10 USC § 8071 - Bureaus: names; location

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title: "10 USC § 8071 - Bureaus: names; location"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8071"
section_name: "Bureaus: names; location"
chapter_number: 809
chapter_name: "BUREAUS; OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 285, § 5131; Pub. L. 86–174, §§ 1(1), 2(1), Aug. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 395; Pub. L. 89–718, § 35(1), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1120; renumbered § 8071, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8071. Bureaus: names; location

There are in the executive part of the Department of the Navy the following bureaus:

**(1)** Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

**(2)** Bureau of Naval Personnel.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 285, § 5131; Pub. L. 86–174, §§ 1(1), 2(1), Aug. 18, 1959, 73 Stat. 395; Pub. L. 89–718, § 35(1), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1120; renumbered § 8071, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5131 | 5 U.S.C. 429 (less applicability to distribution of business among bureaus). | R.S. 419 (less applicability to distribution of business among bureaus); July 19, 1892, ch. 206, 27 Stat. 243 (6th par.); June 30, 1914, ch. 130, 38 Stat. 408 (4th par.); July 12, 1921, ch. 44, § 8 (1st 17 words of 1st par.), 42 Stat. 140; June 20, 1940, ch. 400, § 1(a), (b), 54 Stat. 492; May 13, 1942, ch. 303, § 1, 56 Stat. 276. |

The bureaus are listed alphabetically for convenience. This listing has no effect on the precedence of the bureaus.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8071, , , provided for appointment of a female Air Force officer in temporary grade of colonel, prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1966— struck out cls. (3) to (6) which related to the Bureau of Naval Weapons, the Bureau of Ships, the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, and the Bureau of Yards and Docks, respectively.

1959— inserted reference to Bureau of Naval Weapons and struck out reference to Bureau of Aeronautics and Bureau of Ordnance.

## 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 .

### Effective Date of 1959 Amendment

, , , provided that the amendment of this section and former  and the repeal of sections 5136 and 5144 of this title shall be effective on , or on any earlier date on which the Secretary of the Navy makes a formal finding that all the functions of the Bureau of Aeronautics and the Bureau of Ordnance have been transferred to the Bureau of Naval Weapons or elsewhere.

### Bureau of Naval Weapons; Transfer of Funds

> “The unexpended balances of appropriations and funds available for use in connection with the exercise of any function transferred to the Bureau of Naval Weapons shall be transferred in the manner provided by section 407 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (
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