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[CITE: 10USC5041]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                 CHAPTER 506--HEADQUARTERS, MARINE CORPS
 
Sec. 5041. Headquarters, Marine Corps: function; composition

    (a) There is in the executive part of the Department of the Navy a 
Headquarters, Marine Corps. The function of the Headquarters, Marine 
Corps, is to assist the Secretary of the Navy in carrying out his 
responsibilities.
    (b) The Headquarters, Marine Corps, is composed of the following:
        (1) The Commandant of the Marine Corps.
        (2) The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.
        (3) The Deputy Commandants.
        (4) Other members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned or 
    detailed to the Headquarters, Marine Corps.
        (5) Civilian employees in the Department of the Navy assigned or 
    detailed to the Headquarters, Marine Corps.

    (c) Except as otherwise specifically prescribed by law, the 
Headquarters, Marine Corps, 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. 513(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1052; amended Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 902(a)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-224.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (b)(3) to (7). Pub. L. 106-398 added par. (3), 
redesignated pars. (6) and (7) as (4) and (5), respectively, and struck 
out former pars. (3) to (5) which read as follows:
    ``(3) The Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps.
    ``(4) The Deputy Chiefs of Staff.
    ``(5) The Assistant Chiefs of Staff.''
