Originally Posted by
Carbon Bootprint
i don’t believe USCG has ever been part of the Department of Commerce. It was under the Department of Transportation for many years before being moved to Homeland Security after 9/11. As you say, it can be placed under the Navy with a Congressional decree.
You are correct.. I miss spoke. USCG become part of Dept of Transportation in 1967, not Dept of Commerce. Mea culpa. However, both Congress and the President have the authority to move the Coast Guard into the US Navy.