1-02: Authority and Jurisdiction

Question 1

What is Authority?

Answer 1

The government’s legal power to act

Question 2

What is Jurisdiction?

Answer 2

The government’s power to exercise authority over its persons, vessels, and territories.

Question 3

What and where is the Coast Guard’s Maritime Law Enforcemnet Authority?

Answer 3

14 USC 522(a): The Coast Guard may make inquires, examinations, inspections, searches, seizures and arrests, on the high seas and waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, for the prevention, detection, and suppression of violations of laws of the United States. For such purposes, commissioned, warrant, and petty officers may at any time go aboard any vessel subject to the jurisdiction or the operation of any law of the United States, address inquiries to those onboard, examine the ship’s documents and papers, examine, inspect, and search the vessel, and use all necessary force to compel compliance.

Question 4

What is the acronym SEASII

Answer 4

Search, Examine, Arrest, Seize, Inspect, Inquire

Question 5

Where is the Coast Guard’s Customs Authority derived from?

Answer 5

14 USC 703

Question 6

Where is the Coast Guard’s PWCS authority derived from?

Answer 6

33 CFR 6

Question 7

Where is the Coast Guard’s Assistance Authority derived from?

Answer 7

14 USC 701

Question 8

Where is the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) authority derived from?

Answer 8

14 USC 525

Question 9

What is the acronym used to remember the other four sources of authority (besides CGIS)?

Answer 9

Master Chiefs Protect America (MCPA)

Question 10

What is Location

Answer 10

The allowable extent of the U.S. Jurisdiction over its persons vessels or aircraft

Question 11

What are the four types of vessel statuses or flag statuses?

Answer 11

US
Foreign
Vessel without nationality
Vessel assimilated to one without nationality

Question 12

What is substantive law?

Answer 12

A law that prohibits certain action or requires affirmative conduct

Question 13

What is Exclusive Flag State Jurisdiction

Answer 13

A vessel exercising its freedom of navigation in international waters subject only to the jurisdiction of its flag state.

Question 14

What vessels are considered Sovreign immunity?

Answer 14

Commercial
Recreational
Warship
Government owned, non-commercial

Question 15

List the jurisdictional waters from shortest to greatest

Answer 15

<0 NM : Internal
0-12 NM : Customs
Baseline - 12 : Territorial
Baseline - 24 : Contiguous
12 NM - 200 NM: Exclusive Economic Zone
12 NM - 12NM: International Waters
200 NM - 12 NM: High Seas

Question 16

What is a Right of Approach (ROA)?

Answer 16

The right of warships or other duly appointed vessels or military aircraft in international waters to APPROACH any vessel in international waters to verify its nationality through questioning.

Question 17

What is a Right of Visit (ROV)?

Answer 17

The right of warships or other duly appointed vessels or military aircraft in international waters to BOARD any vessel with UNKNOWN nationality in order to determine, or any vessel suspected of engaging in piracy, slave trade, or unauthorized broadcasting