PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 393-AUG. 4, 1949
Ante, p. 548.
47U.S.C.§
scg.; Supp. II,
note.
Ante, p. 108.
§ 828. Aircraft deemed public aircraft
Any aircraft, while assigned to authorized Coast Guard duty shall
be deemed to be a vessel of the Coast Guard within the meaning of
section 646 of this title.
§ 829. Radio station deemed government station
Any radio station, while assigned to authorized Coast Guard duty
shall be deemed to be a radio station of the Coast Guard and a "gov-
151 et ernment station" within the meaning of chapter 5 of Title 47.
§ 151
§ 830. Availability of appropriations
Appropriations of the Coast Guard shall be available for the pay-
ment of actual necessary traveling expense and subsistence, or com-
mutation of ration allowance in lieu of subsistence, of members of the
Auxiliary assigned to authorized specific duties and for actual neces-
sary expenses of operation of any motorboat, yacht, aircraft, or radio
station when assigned to Coast Guard duty, but shall not be available
for the payment of compensation for personal services, incident to
such operation, other than to personnel of the Coast Guard or the
- ary Reserve. The term "actual necessary expenses of operation," as used
in this section, shall include payment for fuel, oil, power, water, sup-
plies, provisions, replacement or repair of equipment, repair of any
amaged motorboat, yacht, aircraft, or radio station and for the con-
structive or actual loss of any motorboat, yacht, aircraft, or radio
station where it is determined, under applicable regulations, that
responsibility for the loss or damage necessitating such replacement
or repair of equipment, or for the damage or loss, constructive or actual,
of such motorboat, yacht, aircraft, or radio station rests with the Coast
Guard.
§ 831. Assignment and performance of duties
No member of the Auxiliary, solely by reason of such membership,
shall be vested with, or exercise, any right, privilege, power, or duty
vested in or imposed upon the personnel of the Coast Guard or the
Reserve, except that any such member may, under applicable regula-
tions, be assigned specific duties, which, after appropriate training
and examination, he has been found competent to perform, to effectuate
the purposes of the Auxiliary. No member of the Auxiliary shall be
placed in charge of a motorboat, yacht, aircraft, or radio station
assigned to Coast Guard duty unless he has been specifically designated
by authority of the Commandant to perform such duty. Members
of the Auxiliary, when assigned to specific duties as herein authorized
shall, unless otherwise limited by the Commandant, be vested with the
same power and authority, in the execution of such duties, as members
of the regular Coast Guard assigned to similar duty. When any
member of the Auxiliary is assigned to such duty he may, pursuant
to regulations issued by the Secretary, be paid actual necessary travel-
ing expenses, including a per diem allowance in conformity with stand-
ardized Government travel regulations in lieu of subsistence, while
traveling and while on duty away from his home. No per diem shall
be paid for any period during which quarters and subsistence in kind
are furnished by the Government, and no per diem shall be paid for any
period while such member is performing duty on a vessel
§ 832. Injury or death in line of duty
When any member of the Auxiliary is physically injured or dies
as a result of physical injury incurred while performing any specific
duty to which he has been assigned by competent Coast Guard au-
thority, such member or his beneficiary shall be entitled to the same
"Actual nece
expenses otoperat
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