10 USC § 8061 - Department of the Navy: composition

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title: "10 USC § 8061 - Department of the Navy: composition"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8061"
section_name: "Department of the Navy: composition"
chapter_number: 807
chapter_name: "COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(b)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1043, § 5061; renumbered § 8061, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8061. Department of the Navy: composition

The Department of the Navy is composed of the following:

**(1)** The Office of the Secretary of the Navy.

**(2)** The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

**(3)** The Headquarters, Marine Corps.

**(4)** The entire operating forces, including naval aviation, of the Navy and of the Marine Corps, and the reserve components of those operating forces.

**(5)** All field activities, headquarters, forces, bases, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the Navy.

**(6)** The Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(b)(1), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1043, § 5061; renumbered § 8061, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in  prior to enactment of .

A prior section 8061 was renumbered .

### Amendments

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 .

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .