10 USC § 8045 - Deputy Commandants

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title: "10 USC § 8045 - Deputy Commandants"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8045"
section_name: "Deputy Commandants"
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chapter_name: "HEADQUARTERS, MARINE CORPS"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 513(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1054, § 5045; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title IX, § 902(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–224; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title IX, § 934, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2626; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 503(c), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2107; renumbered § 8045, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 509A, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1872.)"
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# § 8045. Deputy Commandants

There are in the Headquarters, Marine Corps, not more than eight Deputy Commandants, detailed by the Secretary of the Navy from officers on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 513(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1054, § 5045; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title IX, § 902(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–224; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title IX, § 934, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2626; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 503(c), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2107; renumbered § 8045, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834; Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title V, § 509A, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1872.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024— substituted “not more than eight Deputy Commandants” for “not more than seven Deputy Commandants”.

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2016— substituted “seven” for “six”.

2002— substituted “six” for “five”.

2000— amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “There are in the Headquarters, Marine Corps, a Chief of Staff, not more than five Deputy Chiefs of Staff, and not more than three Assistant Chiefs of Staff, detailed by the Secretary of the Navy from officers on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps.”

## 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 .