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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part I · Chapter 803 — Department of the Navy

§ 8011. Organization

Statutory text

The Department of the Navy is separately organized under the Secretary of the Navy. It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 277, § 5011 · 70A Stat. 277

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 8011

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 277, § 5011

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 277, § 5011

  2. Pub. L. 87–651 title II § 212 · 76 Stat. 506

    Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 8011

    Pub. L. 87–651 inserted sentences providing that the Department of the Navy is separately organized under the Secretary of the Navy, and that it operates under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 87–651 inserted sentences providing that the Department of the Navy is separately organized under the Secretary of the Navy, and that it operates under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 212. The first sentence of section 5011 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “The Department of the Navy is separately organized under the Secretary of the Navy. It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense. It is composed of the executive part of the Department of the Navy; the Headquarters, United States Marine Corps; the entire operating forces, including naval aviation, of the United States Navy and of the United States Marine Corps, and the reserve components of those operating forces; and all field activities, headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Navy.”

  3. Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–433 § 511(c)(1) · 100 Stat. 992

    Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 8011

    Pub. L. 99–433, § 511(c)(1), substituted “Organization” for “Composition” in section catchline

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–433, § 511(c)(1), substituted “Organization” for “Composition” in section catchline.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) The heading of section 5011 is amended to read as follows: “§ 5011. Organization”.

  4. Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–433 § 511(b)(2) · 100 Stat. 992

    Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 8011

    Pub. L. 99–433, § 511(b)(2), struck out the last two sentences which read as follows: “It is composed of the executive part of the Department of the Navy; the Headquarters, United States Marine Corps; the entire operating forces, including naval aviation, of the United States Navy and of the United States Marine Corps, and the reserve components of those operating forces; and all field activities, headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Navy. It includes the United States Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy.” See section 5061 of this title

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–433, § 511(b)(2), struck out the last two sentences which read as follows: “It is composed of the executive part of the Department of the Navy; the Headquarters, United States Marine Corps; the entire operating forces, including naval aviation, of the United States Navy and of the United States Marine Corps, and the reserve components of those operating forces; and all field activities, headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Navy. It includes the United States Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy.” See section 5061 of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Section 5011 is amended by striking out the third and fourth sentences.

  5. John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 807(a)(1) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 8011

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5011 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5011 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) In general.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), each section in part I of subtitle C of title 10, United States Code, is 10 USC 8001, 8011–8020, 8022–8028, 8031–8033, 8035–8038, 8041–8047, 8061–8063. redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 3,000.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes
1956 Act

The Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343, as amended (5 U.S.C. 411a(a)) which is the National Security Act of 1947, defined “Department of the Navy”. The Acts of Mar. 5, 1948, ch. 98 (5 U.S.C. 423a(a)), and Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756 (5 U.S.C. 421g) defined “Naval Establishment”. The terms “Department of the Navy” and “Naval Establishment” are considered to be synonymous. All three definitions were considered, but the phraseology adopted is that of the National Security Act of 1947. The phrase “as a service in the Navy” is substituted for “as a part of the Navy” to conform to the provisions of title 14.

1962 Act
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
50115:171a(c)(7) (1st sentence, less applicability to Departments of Army and Air Force).July 26, 1947, ch. 343, § 202(c)(7) (1st sentence, less applicability to Departments of Army and Air Force); added Aug. 6, 1958, Pub. L. 85–599, § 3(a) (1st sentence of 8th par., less applicability to Departments of Army and Air Force), 72 Stat. 516.

The words “to include naval aviation and the United States Marine Corps” are omitted as covered by the first sentence of section 5011. The word “operates” is substituted for the words “shall function”.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 8011 was renumbered section 9011 of this title.

Another prior section 8011 was renumbered section 9012 of this title.

Amendments1962–2018 · 3 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5011 of this title as this section.

1986

Pub. L. 99–433, § 511(c)(1), substituted “Organization” for “Composition” in section catchline.

Pub. L. 99–433, § 511(b)(2), struck out the last two sentences which read as follows: “It is composed of the executive part of the Department of the Navy; the Headquarters, United States Marine Corps; the entire operating forces, including naval aviation, of the United States Navy and of the United States Marine Corps, and the reserve components of those operating forces; and all field activities, headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Navy. It includes the United States Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy.” See section 5061 of this title.

1962

Pub. L. 87–651 inserted sentences providing that the Department of the Navy is separately organized under the Secretary of the Navy, and that it operates under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Credits

1956–2018 · 4 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 277, § 5011
  2. 1962Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 212, , 76 Stat. 524
  3. 1986Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(b)(2), (c)(1), , 100 Stat. 1043
  4. 2018renumbered § 8011, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), , 132 Stat. 1834.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 277, § 5011; Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 212, , 76 Stat. 524; Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(b)(2), (c)(1), , 100 Stat. 1043; renumbered § 8011, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), , 132 Stat. 1834.)

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