10 USC § 8027 - Chief of Legislative Affairs

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title: "10 USC § 8027 - Chief of Legislative Affairs"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8027"
section_name: "Chief of Legislative Affairs"
chapter_number: 803
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 504(d)(1)(A), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2532, § 5027; amended Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(v), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2104; renumbered § 8027 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(a)(1), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834, 1840.)"
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# § 8027. Chief of Legislative Affairs

**(a)** There is a Chief of Legislative Affairs in the Department of the Navy.

**(b)** The Chief of Legislative Affairs shall perform legislative affairs functions as specified for the Office of the Secretary of the Navy by section 8014(c)(1)(F) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 504(d)(1)(A), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2532, § 5027; amended Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(v), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2104; renumbered § 8027 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(a)(1), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834, 1840.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—, renumbered  as this section.

Subsec. (b). , substituted “section 8014(c)(1)(F)” for “section 5014(c)(1)(F)”.

2016—Subsec. (a).  struck out second sentence which read as follows: “An officer assigned to that position shall be an officer in the grade of rear admiral.”

## 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 .