US Code
Title 10— ARMED FORCES
Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps

§ 8026. Consultation with Commandant of the Marine Corps on major decisions directly concerning Marine Corps aviation or amphibious force structure and capability - The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the views...

§ 8027. Chief of Legislative Affairs - (a) There is a Chief of Legislative Affairs in the...

§ 8028. Director of Small Business Programs - (a) Director.—There is a Director of Small Business Programs in...

CHAPTER 805— OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

§ 8031. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations: function; composition - (a) There is in the executive part of the Department...

§ 8032. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations: general duties - (a) The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations shall...

§ 8033. Chief of Naval Operations - (a)(1) There is a Chief of Naval Operations, appointed by...

§ 8035. Vice Chief of Naval Operations - (a) There is a Vice Chief of Naval Operations, appointed...

§ 8036. Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations - (a) There are Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations in the...

§ 8037. Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations - (a) There are Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations in the...

§ 8038. Director for Expeditionary Warfare - (a) One of the Directors within the office of the...

§ 8039. Deputy Commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command for the Supervision of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair - (a) In General.—The Secretary of the Navy shall establish and...

CHAPTER 806— HEADQUARTERS, MARINE CORPS

§ 8041. Headquarters, Marine Corps: function; composition - (a) There is in the executive part of the Department...

§ 8042. Headquarters, Marine Corps: general duties - (a) The Headquarters, Marine Corps, shall furnish professional assistance to...

§ 8043. Commandant of the Marine Corps - (a)(1) There is a Commandant of the Marine Corps, appointed...

§ 8044. Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps - (a) There is an Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps,...

§ 8045. Deputy Commandants - There are in the Headquarters, Marine Corps, not more than...

§ 8046. Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps - (a) An officer of the Marine Corps who is a...

§ 8047. Legislative Assistant to the Commandant - There is in the Marine Corps a Legislative Assistant to...

CHAPTER 807— COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

§ 8061. Department of the Navy: composition - (1) The Office of the Secretary of the Navy. (2)...

§ 8062. United States Navy: composition; functions - (a) The Navy, within the Department of the Navy, includes,...

§ 8063. United States Marine Corps: composition; functions - (a) The Marine Corps, within the Department of the Navy,...

CHAPTER 809— BUREAUS; OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL

§ 8071. Bureaus: names; location - (1) Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. (2) Bureau of Naval...

§ 8072. Bureaus: distribution of business; orders; records; expenses - (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the business of...

§ 8075. Bureau Chiefs: succession to duties - (a) When there is a vacancy in the office of...

§ 8077. Surgeon General: appointment; duties - (a) Appointment.—The Surgeon General of the Navy shall be appointed...

§ 8078. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: Dental Corps; Chief; functions - (a) An officer of the Dental Corps shall be detailed...

§ 8079. Appointment of chiropractors in the Medical Service Corps - Chiropractors who are qualified under regulations prescribed by the Secretary...

§ 8081. Chief of Naval Personnel; Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel - (a) The Chief of Naval Personnel shall be appointed by...

§ 8082. Chaplain Corps and Chief of Chaplains - (a) The Chaplain Corps is a staff corps of the...

§ 8082a. Deputy Chief of Chaplains - The Secretary of the Navy may detail as the Deputy...

§ 8083. Office of Navy Reserve: appointment of Chief - (a) Establishment of Office: Chief of Navy Reserve.—There is in...

§ 8084. Office of Marine Forces Reserve: appointment of Commander - (a) Establishment of Office; Commander, Marine Forces Reserve.—There is in...

§ 8088. Judge Advocate General’s Corps: Office of the Judge Advocate General; Judge Advocate General; appointment, term, emoluments, duties - (a) The Judge Advocate General’s Corps is a Staff Corps...

§ 8089. Office of the Judge Advocate General: Deputy Judge Advocate General; Assistant Judge Advocates General - (a)(1) There is a Deputy Judge Advocate General of the...

§ 8090. Staff corps of the Navy - (a) The staff corps of the Navy are—(1) the Medical...

PART II— PERSONNEL

CHAPTER 811— DISTRIBUTION IN GRADE

§ 8101. Prescribed number; vacancies - In this chapter, the term “prescribed number” or “number ....

§ 8102. Regular Navy: retired flag officers on active duty - Except in time of war or national emergency, not more...

§ 8103. Suspension: preceding sections - The President, during a war or national emergency, may suspend...

CHAPTER 812— GRADE AND RANK OF OFFICERS

§ 8111. Navy: grades above chief warrant officer, W–5 - (1) Admiral. (2) Vice admiral. (3) Rear admiral. (4) Rear...

§ 8112. Marine Corps: grades above chief warrant officer, W–5 - (1) General. (2) Lieutenant general. (3) Major general. (4) Brigadier...

§ 8113. Navy and Marine Corps: warrant officer grades - (1) Chief warrant officer, W–5. (2) Chief warrant officer, W–4....

§ 8118. Rank of line and staff corps officers of the Navy and officers of the Marine Corps - Except for an officer entitled to a rank higher than...

CHAPTER 813— ENLISTMENTS

§ 8120. Expiration: rights of member - (a) The senior officer present afloat in foreign waters shall...

CHAPTER 815— ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS

§ 8132. Regular Navy: transfers, line and staff corps - (a) A regular officer of the Navy in a staff...

§ 8135. Regular Marine Corps: order of filling vacancies in grade of second lieutenant - Vacancies on the active-duty list of the Marine Corps in...

[§ 8137. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 8138. Regular Marine Corps: judge advocates - With the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, any...

§ 8139. Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps: officers designated for limited duty - (a) Original appointments as regular officers of the Navy in...

§ 8146. Navy and Marine Corps: temporary appointments of officers designated for limited duty - (a) Under such regulations as he may prescribe, the Secretary...

CHAPTER 821— OFFICERS IN COMMAND

§ 8162. Aviation commands: eligibility - (a)(1) To be eligible to command an aircraft carrier or...

§ 8163. Naval shipyards - Commanders of naval shipyards may be selected by the President...

§ 8164. Marine Corps officers: limitation on power to command - Officers of the Marine Corps may not command vessels or...

§ 8165. Staff corps officers: limitation on power to command - An officer in a staff corps may command only such...

§ 8166. Precedence accorded commanding officers - The commanding officer of a vessel or of a naval...

§ 8167. Requirement of exemplary conduct - All commanding officers and others in authority in the naval...

§ 8168. Consular powers: senior officer present afloat - In any foreign port where there is no resident consul...

§ 8169. Policy as to leave and liberty - The commanding officer of a vessel shall favor the faithful...

§ 8171. Continuation of authority after loss of vessel or aircraft - If the crew of any naval vessel or naval aircraft...

§ 8172. Marine Corps organizations on vessels: authority of officers - When an organization of the Marine Corps is embarked in...

CHAPTER 823— SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS AND DETAILS

§ 8183. State Department: assignment of enlisted members as custodians of buildings in foreign countries - Upon the request of the Secretary of State, the Secretary...

§ 8185. Nautical Schools: detail of naval officers as superintendents or instructors - The President may detail officers of the Navy as superintendents...

§ 8186. Technical institutions: detail of naval officers to promote knowledge of naval engineering and naval architecture - (a) To promote a knowledge of naval engineering and naval...

CHAPTER 825— ADMINISTRATION

§ 8211. Navy Regulations - United States Navy Regulations shall be issued by the Secretary...

§ 8212. Additional regulations for Marine Corps - The President may prescribe military regulations for the discipline of...

§ 8213. Enlisted grades and ratings: authority to establish - The Secretary of the Navy may establish such enlisted grades...

§ 8214. Enlisted members: authority for transfer between Marine Corps and Hospital Corps of the Navy - Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, enlisted...

§ 8215. Citizenship of officers of vessels - The officers of vessels of the United States shall in...

§ 8216. Aviation duties: number of personnel assigned - The number of officers and enlisted members of the Navy...

§ 8217. Aviation training facilities - The President may maintain facilities to provide flight training for...

§ 8218. Aviation designations: naval flight officer - Any officer of the naval service may be designated a...

§ 8219. Medical Department: composition - The Medical Corps and Dental Corps, and such other staff...

§ 8220. Dental services: responsibilities of senior dental officer - (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations for...

§ 8221. Chaplains: divine services - (a) An officer in the Chaplain Corps may conduct public...

§ 8222. Indebtedness to Marine Corps Exchanges: payment from appropriated funds in certain cases - Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, appropriations...

§ 8225. Female members: congressional review period for assignment to duty on submarines or for reconfiguration of submarines - (a) No change in the Department of the Navy policy...

§ 8226. Fatality reviews - (a) Review of Fatalities.—The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct...

§ 8227. Notifications on manning of afloat naval forces - (a) In General.—The Secretary of the Navy shall notify the...

CHAPTER 827— RATIONS

§ 8241. Navy ration: persons entitled to - (a) Each enlisted member of the naval service is entitled...

§ 8242. Rations - (a) The President may prescribe the components and quantities of...

§ 8243. Fixing cost on certain vessels and stations - If the Secretary of the Navy considers that it is...

§ 8244. Enlisted members assigned to mess: basic allowance for subsistence paid to mess - Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes,...

§ 8245. Flight rations - An aircraft flight ration chargeable to the proper Navy or...

§ 8246. Subsistence in hospital messes: hospital ration - (a) Enlisted members of the naval service on duty in...

§ 8247. Sale of meals by general messes - Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes,...

CHAPTER 829— MISCELLANEOUS PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES

§ 8253. Loans: Supply Corps officers - Except as otherwise provided by law, an officer in the...

CHAPTER 831— MISCELLANEOUS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

§ 8261. Presentation of United States flag upon retirement - (a) Presentation of Flag.—Upon the release of a member of...

§ 8262. Higher retired grade and pay for members who serve satisfactorily under temporary appointments - (a) Unless otherwise entitled to a higher retired grade and...

§ 8263. Emergency shore duty: advance of funds - Under such regulations as the President approves, the Secretary of...

§ 8264. Shore patrol duty: payment of expenses - An officer, midshipman, or cadet of the naval service who...

§ 8265. Mileage books: commutation tickets - The Secretary of the Navy may buy such mileage books,...

§ 8266. Uniforms, accouterments, and equipment: sale at cost - Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes,...

§ 8267. Uniform: sale to former members of the naval service - (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy...

§ 8270. Pension to persons serving ten years - (a) Every disabled person who has served in the Navy...

§ 8271. Settlement of accounts: remission or cancellation of indebtedness of members - (a) In General.—The Secretary of the Navy may have remitted...

CHAPTER 833— HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL CARE

§ 8281. Members of the naval service in other United States hospitals - (a) When appropriate naval hospital facilities are unavailable, the Secretary...

§ 8282. Insane members of the naval service - A member of the naval service who becomes insane may...

§ 8283. Emergency medical treatment: reimbursement for expense - The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations for reimbursing...

