---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 53.1"
title: "33"
number: "53.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/53.1"
---

# §53.1. Purpose.


This part:

- (a) Establishes policy and implements section 1034 of [title 10](/cfr/10.md) of the United States Code to provide protection against reprisal to members of the Coast Guard for making a protected communication to a Member of Congress; an Inspector General; a member of a Department of Defense or Department of Homeland Security audit, inspection, investigation, or law enforcement organization (e.g., the Coast Guard Investigative Service); any person or organization in the chain of command; and any other person or organization designated pursuant to regulations or other established administrative procedures for such communications.
- (b) Assigns responsibilities and delegates authority for such protection and prescribes operating procedures.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 13405, Apr. 2, 1991, as amended by USCG-2009-0239, 75 FR 79959, Dec. 21, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 1034; Pub. L. 100-456, 102 Stat. 1918; Pub. L. 101-225, 103 Stat. 1908; Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 13405, Apr. 2, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[56 FR 13405, Apr. 2, 1991, as amended by USCG-2009-0239, 75 FR 79959, Dec. 21, 2010]