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[CITE: 50USC1]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                 CHAPTER 1--COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
Sec. 1. Creation, purpose, and composition of council

    A Council of National Defense is established, for the coordination 
of industries and resources for the national security and welfare, to 
consist of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 
of Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor.

(Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 418, Sec. 2, 39 Stat. 649; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 
title II, Sec. 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

                          Codification

    Sections 1 to 5 of this title are from section 2 of act Aug. 29, 
1916, popularly known as the Army Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 
1916.

                         Change of Name

    Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of 
Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of 
act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of 
act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 
1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted ``Title 10, 
Armed Forces'' which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued Department of 
the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of certain membership functions, insofar as they 
pertain to Air Force, which functions were not previously transferred 
from Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army to Secretary of 
the Air Force and Department of the Air Force, see Secretary of Defense 
Transfer Order No. 40 [App. C(11)], July 22, 1949.


                            Cross References

    National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency, see 
section 401 et seq. of this title.
