---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 524"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "524"
heading: "Enforcement of coastwise trade laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/524"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration"
  - "Chapter 5 — Functions and Powers"
  - "Subchapter II — Life Saving and Law Enforcement Authorities"
---

# §524. Enforcement of coastwise trade laws


Officers and members of the Coast Guard are authorized to enforce chapter 551 of title 46. The Secretary shall establish a program for these officers and members to enforce that chapter.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 111–281, title II, § 216(a), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2917, § 100; renumbered § 524, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4200.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 100 of this title as this section.