10 USC § 8028 - Director of Small Business Programs

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title: "10 USC § 8028 - Director of Small Business Programs"
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title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8028"
section_name: "Director of Small Business Programs"
chapter_number: 803
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title IX, § 904(d)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3401, § 5028; renumbered § 8028, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8028. Director of Small Business Programs

**(a)** **Director.—** There is a Director of Small Business Programs in the Department of the Navy. The Director is appointed by the Secretary of the Navy.

**(b)** **Office of Small Business Programs.—** The Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Navy is the office that is established within the Department of the Navy under section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)). The Director of Small Business Programs is the head of such office.

**(c)** **Duties and Powers.—**

**(1)** The Director of Small Business Programs shall, subject to paragraph (2), perform such duties regarding small business programs of the Department of the Navy, and shall exercise such powers regarding those programs, as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe.

**(2)** Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)), except for the designations of the Director and the Office, applies to the Director of Small Business Programs.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title IX, § 904(d)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3401, § 5028; renumbered § 8028, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

The Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of the Navy and the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of the Navy were redesignated the Director of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Navy and the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Navy, respectively, by  which also provided that references to the former were deemed to refer to the latter. See , set out as a note under .

### 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 .