14 U.S.C. § 2712Section
§ 2712. Payment for the apprehension of stragglers
The Coast Guard may offer and pay rewards for the apprehension and delivery of deserters, stragglers, and prisoners.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 547, §644; renumbered §2712, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)