H.R. 24 was introduced by Rep. Walter B Jones. The text of the legislation is below. This is the first bill of the 111th Congress that Devil Dog Advocates is getting behind. Please contact your Congressman and ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 24.
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. (Introduced in House)
January 6, 2009
Mr. JONES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
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 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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 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.
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:
`(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 separately organized under the Secretary of the Navy and Marine 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 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’.
(e) Other Amendments-
(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) (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.
(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 inserted in each case to be in the same typeface and typestyle as the matter amended.
SEC. 3. OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW AND OTHER REFERENCES.
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
SEC. 4. 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.
