TREATMENT OF PROPERTY OWNED BY AUXILIARY UNITS AND DEDICATED SOLELY FOR AUXILIARY USE.

SEC. 226. TREATMENT OF PROPERTY OWNED BY AUXILIARY UNITS AND DEDICATED SOLELY FOR AUXILIARY USE. Section 821 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), personal property of the auxiliary shall not be considered property of the United States.“(2) The Secretary may treat personal property of the auxiliary as property of the United States—“(A) for the purposes of—“(i) the statutes and matters referred to in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (b); and“(ii) section 641 of this title; and“(B) as otherwise provided in this chapter. “(3) The Secretary may reimburse the Auxiliary, and each organizational element and unit of the Auxiliary, for necessary expenses of operation, maintenance, and repair or replacement of personal property of the Auxiliary. “(4) In this subsection, the term ‘personal property of the Auxiliary’ means motor boats, yachts, aircraft, radio stations, motorized vehicles, trailers, or other equipment that is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Coast Guard Auxiliary or an organizational element or unit of the Auxiliary and that is used solely for the purposes described in this subsection.”.