CHAPTER 835— BANDS

§ 8286. United States Navy Band; officer in charge - (a) There is a Navy band known as the United...

§ 8287. United States Marine Band; United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps: composition; appointment and promotion of members - (a) United States Marine Band.—The band of the Marine Corps...

CHAPTER 837— DECORATIONS AND AWARDS

§ 8291. Medal of honor - (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of...

§ 8292. Navy cross - (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of...

§ 8293. Distinguished-service medal - The President may award a distinguished-service medal of appropriate design...

§ 8294. Silver star medal - (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of...

§ 8295. Distinguished flying cross - The President may award a distinguished flying cross of appropriate...

§ 8296. Navy and Marine Corps Medal - (a) The President may award a medal called the “Navy...

§ 8297. Additional awards - Not more than one Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star...

§ 8298. Limitations of time - (a) Except as provided in section 8296 of this title...

[§ 8299. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 8300. Posthumous awards - If a person who distinguishes himself dies before an award...

§ 8301. Delegation of power to award - The President may delegate, under such conditions as he prescribes,...

§ 8302. Regulations - The President may prescribe regulations for the administration of the...

§ 8303. Replacement - The Secretary of the Navy may replace without charge any...

§ 8304. Availability of appropriations - The Secretary of the Navy may spend from appropriations for...

§ 8305. Commemorative or special medals: facsimiles and ribbons - Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, members...

§ 8306. Medal of honor: duplicate medal - A person awarded a medal of honor shall, upon written...

§ 8307. Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag - The President shall provide for the presentation of the Medal...

§ 8308. Korea Defense Service Medal - (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall issue a campaign...

CHAPTER 839— DISCHARGE OF ENLISTED MEMBERS

§ 8317. Minors enlisted upon false statement of age - (a) The Secretary of the Navy, under regulations prescribed by...

CHAPTER 841— VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT

§ 8321. Officers: 40 years - (a) Each officer of the Regular Navy or the Regular...

§ 8322. Officers: 30 years - (a) An officer of the Regular Navy or the Regular...

§ 8323. Officers: 20 years - (a)(1) An officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps...

§ 8324. Officers: creditable service - For the purpose of this chapter, service as a nurse...

§ 8325. Officers: retired grade and pay - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or section 1370...

§ 8326. Enlisted members: 30 years - (a) Each enlisted member of the Regular Navy or the...

§ 8327. Officers and enlisted members of the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve: 30 years; 20 years; retired pay - (a) A member of the Navy Reserve or the Marine...

§ 8328. Computation of years of service: voluntary retirement - (a) Enlisted Members.—Time required to be made up under section...

§ 8329. Officers not to be retired for misconduct - No officer of the Navy or the Marine Corps may...

§ 8330. Enlisted members: transfer to Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve; retainer pay - (a) The Fleet Reserve and the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve...

§ 8331. Members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve: transfer to the retired list; retired pay - (a) When he has completed 30 years of service, or...

§ 8332. Conclusiveness of transfers - (1) to the Fleet Reserve; (2) to the Fleet Marine...

§ 8333. Computation of retired and retainer pay - (a) The monthly retired pay or retainer pay of a...

§ 8334. Higher grade after 30 years of service: warrant officers and enlisted members - (a) Each member of the naval service covered by subsection...

§ 8335. Restoration to former grade: warrant officers and enlisted members - Each retired warrant officer or enlisted member of the naval...

§ 8336. Highest grade held satisfactorily: Reserve enlisted members reduced in grade not as a result of the member’s misconduct - (a) A member of the Navy Reserve or Marine Corps...

CHAPTER 843— INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT, SEPARATION, AND FURLOUGH

§ 8371. Mandatory retirement: Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy; waiver authority - (a) Mandatory Retirement.—Upon the termination of the detail of an...

§ 8372. Regular Navy and Regular Marine Corps; officers designated for limited duty: retirement for length of service or failures of selection for promotion; discharge for failures of selection for promotion; reversion to prior status; retired grade; retired pay - (a) Mandatory Retirement.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (k), each...

§ 8373. Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve; officers: elimination from active status; computation of total commissioned service - (a) Subject to section 12645 of this title, an officer...

§ 8374. Treatment of fractions of years of service in computing retired pay and separation pay - In determining the total number of years of service to...

§ 8375. Navy and Marine Corps; warrant officers, W–1: limitation on dismissal - (a) No officer who holds the grade of warrant officer,...

CHAPTER 845— RECALL TO ACTIVE DUTY

§ 8383. Retired members: grade - An officer who has been advanced on the retired list...

§ 8384. Promotion of retired members to higher enlisted grades: retention of grade upon release from active duty - When on active duty, retired enlisted members of the Navy...

§ 8385. Members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve: authority to recall - (a) A member of the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet...

§ 8386. Members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve: release from active duty - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of...

CHAPTER 847— DEATH BENEFITS; CARE OF THE DEAD

§ 8392. Disposition of effects - (a) If money or other personal property of a deceased...

PART III— EDUCATION AND TRAINING

CHAPTER 851— OFFICER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS

§ 8411. Aviation cadets: grade; procurement; transfer - (a) The grade of aviation cadet is a special enlisted...

§ 8412. Aviation cadets: benefits - Except as provided in section 402(a) and (b) of title...

§ 8413. Aviation cadets: appointment as reserve officers - (a) An aviation cadet who fulfills the requirements of section...

§ 8415. Reserve student aviation pilots; reserve aviation pilots: appointments in commissioned grade - (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy...

CHAPTER 852— TRAINING GENERALLY

§ 8431. Recruit basic training: separate housing for male and female recruits - (a) Physically Separate Housing.—(1) The Secretary of the Navy shall...

§ 8432. Recruit basic training: privacy - The Secretary of the Navy shall require that access by...

CHAPTER 853— UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY

§ 8451. Location - The United States Naval Academy shall be located at Annapolis,...

§ 8451a. Superintendent - (a) There is a Superintendent of the United States Naval...

§ 8452. Civilian teachers: number; compensation - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may employ as many...

§ 8453. Midshipmen: appointment - Midshipmen at the Naval Academy shall be appointed by the...

§ 8454. Midshipmen: number - (a) The authorized strength of the Brigade of Midshipmen (determined...

§ 8454a. Midshipmen: nomination in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from office of Member of Congress otherwise authorized to nominate - (a) Senators.—In the event a Senator does not submit all...

§ 8455. Midshipmen: allotment upon redistricting of Congressional Districts - If as a result of redistricting a State the domicile...

§ 8456. Midshipmen: nomination and selection to fill vacancies - (a) If the annual quota of midshipmen from—(1) enlisted members...

§ 8458. Midshipmen: qualifications for admission - (a) Each candidate for admission to the Naval Academy—(1) must...

§ 8459. Midshipmen: agreement for length of service - (a) Each midshipman shall sign an agreement with respect to...

§ 8460. Midshipmen: clothing and equipment; uniform allowance - The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe the amount to...

§ 8461. Midshipmen: dismissal for best interests of the service - (a) Whenever the Superintendent of the Naval Academy believes that...

§ 8462. Midshipmen: discharge for unsatisfactory conduct or inaptitude - (a) The Superintendent of the Naval Academy shall submit to...

§ 8463. Midshipmen: discharge for deficiency - Midshipmen found deficient at any examination shall, unless the Academic...

§ 8464. Hazing: definition; prohibition - (a) In this chapter, the term “hazing” means any unauthorized...

§ 8465. Failure to report violation: dismissal - (a) Each officer stationed at the Naval Academy, each midshipman...

§ 8466. Course of study - (a) The course at the Naval Academy is four years....

§ 8467. Degree on graduation - Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, the...

§ 8468. Board of Visitors - (a) A Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy is...

§ 8469. Band: composition - (a) The Naval Academy Band shall be composed of one...

§ 8470. Permanent professors: promotion - (a) Promotion.—An officer serving as a permanent professor may be...

§ 8470a. Permanent professors: retirement for years of service; authority for deferral - (a) Retirement for Years of Service.—(1) Except as provided in...

§ 8471. Midshipmen’s store, trade shops, dairy, and laundry: nonappropriated fund instrumentality and accounts - (a) Operation as Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality.—The Superintendent of the Naval...

§ 8472. Chapel: crypt and window spaces - The crypt and window spaces of the Naval Academy Chapel...

§ 8473. Gifts, bequests, and loans of property: acceptance for benefit and use of Naval Academy - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may accept, hold, administer,...

§ 8474. United States Naval Academy Museum Fund: references to Fund - Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other...

§ 8475. Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major projects - (a) Acceptance Authority.—Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the...

§ 8476. Operation of Naval Academy dairy farm - (a) Discretion Regarding Continued Operation.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the...

§ 8477. Grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes: acceptance; authorized grantees - (a) Acceptance of Research Grants.—The Secretary of the Navy may...

§ 8478. Mixed-funded athletic and recreational extracurricular programs: authority to manage appropriated funds in same manner as nonappropriated funds - (a) Authority.—In the case of a Naval Academy mixed-funded athletic...

§ 8479. Midshipmen: charges and fees for attendance; limitation - (a) Prohibition.—Except as provided in subsection (b), no charge or...

§ 8480. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence - (a) Required Policy.—Under guidance prescribed by the Secretary of Defense,...

§ 8481. Support of athletic and physical fitness programs - (a) Authority.—(1) Contracts and cooperative agreements.—The Secretary of the Navy...

CHAPTER 855— UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL

§ 8541. Function - (1) their practical and theoretical duties; (2) the science, physics,...

§ 8542. President; assistants - (a)(1) The President of the Naval Postgraduate School shall be...

§ 8543. Provost and Chief Academic Officer - (a) There is at the Naval Postgraduate School the civilian...

§ 8544. Civilian teachers: number; compensation - The Secretary of the Navy may employ as many civilians...

§ 8545. Officers of the other armed forces; enlisted members: admission - (a)(1) The Secretary of the Navy may permit officers of...

§ 8546. Officers of foreign countries: admission - (a) The Secretary of the Navy, upon authorization of the...

§ 8547. Students at institutions of higher education: admission - (a) Admission Pursuant to Reciprocal Agreement.—The Secretary of the Navy...

§ 8548. Degree granting authority for United States Naval Postgraduate School - (a) Authority.—Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy,...

§ 8549. Defense industry civilians: admission to defense product development program - (a) Authority for Admission.—The Secretary of the Navy may permit...

§ 8550. Grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes: acceptance; authorized grantees - (a) Acceptance of Research Grants.—The Secretary of the Navy may...

CHAPTER 857— RETIREMENT OF CIVILIAN MEMBERS OF THE TEACHING STAFFS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AND UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL

§ 8581. Civilian member: definition; exceptions - (a) In this chapter, the term “civilian member” means a...

§ 8582. Deferred annuity policy required - Each civilian member, as a part of his contract of...

§ 8583. Annuity premium to be paid by monthly installments; government reimbursement - Each civilian member shall make a monthly allotment in an...

§ 8584. Age of retirement - A civilian member may be retired at any time after...

§ 8585. Computation of life annuity - Each civilian member who retires under is entitled to a...

§ 8586. Physical disability retirement - (a) Each civilian member who has served not less than...

§ 8587. Election of annuity for self and beneficiary - (a) At the time of his retirement, a civilian member...

§ 8588. Regulations - The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations for the...

CHAPTER 859— PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION SCHOOLS

§ 8591. Degree granting authority for Naval War College - (a) Authority.—Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy,...

§ 8592. Degree granting authority for Marine Corps University - (a) Authority.—Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy,...

§ 8593. Naval War College: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes - (a) Acceptance of Research Grants.—The Secretary of the Navy may...

§ 8594. Marine Corps University: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes - (a) Acceptance of Research Grants.—The Secretary of the Navy may...

§ 8595. United States Naval Community College: establishment and degree granting authority - (a) Establishment and Function.—There is a United States Naval Community...

PART IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 861— SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES

§ 8604. Schools near naval activities: financial aid - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may contribute, out of...

§ 8605. Promotion of health and prevention of accidents - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may make such expenditures...

§ 8607. Administration of liberated and occupied areas - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may, out of any...

§ 8611. Attendance at meetings of technical, professional, or scientific organizations - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may authorize—(1) members of...

§ 8612. Employment of outside architects and engineers - (a) Whenever the Secretary of the Navy believes that the...

§ 8614. Apprehension of deserters and prisoners; operation of shore patrols - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may make such expenditures...

§ 8616. Collection, preservation, and display of captured flags - The Secretary of the Navy shall collect all flags, standards,...

§ 8617. National Museum of the United States Navy - (a) Authority to Support Development and Operation of Museum.—(1) The...

§ 8619. Leases of waterfront property from States or municipalities - In leasing waterfront property from a State or municipality, the...

§ 8620. Gifts for welfare of enlisted members - The Secretary of the Navy may accept gifts for use...

§ 8621. Acceptance and care of gifts to vessels - The Secretary of the Navy may accept and care for...

§ 8622. Naval Historical Center Fund: references to Fund - Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other...

§ 8623. Acquisition of land for radio stations and for other purposes - Land of the United States that is under the control...

§ 8624. Transportation on naval vessels during wartime - In time of war or during a national emergency declared...

§ 8625. Navy Reserve flag - (1) the vessel is documented under the laws of the...

§ 8626. Navy Reserve yacht pennant - (1) the vessel is documented under the laws of the...

§ 8627. Foreign naval vessels and aircraft: supplies and services - (a) The Secretary of the Navy, under such regulations as...

§ 8628. Merchant vessels: supplies - (a) The Secretary of the Navy, under such regulations as...

§ 8629. Purchase of fuel - In buying fuel, the Secretary of the Navy may, in...

§ 8631. Accounting for expenditures for obtaining information - When the Secretary of the Navy decides that an expenditure...

§ 8633. Auxiliary vessels: extended lease authority - (a) Authorized Contracts.—Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the...

§ 8634. Submarine safety programs: participation of NATO naval personnel - (a) Acceptance of Assignment of Foreign Naval Personnel.—In order to...

§ 8635. Establishment of the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas - (a) Establishment.—The Secretary of the Navy shall establish areas, to...

CHAPTER 863— NAVAL VESSELS

§ 8661. Classification - The President may establish, and from time to time modify,...

§ 8662. Naming - (a) Not more than one vessel of the Navy may...

§ 8663. Number in service in time of peace - In time of peace, the President may keep in service...

§ 8664. Suspension of construction in case of treaty - In case of a treaty for the limitation of naval...

§ 8667. Changing category or type: limitations - Unless they have been specifically made available for the purpose,...

§ 8669. Contracts: applicability of chapter 65 of title 41 - Each contract for the construction, alteration, furnishing, or equipping of...

§ 8669a. Construction of combatant and escort vessels and assignment of vessel projects - (a) The assignment of naval vessel conversion, alteration, and repair...

§ 8669b. Senior Technical Authority for each naval vessel class - (a) Senior Technical Authority.—(1) Designation for each vessel class required.—The...

§ 8669c. Assessments required prior to start of construction on first ship of a shipbuilding program - (a) In General.—The Secretary of the Navy may not approve...

§ 8670. Contracts for nuclear ships: sales of naval shipyard articles and services to private shipyards - The conditions set forth in and subsections (a)(1) and (c)(1)(A)...

§ 8671. Determination of vessel delivery dates - (a) In General.—The delivery of a covered vessel shall be...

§ 8673. Model Basin; investigation of hull designs - The Secretary of the Navy may authorize experiments to be...

§ 8674. Examination of vessels; striking of vessels from Naval Vessel Register - (a) Boards of Officers To Examine Naval Vessels.—(1) The Secretary...

§ 8675. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register: sale - (a) Appraisal of Vessels Stricken From Naval Vessel Register.—The Secretary...

§ 8675a. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register: contracts for dismantling on net-cost basis - (a) Authority for Net-Cost Basis Contracts.—When the Secretary of the...

§ 8676. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register; captured vessels: conveyance by donation - (a) Authority to Make Transfer.—The Secretary of the Navy may...

§ 8676a. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register: use for experimental purposes - (a) Authority.—The Secretary of the Navy may use for experimental...

