II
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 504
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2009
Mr. Roberts introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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.
Redesignation of the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps
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.
Redesignation of Secretary and other statutory offices
Secretary
The position of the Secretary of the Navy is redesignated as the Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Other statutory offices
The positions 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 redesignated as the Under Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy and Marine Corps, and the General Counsel of the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, respectively.
Conforming amendments to title 10, United States Code
Definition of
military department
Paragraph (8) of section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
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.
.
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
separately organized under the Secretary of the Navy and Marine
Corps.
.
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
.
Chapter headings
The heading of chapter 503 of such title is amended to read as follows:
Department of the Navy and Marine Corps
.
The heading of chapter 507 of such title is amended to read as follows:
Composition of the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps
.
Other amendments
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) (including 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
, respectively, in each case with the matter
inserted to be in the same typeface and typestyle as the matter
stricken.
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
.
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 inserted in
each case to be in the same typeface and typestyle as the matter
amended.
Other provisions of law and other references
Title 37, united states code
Title 37, United
States Code, is amended by striking Department of the Navy
and
Secretary of the Navy
each place they appear and inserting
Department of the Navy and Marine Corps
and Secretary of
the Navy and Marine Corps
, respectively.
Other references
Any reference in any law other than in title 10 or title 37, United States Code, or in any regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States, to the Department of the Navy shall be considered to be a reference to the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. Any such reference to an office specified in section 2(b) shall be considered to be a reference to that officer as redesignated by that section.
Effective date
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first month beginning more than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.