---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 3.01-5"
title: "33"
number: "3.01-5"
heading: "Assignment of functions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/3.01-5"
---

# §3.01-5. Assignment of functions.


[Section 888](/cfr/33/888.md) of Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135, authorizes the Commandant of the Coast Guard to exercise certain functions, powers, and duties vested in the Secretary of Homeland Security by law. The general statements of policy in the rules describing Coast Guard organization are prescribed pursuant to [5 U.S.C. 552](/usc/5/552.md) (80 Stat. 383, as amended) and [14 U.S.C. 503](/usc/14/503.md) (63 Stat. 545).


## Notes

### Amendments

[CGFR 70-150, 36 FR 910, Jan. 20, 1971, as amended by USCG-2003-14505, 68 FR 9534, Feb. 28, 2003; USCG-2020-0304, 85 FR 58275, Sept. 18, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 14 U.S.C. 501, 504; Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Amendments

[CGFR 70-150, 36 FR 910, Jan. 20, 1971, as amended by USCG-2003-14505, 68 FR 9534, Feb. 28, 2003; USCG-2020-0304, 85 FR 58275, Sept. 18, 2020]