§ 8676b. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register: transfer by gift or otherwise for use as artificial reefs - (a) Authority To Make Transfer.—The Secretary of the Navy may...

§ 8677. Disposals to foreign nations - (a) Larger or Newer Vessels.—A naval vessel that is in...

§ 8678. Chief of Naval Operations: certification required for disposal of combatant vessels - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no combatant vessel of...

§ 8678a. Limitation on decommissioning or inactivating a battle force ship before the end of expected service life - (a) Limitation.—The Secretary of the Navy may not decommission or...

§ 8679. Construction of vessels in foreign shipyards: prohibition - (a) Prohibition.—Except as provided in subsection (b), no vessel to...

§ 8680. Overhaul, repair, etc. of vessels in foreign shipyards: restrictions - (a) Vessels Under Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy...

§ 8681. Repair or maintenance of naval vessels: handling of hazardous waste - (a) Contractual Provisions.—The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that...

§ 8682. Service craft stricken from Naval Vessel Register; obsolete boats: use of proceeds from exchange or sale - (a) Exchange or Sale of Similar Items.—When the Secretary of...

§ 8683. Ship overhaul work: availability of appropriations for unusual cost overruns and for changes in scope of work - (a) Unusual Cost Overruns.—(1) Appropriations available to the Department of...

§ 8684. Overhaul of naval vessels: competition between public and private shipyards - (1) The bid of any public shipyard for the award...

[§ 8684a. Omitted] -

§ 8685. Preservation of Navy shipbuilding capability - (a) Shipbuilding Capability Preservation Agreements.—The Secretary of the Navy may...

§ 8686. Support for transfers of decommissioned vessels and shipboard equipment - (a) Authority To Provide Assistance.—The Secretary of the Navy may...

§ 8687. Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, and craft, and components thereof - (a) In General.—Government rights in the design of a vessel,...

§ 8688. Warranty requirements for shipbuilding contracts - (a) Requirement.—A contracting officer for a contract for new construction...

[§ 8688a. Omitted] -

§ 8689. Requirements for availability of funds relating to advanced naval nuclear fuel systems based on low-enriched uranium - (a) Authorization.—Low-enriched uranium activities may only be carried out using...

§ 8690. Limitation on length of overseas forward deployment of naval vessels - (a) Limitation.—The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that no...

§ 8691. Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers: dismantlement and disposal - (a) In General.—Not less than 90 days before the award...

§ 8692. Ford-class aircraft carriers: cost limitation baselines - (a) Limitation.—The total amounts obligated or expended from funds authorized...

§ 8693. Biennial report on shipbuilder training and the defense industrial base - (a) In General.—Not later than February 1 of each even-numbered...

§ 8694. Annual report on ship maintenance - (a) Report Required.—Not later than October 15 of each year,...

§ 8695. Navy battle force ship assessment and requirement reporting - (a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date...

§ 8696. Navy shipbuilding workforce development special incentive - (a) Requirement.—(1) In general.—The Secretary of the Navy shall include...

§ 8696. Battle force ship employment, maintenance, and manning baseline plans - (a) In General.—Not later than 45 days after the date...

CHAPTER 865— SALVAGE FACILITIES

§ 8701. Authority to provide for necessary salvage facilities - (a) Authority.—The Secretary of the Navy may provide, by contract...

§ 8702. Acquisition and transfer of vessels and equipment - (a) Authority.—The Secretary of the Navy may acquire or transfer...

§ 8703. Settlement of claims - (a) Authority to Settle Claim.—The Secretary of the Navy may...

§ 8704. Disposition of receipts - Amounts received under this chapter shall be credited to appropriations...

CHAPTER 867— UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY

§ 8715. Naval Observatory: administration - (a) The Naval Observatory shall be attached to the Office...

§ 8716. Naval Observatory: exchange of information with foreign offices - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may arrange to exchange...

CHAPTER 869— NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES

§ 8720. Definitions - (1) The term “national defense” includes the needs of, and...

§ 8721. Jurisdiction and control - (a) The Secretary shall take possession of all properties inside...

§ 8722. Administration - (a) The Secretary, directly or by contract, lease, or otherwise,...

§ 8723. Periodic re-examination of production requirements - The Secretary shall from time to time reexamine the need...

§ 8724. Protection of oil reserves; contracts for conservation - (a) To consolidate and protect the oil lands owned by...

§ 8725. Acquisition by condemnation and purchase - (a) Whenever the Secretary is unable to make arrangements he...

§ 8727. Cooperative or unit plans in the naval petroleum reserves - The Secretary, with the consent of the President, may make...

§ 8728. Agreements and leases: provision for change - Every unit or cooperative plan of development and operation and...

§ 8729. Re-lease of certain lands: lessee’s preferential right - The Secretary, on terms prescribed by him, may re-lease lands...

§ 8730. Disposition of products - (a) In administering the naval petroleum reserves under this chapter,...

§ 8731. Requirements as to consultation and approval - (a) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and...

§ 8732. Authorizations of appropriations - (a) Funds for the following purposes may not be appropriated...

§ 8733. Disposition of royalties - (a) Any oil, gas, gasoline or other substance accruing to...

§ 8735. Foreign interest - (a) If the laws, customs, or regulations of any foreign...

§ 8736. Regulations - (a) The Secretary may prescribe regulations and take any proper...

§ 8737. Violations by lessee - (a) If a lessee fails to comply with any provision...

§ 8738. Rifle, Colorado, plant; possession, use, and transfer of - (a) The Secretary shall take possession of the experimental demonstration...

