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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part I · Chapter 809 — Bureaus; Office of the Judge Advocate General

§ 8071. Bureaus: names; location

Statutory text

There are in the executive part of the Department of the Navy the following bureaus:

(1)

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

(2)

Bureau of Naval Personnel.

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. 285, § 5131 · 70A Stat. 285

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 8071

    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 285, § 5131

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 285, § 5131

  2. Pub. L. 86–174 · 73 Stat. 395

    1. Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 8071

      Pub. L. 86–174 inserted reference to Bureau of Naval Weapons

    2. Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 8071

      Pub. L. 86–174 struck out reference to Bureau of Aeronautics and Bureau of Ordnance

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 86–174 inserted reference to Bureau of Naval Weapons and struck out reference to Bureau of Aeronautics and Bureau of Ordnance.

  3. Pub. L. 89–718 § 35(1) · 80 Stat. 1113

    Struck · 10 U.S.C. § 8071

    Pub. L. 89–718 struck out cls. (3) to (6) which related to the Bureau of Naval Weapons, the Bureau of Ships, the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, and the Bureau of Yards and Docks, respectively

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 89–718 struck out cls. (3) to (6) which related to the Bureau of Naval Weapons, the Bureau of Ships, the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, and the Bureau of Yards and Docks, respectively.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) striking out clauses (3)-(6) in section 5131;

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

    Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 807(a)(2) · 132 Stat. 1636

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 8071

    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5131 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5131 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Chapter 513.— For sections in chapter 513, each section is 10 USC 8071, 8072; 8075; 8077, 8078, 8079, 8081, 8082, 8082a, 8083, 8084, 8088, 8089, 8090. redesignated so that the number of the section, as redesignated, is the number equal to the previous number plus 2,940.

    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 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
51315 U.S.C. 429 (less applicability to distribution of business among bureaus).R.S. 419 (less applicability to distribution of business among bureaus); July 19, 1892, ch. 206, 27 Stat. 243 (6th par.); June 30, 1914, ch. 130, 38 Stat. 408 (4th par.); July 12, 1921, ch. 44, § 8 (1st 17 words of 1st par.), 42 Stat. 140; June 20, 1940, ch. 400, § 1(a), (b), 54 Stat. 492; May 13, 1942, ch. 303, § 1, 56 Stat. 276.

The bureaus are listed alphabetically for convenience. This listing has no effect on the precedence of the bureaus.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 8071, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 495, provided for appointment of a female Air Force officer in temporary grade of colonel, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(25), , 81 Stat. 382.

Amendments1959–2018 · 3 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5131 of this title as this section.

1966

Pub. L. 89–718 struck out cls. (3) to (6) which related to the Bureau of Naval Weapons, the Bureau of Ships, the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, and the Bureau of Yards and Docks, respectively.

1959

Pub. L. 86–174 inserted reference to Bureau of Naval Weapons and struck out reference to Bureau of Aeronautics and Bureau of Ordnance.

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.

Effective Date of 1959 Amendment

Pub. L. 86–174, § 2, , 73 Stat. 395, provided that the amendment of this section and former section 5133 of this title and the repeal of sections 5136 and 5144 of this title shall be effective on , or on any earlier date on which the Secretary of the Navy makes a formal finding that all the functions of the Bureau of Aeronautics and the Bureau of Ordnance have been transferred to the Bureau of Naval Weapons or elsewhere.

Bureau of Naval Weapons; Transfer of Funds

Pub. L. 86–174, § 3, , 73 Stat. 396, provided that: “The unexpended balances of appropriations and funds available for use in connection with the exercise of any function transferred to the Bureau of Naval Weapons shall be transferred in the manner provided by section 407 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (5 U.S.C. 172f) [10 U.S.C. 126], for use in connection with the transferred functions.”

Credits

1956–2018 · 4 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 285, § 5131
  2. 1959Pub. L. 86–174, §§ 1(1), 2(1), , 73 Stat. 395
  3. 1966Pub. L. 89–718, § 35(1), , 80 Stat. 1120
  4. 2018renumbered § 8071, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(2), , 132 Stat. 1834.
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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 285, § 5131; Pub. L. 86–174, §§ 1(1), 2(1), , 73 Stat. 395; Pub. L. 89–718, § 35(1), , 80 Stat. 1120; renumbered § 8071, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(2), , 132 Stat. 1834.)

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