Coast Guard

Authorities
Briefing
CDR Scott Rogers,
USCG
09 March 2010
Coast Guard Roles and Missions

1.Maritime Safety
2.Maritime Security
3.Maritime Stewardship
Coast Guard Mission Areas

Aids to Migrant
Living Navigation Interdiction
Search and Marine Other Law
Defense
Rescue Resources Enforcement
Readiness
Enforcement Ports,
Marine Marine Ice Waterways Drug
Safety Environmental Operations & Coastal Interdiction
Protection Security

Protection
Maritime Maritime Maritime National
of Natural
Safety Mobility Security Defense
Resources

U.S. Coast Guard capabilities can be applied to

promote the full range of maritime priorities
within the National Military Strategy 3
Coast Guard Snapshot

40,903 Active Duty

7,709 Reservists
7,695 Civilians
28,500 Auxiliarists
1,660 Small Boats 142 Helicopters
Responsible for:
Coastline: 12,000+ Mi
Inland waters: 25,000 Mi
EEZ: 7,053,000+ Mi2

251 Cutters
54 Airplanes4
Coast Guard Organization
Coast Guard Authorities

An armed service:
Title 10 (Armed Services)
Title 50 (War & National
Def)
The Coast Guard may make A unique agency:
inquiries, examinations,
Title 6 (Homeland Security)
inspections, searches,
seizures, and arrests upon Title 14 (Coast Guard)
the high seas and waters
Bureaucratically agile:
over which the U.S. has
jurisdiction. 14 U.S.C. 89 Title 19 (Customs)
Title 33 (Navigable Waters,
Environment)
Title 46 (Shipping)
Title 49 (Transportation)
 Missions Law Analytical Framework
Salt away the facts, the law will keep!
Desired Endgame/Outcomes

Domestic Law
Doctrine/Policy
Statutes
Operational
Intl Law Regulations Investigation/Intel
Conventional Executive Instruments Prosecution

Customary Judge-made law

ACCP
Authorities Capabilities, Competencies,
Partnership
Command & Control (App. D, MLEM)
Key Organic Authorities They Put The A in ACCP

14 U.S.C 1 Congress Says Who We

Are (see also 10 U.S.C. 101)
14 U.S.C. 2 Congress Defines The
Missions
14 U.S.C. 89 Congress Grants Us
Authority To Accomplish The LE
Mission
14 U.S.C. 88 SAR Authority
14 U.S.C. 141 Congress Says Who
We Can Play With (and vice versa)
14 U.S.C. 143 (and 19 U.S.C. 1401)
USCG Has Customs Authority Too
33 C.F.R. Part 6 (COTP Authority
Security Boardings)
Title 46 LE Ashore Authority
(Facilities)

For
The Ebb & Flow of CG Authority
Maximum Authority
Intermediate Authority
Foreign flag vessels on
the high seas with Flag
State Consent
Foreign territorial sea
with Coastal State
Consent
On navigable
waterways & territorial
sea of the U.S., and
aboard U.S. and
stateless vessels on
the high seas
Facilities adjacent to
U.S. Waters
Maritime access &
movement control in
U.S. waters

Least Authority
Law enforcement
ashore beyond
facilities
Foreign Flag Vessel
W/O Flag State
Consent

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 Location, Location, Location!
Maritime Zones & Authorities: Where You Stand Depends On
Where You Sit
All Threats.
All Hazards.
Always Ready.

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