---
kind: "unit"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
key: "stI/ch5/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General Powers"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/stI-ch5-schI"
sections_count: 11
---

# Subchapter I — General Powers

Title 14 — Coast Guard › Subtitle I — Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration › Chapter 5 — Functions and Powers

## Sections

- [§501. Secretary; general powers](/usc/14/501.md)
- [§502. Delegation of powers by the Secretary](/usc/14/502.md)
- [§503. Transferred](/usc/14/503.md)
- [§504. Commandant; general powers](/usc/14/504.md)
- [§505. Functions and powers vested in the Commandant](/usc/14/505.md)
- [§506. Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care](/usc/14/506.md)
- [§507. Appointment of judges](/usc/14/507.md)
- [§508. Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability](/usc/14/508.md)
- [§509. Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft](/usc/14/509.md)
- [§510. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes](/usc/14/510.md)
- [§511. Retention of certain records](/usc/14/511.md)