§ 8739. Certain oil shale reserves: transfer of jurisdiction and petroleum exploration, development, and production - (a) Transfer Required.—(1) Upon the enactment of this section, the...

CHAPTER 871— CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES

§ 8742. Physical examination: employees engaged in hazardous occupations - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may provide for physical...

§ 8743. Employment of aliens - Laws prohibiting payment of compensation to a person who is...

§ 8746. Administration of oaths by clerks and employees - (a) Chief clerks and inspectors attached to any office of...

§ 8747. Transportation of dependents and household effects of civilian personnel stationed outside the United States: payment in lieu of transportation - (a) When civilian employees of the Department of the Navy...

§ 8748. Naval War College and Marine Corps University: civilian faculty members - (a) Authority of Secretary.—The Secretary of the Navy may employ...

§ 8749. Civil service mariners of Military Sealift Command: release of drug and alcohol test results to Coast Guard - (a) Release of Drug or Alcohol Test Results to Coast...

§ 8749a. Civil service mariners of Military Sealift Command: alcohol testing - The Secretary of the Navy may prescribe regulations establishing a...

§ 8750. Special agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service: authority to execute warrants and make arrests - (a) Authority.—The Secretary of the Navy may authorize any Department...

CHAPTER 873— PROCUREMENT OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES

§ 8751. Notification of Navy procurement production disruptions - (a) Requirement for Contractor To Provide Notice of Delays.—The Secretary...

§ 8752. Contracts for research - (a) The Secretary of the Navy and, by direction of...

§ 8753. Tolls and fares: payment or reimbursement - Naval appropriations chargeable for transportation or travel are available for...

§ 8754. Marine mammals: use for national defense purposes - (a) Authority.—Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may...

§ 8755. Disclosures for offerors for certain shipbuilding major defense acquisition program contracts - (a) In General.—Any covered offeror seeking to be awarded a...

CHAPTER 875— DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS MATERIAL

§ 8761. Obsolete and other material: gift or sale to Boy Scouts of America, Naval Sea Cadet Corps and Young Marines of the Marine Corps League - (1) give obsolete material not needed for naval purposes; and...

§ 8761a. Uniform clothing: sale to Naval Sea Cadet Corps - Subject to regulations under , the Secretary of the Navy,...

§ 8761b. Authority to make grants for purposes of Naval Sea Cadet Corps - Subject to the availability of funds for this purpose, the...

§ 8762. Excess clothing: sale for distribution to needy - (a) Subject to regulations under section 121 of title 40,...

§ 8763. Useless ordnance material: disposition of proceeds on sale - The net proceeds of sales of useless ordnance material by...

§ 8764. Devices and trophies: transfer to other agencies - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may, without reimbursement, transfer...

§ 8765. Obsolete material and articles of historical interest: loan or gift - (a) Authority To Make Loans and Gifts.—The Secretary of the...

§ 8766. Loan or gift of articles to ships’ sponsors and donors - (1) to the sponsor of a vessel the name plate...

§ 8767. Equipment for instruction in seamanship: loan to military schools - (a) Upon the application of the governor of any State...

CHAPTER 877— QUARTERS, UTILITIES, AND SERVICES

§ 8771. Quarters or other accommodations: to whom furnished - (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy...

§ 8772. Quarters: accommodations in place for members on sea duty or assigned to duty in connection with commissioning or fitting out of a ship - (a) If public quarters are not available, the Secretary of...

§ 8773. Quarters: temporary; transient members - Temporary quarters may be furnished on a rental basis to...

§ 8776. Quarters: extension telephones - (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy...

§ 8777. Quarters: Nurse Corps officers; assignment in hospitals - Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy prescribes,...

§ 8779. Officers’ messes and quarters: limitations on employment of enlisted members - (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy...

§ 8780. Heat and light for Young Men’s Christian Association buildings - The Secretary of the Navy may furnish, without charge, heat...

§ 8781. Marine Corps post laundries: disposition of receipts - (a) Money received for laundry work performed by Marine Corps...

§ 8782. Naval and Marine Corps Historical Centers: fee for providing historical information to the public - (a) Authority.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of...

CHAPTER 879— SHIPS’ STORES AND COMMISSARY STORES

§ 8801. Sales: members of the naval service and Coast Guard; widows and widowers; civilian employees and other persons - (a) Such stores as the Secretary of the Navy designates...

§ 8802. Sales: members of Army, Air Force, and Space Force; prices - The Navy and the Marine Corps shall sell subsistence supplies...

§ 8803. Sales: veterans under treatment - A person who has been separated honorably or under honorable...

§ 8804. Ships’ stores: sale of goods and services - (a) In General.—Under such regulations and at such prices as...

§ 8805. Acceptance of Government checks outside the United States - (1) accept any Government check tendered by a retired member...

§ 8806. Subsistence and other supplies: members of armed forces; veterans; executive or military departments and employees; prices - (a)(1) The Secretary of the Navy shall procure and sell,...

CHAPTER 881— CLAIMS

§ 8821. Definitions - (a) In this chapter “vessel in the naval service” means—(1)...

§ 8822. Admiralty claims against the United States - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may settle, or compromise,...

§ 8823. Admiralty claims by the United States - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may settle, or compromise,...

CHAPTER 883— PRIZE

§ 8851. Scope of chapter - (a) This chapter applies to all captures of vessels as...

§ 8852. Jurisdiction - (a) The United States district courts have original jurisdiction, exclusive...

§ 8853. Court in which proceedings brought - (a) If a prize is brought into a port of...

§ 8854. Effect of failure to start proceedings - (1) move for a monition to show cause why such...

§ 8855. Appointment of prize commissioners and special prize commissioners - (a) In each judicial district there may be not more...

§ 8856. Duties of United States attorney - (a) The interests of the United States in a prize...

§ 8857. Duties of commanding officer of capturing vessel - (a) The commanding officer of a vessel making a capture...

§ 8858. Duties of prize master - (1) deliver immediately to a prize commissioner the documents and...

§ 8859. Libel and proceedings by United States attorney - (a) Upon receiving the report of the prize master directed...

§ 8860. Duties of prize commissioners - (1) receive from the prize master the documents and papers...

§ 8861. Interrogation of witnesses by prize commissioners - Witnesses before the prize commissioners shall be questioned separately, on...

§ 8862. Duties of marshal - (1) keep in his custody all persons found on board...

§ 8863. Prize property appropriated for the use of the United States - (a) Any officer or agency designated by the President may...

§ 8864. Delivery of property on stipulation - (a) Prize property may be delivered to a claimant on...

§ 8865. Sale of prize - (a) The court shall order a sale of prize property...

§ 8866. Mode of making sale - (a) If a sale of prize property is ordered by...

§ 8867. Transfer of prize property to another district for sale - (a) In the case of any prize property ordered to...

§ 8868. Disposition of prize money - The net proceeds of all property condemned as prize shall...

§ 8869. Security for costs - The court may require any party to give security for...

§ 8870. Costs and expenses a charge on prize property - (a) Costs and expenses allowed by the court incident to...

§ 8871. Payment of costs and expenses from prize fund - (a) Payment may not be made from a prize fund...

§ 8872. Recaptures: award of salvage, costs, and expenses - (a) If a vessel or other property that has been...

§ 8873. Allowance of expenses to marshals - The marshal shall be allowed his actual and necessary expenses...

§ 8874. Payment of witness fees - If the court allows fees to any witness in a...

§ 8875. Commissions of auctioneers - (a) The Secretary of the Navy may establish a scale...

§ 8876. Compensation of prize commissioners and special prize commissioners - (a) Naval prize commissioners and naval special prize commissioners may...

§ 8877. Accounts of clerks of district courts - (a) The clerk of each district court, for the purpose...

§ 8878. Interfering with delivery, custody, or sale of prize property - Whoever willfully does, or aids or advises in the doing...

§ 8879. Powers of district court over prize property notwithstanding appeal - Notwithstanding an appeal, the district court may make and execute...

§ 8880. Appeals and amendments in prize causes - (a) A United States Court of Appeals may allow an...

§ 8881. Reciprocal privileges to cobelligerent - (a) A cobelligerent of the United States that consents to...

CHAPTER 885— STAY OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

§ 8891. Scope of chapter - (a) This chapter applies to any suit against the United...

§ 8892. Stay of suit - (a) Whenever in time of war the Secretary of the...

§ 8893. Stay of proceedings for preserving evidence after stay of suit - If, at the time of certification under , or at...

§ 8894. Stay of proceedings for taking evidence before suit is filed - (a) If in time of war, with respect to any...

§ 8895. Stay extended or shortened - The Secretary of the Navy, when a stay under this...

§ 8896. Reconsideration of stay - (a) A claimant or party who considers himself adversely affected...

§ 8897. Duration of stay - A stay of proceedings under this chapter remains in effect...

§ 8898. Restricted certificate - The Secretary of the Navy may restrict a certificate issued...

§ 8899. Investigation before issue of certificate - The Secretary of the Navy may not issue a certificate...

§ 8900. Evidence admissible when witness is not available - (1) the United States or the claimant has been prevented...

CHAPTER 887— NAVAL MILITIA

§ 8901. Composition - The Naval Militia consists of the Naval Militia of the...

§ 8902. Appointment and enlistment in reserve components - In the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy, any...

§ 8903. Release from Militia duty upon order to active duty in reserve components - When ordered to active duty, a member of the Navy...

§ 8904. Availability of material for Naval Militia - (1) at least 95 percent of the members of the...

CHAPTER 889— ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

§ 8911. Custody of departmental records and property - The Secretary of the Navy has custody and charge of...

§ 8912. Accounts of paymasters of lost or captured naval vessels - When settling the account of a paymaster of a lost...

§ 8913. Disposal of public stores by order of commanding officer - When settling an account of a disbursing official, the Comptroller...

CHAPTER 891— NAMES AND INSIGNIA

§ 8921. Unauthorized use of Marine Corps insignia - (a) The seal, emblem, and initials of the United States...

CHAPTER 893— NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

§ 8931. National Oceanographic Partnership Program - (a) Establishment.—The Secretary of the Navy shall establish a program...

§ 8932. Ocean Policy Committee - (a) Committee.—There is established an Ocean Policy Committee (hereinafter referred...

§ 8933. Ocean Research Advisory Panel - (a) Establishment.—(1) The Ocean Policy Committee shall establish an Ocean...

CHAPTER 895— ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL OTHER THAN TO ARMED FORCES

§ 8942. Rifles and ammunition for target practice: educational institutions having corps of midshipmen - (a) Authority To Lend.—The Secretary of the Navy may lend,...

§ 8943. Supplies: military instruction camps - Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Secretary of...

CHAPTER 897— MARITIME SAFETY OF FORCES

§ 8951. Safety and effectiveness information; hydrographic information - (a) Safety and Effectiveness Information.—(1) The Secretary of the Navy...

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