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United States House Committee on Commerce

The committee exercised jurisdiction over obstructions to harbor navigation, such as sunken vessels, lighthouses and other aids, and matters relating to lifesaving stations and such federal agencies as the Lifesaving Service, Revenue Cutter Service and the Marine Hospital Service (the predecessor of the Public Health Service).

William A. Newell

He is probably best known for, and was most proud of, the Newell Act, which created the United States Life-Saving Service (a Federal agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers; which ultimately merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915).


see also

Hopley

Hopley Yeaton (1739–1812), the first officer commissioned into the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service

USCGC Active

For ships named Active that served in the United States Revenue Cutter Service, predecessor to the United States Coast Guard, see USRC Active.