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[CITE: 10USC5036]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
          CHAPTER 505--OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
 
Sec. 5036. Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations

    (a) There are in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations not 
more than five Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations, detailed by the 
Secretary of the Navy from officers on the active-duty list in the line 
of the Navy serving in grades above captain.
    (b) The Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations are charged, under the 
direction of the Chief of Naval Operations, with the execution of the 
functions of their respective divisions. Orders issued by the Deputy 
Chiefs of Naval Operations in performing the duties assigned them are 
considered as coming from the Chief of Naval Operations.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 512(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1051.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 5086 of this title prior to enactment of Pub. L. 99-433.
    A prior section 5036, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 280; 
Nov. 2, 1966, Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 32, 80 Stat. 1119; Jan. 2, 1968, Pub. 
L. 90-235, Sec. 4(a)(8), 81 Stat. 759; Dec. 12, 1980, Pub. L. 96-513, 
title V, Sec. 513(4), 94 Stat. 2931, related to succession to duties of 
Secretary of the Navy, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 511(e). 
See section 5017 of this title.
