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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document affected by Public Law 107-107 Section 262]
[CITE: 10USC5022]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                   CHAPTER 503--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
Sec. 5022. Office of Naval Research: duties

    (a)(1) There is in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy an Office 
of Naval Research.
    (2) Unless appointed to higher grade under another provision of law, 
an officer, while serving in the Office of Naval Research as Chief of 
Naval Research, has the rank of rear admiral (upper half).
    (b) The Office of Naval Research shall perform such duties as the 
Secretary of the Navy prescribes relating to--
        (1) the encouragement, promotion, planning, initiation, and 
    coordination of naval research;
        (2) the conduct of naval research in augmentation of and in 
    conjunction with the research and development conducted by the 
    bureaus and other agencies and offices of the Department of the 
    Navy;
        (3) the supervision, administration, and control of activities 
    within or for the Department relating to patents, inventions, 
    trademarks, copyrights, and royalty payments, and matters connected 
    therewith; and
        (4) the execution of, and management responsibility for, 
    programs for which funds are provided in the basic and applied 
    research and advanced technology categories of the Department of the 
    Navy research, development, test, and evaluation budget in such a 
    manner that will foster the transition of science and technology to 
    higher levels of research, development, test, and evaluation.

    (c) Sufficient information relative to estimates of appropriations 
for research by the several bureaus and offices shall be furnished to 
the Office of Naval Research to assist it in coordinating naval research 
and carrying out its other duties.
    (d) The Office of Naval Research shall perform its duties under the 
authority of the Secretary, and its orders are considered as coming from 
the Secretary.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 291, Sec. 5151; renumbered 
Sec. 5022, Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 511(d), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1048; amended Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title IX, Sec. 910(b)(1), Nov. 5, 
1990, 104 Stat. 1625; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title V, Sec. 501(a), 
Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2510; Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title 
IX, Sec. 904(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-225.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5151(a)...............................  5 U.S.C. 475 (20th through 111th     Au
g. 1, 1946, ch. 727, Sec.  1 (22d
                                         words).                              t
hrough 114th words), 60 Stat.
                                                                              7
79.
5151(b)...............................  5 U.S.C. 475d(a) (2d sentence).      Au
g. 1, 1946, ch. 727, Sec.  5(a)
                                                                              (
2d sentence), 60 Stat. 780.
5151(c)...............................  5 U.S.C. 475 (2d sentence).          Au
g. 1, 1946, ch. 727, Sec.  1 (2d
                                                                              s
entence), 60 Stat. 779.
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    In subsection (c) the words ``shall have full force and effect as 
such'' are omitted as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 106-398 added par. (4).
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-201 designated existing provisions as 
par. (1) and added par. (2).
    1990--Pub. L. 101-510 added subsec. (a) and redesignated former 
subsecs. (a) to (c) as (b) to (d), respectively.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 501(b) of Pub. L. 104-201 provided that: ``Paragraph (2) of 
section 5022(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a), shall take effect upon the occurrence of the first vacancy in the 
position of Chief of Naval Research after the date of the enactment of 
this Act [Sept. 23, 1996].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5023 of this title.
