10 USC § 8026 - Consultation with Commandant of the Marine Corps on major decisions directly concerning Marine Corps aviation or amphibious force structure and capability
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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8026"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8026 - Consultation with Commandant of the Marine Corps on major decisions directly concerning Marine Corps aviation or amphibious force structure and capability"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8026"
section_name: "Consultation with Commandant of the Marine Corps on major decisions directly concerning Marine Corps aviation or amphibious force structure and capability"
chapter_number: 803
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title IX, § 935(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2109, § 5026; renumbered § 8026, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834; amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, § 1022(a), (b)(1), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2763.)"
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# § 8026. Consultation with Commandant of the Marine Corps on major decisions directly concerning Marine Corps aviation or amphibious force structure and capability
The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the views of the Commandant of the Marine Corps are given appropriate consideration before a major decision is made by an element of the Department of the Navy outside the Marine Corps on a matter that directly concerns Marine Corps aviation or amphibious force structure and capability.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title IX, § 935(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2109, § 5026; renumbered § 8026, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834; amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title X, § 1022(a), (b)(1), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2763.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2022— inserted “or amphibious force structure and capability” after “aviation” in heading and text.
2018— renumbered as this section.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .