33 CFR 5.3
§ 5.3 Purpose.
United States · 33 CFR — Navigation and Navigable Waters · Status: effective
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- 33 CFR 5.3, § 5.3 Purpose, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/149244
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(a) The Auxiliary is a uniformed, volunteer, non-military organization administered by the Commandant under the direction of the Secretary.
(b) The purpose of the Auxiliary is to assist the Coast Guard, as authorized by the Commandant, in performing any Coast Guard function, power, duty, role, mission, or operation authorized by law.
(c) Auxiliary units assist the Coast Guard in maintenance and upkeep, and in conducting tours of Coast Guard and other Federal- or State-owned structures and property.
(d) The Auxiliary assist Federal, State, and municipal agencies, as authorized by the Commandant.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.