IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 24 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 5, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
AN ACT 
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the 
Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
NAVY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS. 
(a) REDESIGNATION OF MILITARY DEPARTMENT.— 
The military department designated as the Department of 
the Navy is redesignated as the Department of the Navy 
and Marine Corps. 
(b) REDESIGNATION
OF SECRETARY
AND OTHER 
STATUTORY OFFICES.— 
(1) SECRETARY.—The position of the Secretary 
of the Navy is redesignated as the Secretary of the 
Navy and Marine Corps. 
(2) OTHER
STATUTORY
OFFICES.—The posi-
tions of the Under Secretary of the Navy, the four 
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and the General 
Counsel of the Department of the Navy are redesig-
nated as the Under Secretary of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy 
and Marine Corps, and the General Counsel of the 
Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, respec-
tively. 
SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 
STATES CODE. 
(a) DEFINITION OF ‘‘MILITARY DEPARTMENT’’.— 
Paragraph (8) of section 101(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(8) The term ‘military department’ means the 
Department of the Army, the Department of the 
Navy and Marine Corps, and the Department of the 
Air Force.’’. 
(b) ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT.—The text of 
section 5011 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘The Department of the Navy and Marine Corps is sepa-
rately organized under the Secretary of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps.’’. 
(c) POSITION OF SECRETARY.—Section 5013(a)(1) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘There is a Secretary 
of the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘There is a Secretary of the 
Navy and Marine Corps’’. 
(d) CHAPTER HEADINGS.— 
(1) The heading of chapter 503 of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 503—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’. 
(2) The heading of chapter 507 of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 507—COMPOSITION OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS’’. 
(e) OTHER AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) Title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘Department of the Navy’’ and ‘‘Secretary 
of the Navy’’ each place they appear other than as 
specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) (includ-
ing in section headings, subsection captions, tables 
of chapters, and tables of sections) and inserting 
‘‘Department of the Navy and Marine Corps’’ and 
‘‘Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps’’, respec-
tively, in each case with the matter inserted to be in 
the same typeface and typestyle as the matter strick-
en. 
(2)(A) Sections 5013(f), 5014(b)(2), 5016(a), 
5017(2), 5032(a), and 5042(a) of such title are 
amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of the 
Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of the 
Navy and Marine Corps’’. 
(B) The heading of section 5016 of such title, 
and the item relating to such section in the table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 503 of such 
title, are each amended by inserting ‘‘and Marine 
Corps’’ after ‘‘of the Navy’’, with the matter in-
serted in each case to be in the same typeface and 
typestyle as the matter amended. 
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