To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 311 To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 8, 2019 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 3 NAVY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 4 AND MARINE CORPS. 5 (a) REDESIGNATION OF MILITARY DEPARTMENT.— 6 The military department designated as the Department of 7 the Navy is redesignated as the Department of the Navy 8 and Marine Corps. 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H311.IH H311 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 311 IH (b) REDESIGNATION OF SECRETARY AND OTHER 1 STATUTORY OFFICES.— 2 (1) SECRETARY.—The position of the Secretary 3 of the Navy is redesignated as the Secretary of the 4 Navy and Marine Corps. 5 (2) OTHER STATUTORY OFFICES.—The posi- 6 tions of the Under Secretary of the Navy, the four 7 Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and the General 8 Counsel of the Department of the Navy are redesig- 9 nated as the Under Secretary of the Navy and Ma- 10 rine Corps, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy 11 and Marine Corps, and the General Counsel of the 12 Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, respec- 13 tively. 14 SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 15 STATES CODE. 16 (a) DEFINITION OF MILITARY DEPARTMENT.—Para- 17 graph (8) of section 101(a) of title 10, United States 18 Code, is amended to read as follows: 19 ‘‘(8) The term ‘military department’ means the 20 Department of the Army, the Department of the 21 Navy and Marine Corps, and the Department of the 22 Air Force.’’. 23 (b) ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT.—Section 8011 24 of such title is amended by striking the first sentence and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H311.IH H311 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 311 IH inserting ‘‘The Department of the Navy and Marine Corps 1 is separately organized under the Secretary of the Navy 2 and Marine Corps.’’. 3 (c) POSITION OF SECRETARY.—Section 8013(a)(1) of 4 such title is amended by striking ‘‘There is a Secretary 5 of the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘There is a Secretary of the 6 Navy and Marine Corps’’. 7 (d) CHAPTER HEADINGS.— 8 (1) The heading of chapter 803 of such title is 9 amended to read as follows: 10 ‘‘CHAPTER 803—DEPARTMENT OF THE 11 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’. 12 (2) The heading of chapter 807 of such title is 13 amended to read as follows: 14 ‘‘CHAPTER 807—COMPOSITION OF THE DE- 15 PARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE 16 CORPS’’. 17 (e) OTHER AMENDMENTS.— 18 (1) Title 10, United States Code, is amended by 19 striking ‘‘Department of the Navy’’ and ‘‘Secretary 20 of the Navy’’ each place they appear other than as 21 specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) (includ- 22 ing in section headings, subsection captions, tables 23 of chapters, and tables of sections) and inserting 24 ‘‘Department of the Navy and Marine Corps’’ and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H311.IH H311 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 311 IH ‘‘Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps’’, respec- 1 tively, in each case with the matter inserted to be in 2 the same typeface and typestyle as the matter strick- 3 en. 4 (2)(A) Sections 8013(f), 8014(b)(2), 8016(a), 5 8017(2), 8032(a), and 8042(a) of such title are 6 amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of the 7 Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of the 8 Navy and Marine Corps’’. 9 (B) The heading of section 8016 of such title, 10 and the item relating to such section in the table of 11 sections at the beginning of chapter 803 of such 12 title, are each amended by inserting ‘‘and Marine 13 Corps’’ after ‘‘of the Navy’’, with the matter in- 14 serted in each case to be in the same typeface and 15 typestyle as the matter amended. 16 SEC. 3. OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW AND OTHER REF- 17 ERENCES. 18 (a) TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 37, 19 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Department 20 of the Navy’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy’’ each place they 21 appear and inserting ‘‘Department of the Navy and Ma- 22 rine Corps’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy and Marine 23 Corps’’, respectively. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H311.IH H311 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 311 IH (b) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law 1 other than in title 10 or title 37, United States Code, or 2 in any regulation, document, record, or other paper of the 3 United States, to the Department of the Navy shall be 4 considered to be a reference to the Department of the 5 Navy and Marine Corps. Any such reference to an office 6 specified in section 2(b) shall be considered to be a ref- 7 erence to that officer as redesignated by that section. 8 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 9 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 10 take effect on the first day of the first month beginning 11 more than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 12 Act. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:09 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H311.IH H311 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS