10 USC § 8211 - Navy Regulations

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title: "10 USC § 8211 - Navy Regulations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8211"
section_name: "Navy Regulations"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 375, § 6011; Pub. L. 97–60, title II, § 204(a)(2), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 1007; renumbered § 8211, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8211. Navy Regulations

United States Navy Regulations shall be issued by the Secretary of the Navy.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 375, § 6011; Pub. L. 97–60, title II, § 204(a)(2), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 1007; renumbered § 8211, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6011 | 34 U.S.C. 591. | R.S. 1547. |

So much as pertains to the “orders, regulations, and instructions issued by the Secretary of the Navy prior to ” and the alterations thereto is omitted as executed, and the section is worded to preserve the remaining requirement that Navy Regulations must be issued with Presidential approval. The words “United States Navy Regulations” are substituted for the words “regulations of the Navy” to preserve the distinction between the permanent regulations of general applicability falling within this statute and the many other regulations issued by the Secretary alone under specific statutes and under his power to administer the Department.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8211, acts , ; , , , prescribed authorized strength of Regular Air Force in officers in each regular grade on each of promotion lists authorized by former , prior to repeal by , , , effective . See section 521 et seq. of this title.

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1981— struck out “with the approval of the President” after “Secretary of the Navy”.

## 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 .

### Navy Regulations Issued Before October 14, 1981

> “United States Navy regulations issued under
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> , United States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act [
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> ] shall remain in effect in accordance with their terms until amended or revoked by the Secretary of the Navy.”

, , , provided that:

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

For delegation to Secretary of Defense of authority vested in President by section 591 of former Title 34, see Ex. Ord. No. 10621, , 20 F.R. 4759, set out as a note under , The President.