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[CITE: 50USC410]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 15--NATIONAL SECURITY
 
         SUBCHAPTER II--MISCELLANEOUS AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 410. ``Function'' and ``Department of Defense'' defined

    (a) As used in this Act, the term ``function'' includes functions, 
powers, and duties.
    (b) As used in this Act, the term ``Department of Defense'' shall be 
deemed to include the military departments of the Army, the Navy, and 
the Air Force, and all agencies created under title II of this Act.

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title III, Sec. 308, 61 Stat. 509; Aug. 10, 
1949, ch. 412, Sec. 12(e), 63 Stat. 591.)

                             Partial Repeal

        Section 307 of Pub. L. 87-651, title III, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 
    Stat. 526, repealed subsection (a) of this section less its 
    applicability to sections 401, 402, 403, 404, and 405 of this title.

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, means act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 
Stat. 495, as amended, known as the National Security Act of 1947. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 401 of this title and Tables.
    Title II of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b), means title II of 
the National Security Act of 1947, act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, 61 Stat. 
499, as amended, which enacted sections 408 and 409 of this title and 
sections 171, 171-1, 171-2, 171a, 171c, 171d, and 171e to 171i of former 
Title 5, Executive Department and Government Officers and Employees, 
amended sections 1 and 11 of former Title 5 and section 1517 of Title 
15, Commerce and Trade, and enacted a provision formerly set out as a 
note under section 135 [now 137] of Title 10, Armed Forces. Section 171 
of former Title 5 was repealed by Pub. L. 87-651, title III, Sec. 307, 
Sept. 7, 1962, and reenacted in part as section 131 of Title 10. 
Sections 171e, 171f, and 171g of former Title 5 were repealed by act 
Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 53, 70A Stat. 641, and reenacted as 
sections 171, 141, 142, and 143 of Title 10, respectively. Sections 171-
1 and 171-2 of former Title 5 were transferred to sections 408 and 409 
of this title, respectively. For complete classification of title II to 
the Code, see Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 171n of Title 5 prior to 
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.


                               Amendments

    1949--Subsec. (b). Act Aug. 10, 1949, substituted definition of 
``Department of Defense'' for definition of ``budget program''.
