits

Application for the benefits of sections 771 to 775 of this title shall be made in such manner and form as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe.

33 USC 774 - Rules and regulations

The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall perform, or cause to be performed, such acts, and shall make such rules and regulations, as may be necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of sections 771 to 775 of this title.

33 USC 775 - Payments nonassignable and exempt from process

No payment under sections 771 to 775 of this title shall be assignable, either in law or in equity, or be subject to execution, levy, lien, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.

33 USC 776 - Payment out of Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund

Annuities authorized by sections 771 to 775 of this title may, on and after December 26, 2007, be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.