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[CITE: 10USC5042]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                 CHAPTER 506--HEADQUARTERS, MARINE CORPS
 
Sec. 5042. Headquarters, Marine Corps: general duties

    (a) The Headquarters, Marine Corps, shall furnish professional 
assistance to the Secretary, the Under Secretary, and the Assistant 
Secretaries of the Navy and to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
    (b) Under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of 
the Navy, the Headquarters, Marine Corps, shall--
        (1) subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 5014 of this 
    title, prepare for such employment of the Marine Corps, and for such 
    recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping (including research and 
    development), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, 
    administering, and maintaining of the Marine Corps, as will assist 
    in the execution of any power, duty, or function of the Secretary or 
    the Commandant;
        (2) investigate and report upon the efficiency of the Marine 
    Corps and its preparation to support military operations by 
    combatant commanders;
        (3) prepare detailed instructions for the execution of approved 
    plans and supervise the execution of those plans and instructions;
        (4) as directed by the Secretary or the Commandant, coordinate 
    the action of organizations of the Marine Corps; and
        (5) perform such other duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as 
    may be prescribed by the Secretary.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 513(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1052.)
