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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part I · Chapter 807 — Composition of the Department of the Navy

§ 8061. Department of the Navy: composition

Statutory text

The Department of the Navy is composed of the following:

(1)

The Office of the Secretary of the Navy.

(2)

The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

(3)

The Headquarters, Marine Corps.

(4)

The entire operating forces, including naval aviation, of the Navy and of the Marine Corps, and the reserve components of those operating forces.

(5)

All field activities, headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Navy.

(6)

The Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy.

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. Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–433 title V § 511(b)(1) · 100 Stat. 992

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 8061

    Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(b)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1043, § 5061

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(b)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1043, § 5061

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) 10 USC 5001 et seq. ; post, pp. 1048, 1051. Part I of subtitle C is amended by inserting after chapter 505 the following new chapter 507: “CHAPTER 507— COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY “Sec. “5061. Department of the Navy: composition. “5062. United States Navy: composition; functions. “5063. United States Marine Corps: composition; functions. “§ 5061. Department of the Navy: composition “The Department of the Navy is composed of the following: “(1) The Office of the Secretary of the Navy. “(2) The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. “(3) The Headquarters, Marine Corps. “(4) Theentire operating forces, including naval aviation, of the Navy and of the Marine Corps, and the reserve components of those operating forces. “(5) All field activities, headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Navy. “(6) The Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy.”.

  2. 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. § 8061

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5061 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5061 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.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 5011 of this title prior to enactment of Pub. L. 99–433.

A prior section 8061 was renumbered section 9061 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5061 of this title as this section.

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.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Credits

1986–2018 · 2 acts
  1. 1986Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(b)(1), , 100 Stat. 1043, § 5061
  2. 2018renumbered § 8061, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), , 132 Stat. 1834.
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(Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(b)(1), , 100 Stat. 1043, § 5061; renumbered § 8061, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), , 132 Stat. 1834.)

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