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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 171 

To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy 

and Marine Corps. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2017 

Mr. JONES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 

4 NAVY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 

5 AND MARINE CORPS. 

6 (a) REDESIGNATION OF MILITARY DEPARTMENT.— 

7 The military department designated as the Department of 

8 the Navy is redesignated as the Department of the Navy 

9 and Marine Corps. 


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1 (b) REDESIGNATION OF SECRETARY AND OTHER

2 STATUTORY OFFICES.— 

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

4 of the Navy is redesignated as the Secretary of the 

5 Navy and Marine Corps. 

6 (2) OTHER STATUTORY OFFICES.—The posi7 tions of the Under Secretary of the Navy, the four 

8 Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and the General 

9 Counsel of the Department of the Navy are redesig10 nated as the Under Secretary of the Navy and Ma11 rine Corps, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy 

12 and Marine Corps, and the General Counsel of the 

13 Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, respec14 tively. 

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

16 STATES CODE. 

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

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

19 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(8) The term ‘military department’ means the 

21 Department of the Army, the Department of the 

22 Navy and Marine Corps, and the Department of the 

23 Air Force.’’. 

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

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


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1 ‘‘The Department of the Navy and Marine Corps is sepa2 rately organized under the Secretary of the Navy and Ma3 rine Corps.’’. 

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

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

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

7 Navy and Marine Corps’’. 

8 (d) CHAPTER HEADINGS.— 

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

10 amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘CHAPTER 503—DEPARTMENT OF THE 

12 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’. 

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

14 amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘CHAPTER 507—COMPOSITION OF THE DE16 PARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE 

17 CORPS’’. 

18 (e) OTHER AMENDMENTS.— 

19 (1) Title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

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

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

22 specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) (includ23 ing in section headings, subsection captions, tables 

24 of chapters, and tables of sections) and inserting 

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


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1 ‘‘Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps’’, respec2 tively, in each case with the matter inserted to be in 

3 the same typeface and typestyle as the matter strick4 en. 

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

6 5017(2), 5032(a), and 5042(a) of such title are 

7 amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of the 

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

9 Navy and Marine Corps’’. 

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

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

12 sections at the beginning of chapter 503 of such 

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

14 Corps’’ after ‘‘of the Navy’’, with the matter in15 serted in each case to be in the same typeface and 

16 typestyle as the matter amended. 

17 SEC. 3. OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW AND OTHER REF18 ERENCES. 

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

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

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

22 appear and inserting ‘‘Department of the Navy and Ma23 rine Corps’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy and Marine 

24 Corps’’, respectively. 


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

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

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

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

5 considered to be a reference to the Department of the 

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

7 specified in section 2(b) shall be considered to be a ref8 erence to that officer as redesignated by that section. 

9 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

10 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

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

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

13 Act. 

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