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[CITE: 10USC5011]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                   CHAPTER 503--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
Sec. 5011. Organization

    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.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 277; Pub. L. 87-651, title II, 
Sec. 212, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 524; Pub. L. 99-433, title V, 
Sec. 511(b)(2), (c)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1043.)


                      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
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5011..................................  5:171a(c)(7) (1st sentence, less     Ju
ly 26, 1947, ch. 343, Sec.
                                         applicability to Departments of      2
02(c)(7) (1st sentence, less
                                         Army and Air Force).                 a
pplicability to Departments of
                                                                              A
rmy and Air Force); added Aug. 6,
                                                                              1
958, Pub. L. 85-599, Sec.  3(a)
                                                                              (
1st sentence of 8th par., less
                                                                              a
pplicability to Departments of
                                                                              A
rmy and Air Force), 72 Stat. 516.
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    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''.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 511(c)(1), substituted ``Organization'' 
for ``Composition'' in section catchline.
    Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 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.
