---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 5105"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "5105"
heading: "Inventory of real property"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/5105"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Coast Guard Authorizations and Reports to Congress"
  - "Chapter 51 — Reports"
---

# §5105. Inventory of real property

- (a) **In General.—** The Commandant shall maintain an inventory of all real property, including submerged lands, under the control of the Coast Guard, which shall include—
  - (1) the size, the location, and any other appropriate description of each unit of such property;
  - (2) an assessment of the physical condition of each unit of such property, excluding lands;
  - (3) a determination of whether each unit of such property should be—
    - (A) retained to fulfill a current or projected Coast Guard mission requirement; or
    - (B) subject to divestiture; and
  - (4) other information the Commandant considers appropriate.
- (b) **Updates.—** The Commandant shall update information on each unit of real property included in the inventory required under [subsection (a)](#a) not later than 30 days after any change relating to the control of such property.
- (c) **Recommendations to Congress.—** Not later than March 30, 2016, and every 5 years thereafter, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that includes—
  - (1) a list of all real property under the control of the Coast Guard and the location of such property by property type;
  - (2) recommendations for divestiture with respect to any units of such property; and
  - (3) recommendations for consolidating any units of such property, including—
    - (A) an estimate of the costs or savings associated with each recommended consolidation; and
    - (B) a discussion of the impact that such consolidation would have on Coast Guard mission effectiveness.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 217(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3035, § 679; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. C, title XXXV, § 3539, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2322; renumbered § 5105, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 122(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4239.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 679 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–232, § 3539(1), in introductory provisions, substituted “The Commandant shall maintain” for “Not later than September 30, 2015, the Commandant shall establish”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–232, § 3539(2), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Commandant shall—

“(1) maintain the inventory required under subsection (a) on an ongoing basis; and

“(2) update information on each unit of real property included in such inventory not later than 30 days after any change relating to the control of such property.”