111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 24 

AN ACT 

To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the 

Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 

2 NAVY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 

3 AND MARINE CORPS. 

4 (a) REDESIGNATION OF MILITARY DEPARTMENT.— 

5 The military department designated as the Department of 

6 the Navy is redesignated as the Department of the Navy 

7 and Marine Corps. 

8 (b) REDESIGNATION OF SECRETARY AND OTHER

9 STATUTORY OFFICES.— 

10 (1) SECRETARY.—The position of the Secretary 

11 of the Navy is redesignated as the Secretary of the 

12 Navy and Marine Corps. 

13 (2) OTHER STATUTORY OFFICES.—The posi14 tions of the Under Secretary of the Navy, the four 

15 Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and the General 

16 Counsel of the Department of the Navy are redesig17 nated as the Under Secretary of the Navy and Ma18 rine Corps, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy 

19 and Marine Corps, and the General Counsel of the 

20 Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, respec21 tively. 

22 SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 

23 STATES CODE. 

24 (a) DEFINITION OF ‘‘MILITARY DEPARTMENT’’.— 

25 Paragraph (8) of section 101(a) of title 10, United States 

26 Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(8) The term ‘military department’ means the 

2 Department of the Army, the Department of the 

3 Navy and Marine Corps, and the Department of the 

4 Air Force.’’. 

5 (b) ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT.—The text of 

6 section 5011 of such title is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘The Department of the Navy and Marine Corps is sepa8 rately organized under the Secretary of the Navy and Ma9 rine Corps.’’. 

10 (c) POSITION OF SECRETARY.—Section 5013(a)(1) of 

11 such title is amended by striking ‘‘There is a Secretary 

12 of the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘There is a Secretary of the 

13 Navy and Marine Corps’’. 

14 (d) CHAPTER HEADINGS.— 

15 (1) The heading of chapter 503 of such title is 

16 amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘CHAPTER 503—DEPARTMENT OF THE 

18 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’. 

19 (2) The heading of chapter 507 of such title is 

20 amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘CHAPTER 507—COMPOSITION OF THE DE22 PARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE 

23 CORPS’’. 

24 (e) OTHER AMENDMENTS.— 
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1 (1) Title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

2 striking ‘‘Department of the Navy’’ and ‘‘Secretary 

3 of the Navy’’ each place they appear other than as 

4 specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) (includ5 ing in section headings, subsection captions, tables 

6 of chapters, and tables of sections) and inserting 

7 ‘‘Department of the Navy and Marine Corps’’ and 

8 ‘‘Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps’’, respec9 tively, in each case with the matter inserted to be in 

10 the same typeface and typestyle as the matter strick11 en. 

12 (2)(A) Sections 5013(f), 5014(b)(2), 5016(a), 

13 5017(2), 5032(a), and 5042(a) of such title are 

14 amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of the 

15 Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of the 

16 Navy and Marine Corps’’. 

17 (B) The heading of section 5016 of such title, 

18 and the item relating to such section in the table of 

19 sections at the beginning of chapter 503 of such 

20 title, are each amended by inserting ‘‘and Marine 

21 Corps’’ after ‘‘of the Navy’’, with the matter in22 serted in each case to be in the same typeface and 

23 typestyle as the matter amended. 
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1 SEC. 3. OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW AND OTHER REF2 ERENCES. 

3 (a) TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 37, 

4 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Department 

5 of the Navy’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy’’ each place they 

6 appear and inserting ‘‘Department of the Navy and Ma7 rine Corps’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy and Marine 

8 Corps’’, respectively. 

9 (b) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law 

10 other than in title 10 or title 37, United States Code, or 

11 in any regulation, document, record, or other paper of the 

12 United States, to the Department of the Navy shall be 

13 considered to be a reference to the Department of the 

14 Navy and Marine Corps. Any such reference to an office 

15 specified in section 2(b) shall be considered to be a ref16 erence to that officer as redesignated by that section. 

17 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

18 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

19 take effect on the first day of the first month beginning 

20 more than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 

21 Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 4, 2010. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 24 

AN ACT 

To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the 

Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.