---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 714"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "714"
heading: "Arctic maritime domain awareness"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/714"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration"
  - "Chapter 7 — Cooperation"
---

# §714. Arctic maritime domain awareness

- (a) **In General.—** The Commandant shall improve maritime domain awareness in the Arctic—
  - (1) by promoting interagency cooperation and coordination;
  - (2) by employing joint, interagency, and international capabilities; and
  - (3) by facilitating the sharing of information, intelligence, and data related to the Arctic maritime domain between the Coast Guard and departments and agencies listed in [subsection (b)](#b).
- (b) **Coordination.—** The Commandant shall seek to coordinate the collection, sharing, and use of information, intelligence, and data related to the Arctic maritime domain between the Coast Guard and the following:
  - (1) The Department of Homeland Security.
  - (2) The Department of Defense.
  - (3) The Department of Transportation.
  - (4) The Department of State.
  - (5) The Department of the Interior.
  - (6) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  - (7) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  - (8) The Environmental Protection Agency.
  - (9) The National Science Foundation.
  - (10) The Arctic Research Commission.
  - (11) Any Federal agency or commission or State the Commandant determines is appropriate.
- (c) **Cooperation.—** The Commandant and the head of a department or agency listed in [subsection (b)](#b) may by agreement, on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, share personnel, services, equipment, and facilities to carry out the requirements of this section.
- (d) **5-year Strategic Plan.—** Not later than January 1, 2016 and every 5 years thereafter, the Commandant shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a 5-year strategic plan to guide interagency and international intergovernmental cooperation and coordination for the purpose of improving maritime domain awareness in the Arctic.
- (e) **Definitions.—** In this section the term “Arctic” has the meaning given that term in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 ([15 U.S.C. 4111](/usc/15/4111.md)).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title V, § 502(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3057, § 154; renumbered § 714, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 154 of this title as this section.