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[CITE: 10USC5031]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
          CHAPTER 505--OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
 
Sec. 5031. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations: function; 
        composition
        
    (a) There is in the executive part of the Department of the Navy an 
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. The function of the Office of 
the Chief of Naval Operations is to assist the Secretary of the Navy in 
carrying out his responsibilities.
    (b) The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations is composed of the 
following:
        (1) The Chief of Naval Operations.
        (2) The Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
        (3) The Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations.
        (4) The Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations.
        (5) The Surgeon General of the Navy.
        (6) The Chief of Naval Personnel.
        (7) The Chief of Chaplains of the Navy.
        (8) Other members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned or 
    detailed to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
        (9) Civilian employees in the Department of the Navy assigned or 
    detailed to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

    (c) Except as otherwise specifically prescribed by law, the Office 
of the Chief of Naval Operations shall be organized in such manner, and 
its members shall perform such duties and have such titles, as the 
Secretary may prescribe.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 512(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1048.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 5031, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 278; 
Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(107), 72 Stat. 1490; Sept. 7, 
1962, Pub. L. 87-651, title II, Sec. 211, 76 Stat. 524; Aug. 14, 1964, 
Pub. L. 88-426, title III, Secs. 305(4), 306(j)(3), 78 Stat. 422, 431; 
Oct. 14, 1981, Pub. L. 97-60, title II, Sec. 204(a)(1), 95 Stat. 1007, 
related to Secretary of the Navy and responsibilities of Secretary, 
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 511(e). See section 5013 of this 
title.
