10 U.S.C. § 8011

Organization

The Department of the Navy is separately organized under the Secretary of the Navy. It operates under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense.

( Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 , 70A Stat. 277 , § 5011; Pub. L. 87–651, title II, § 212 , Sept. 7, 1962 , 76 Stat. 524 ; Pub. L. 99–433, title V, § 511(b)(2) , (c)(1), Oct. 1, 1986 , 100 Stat. 1043 ; renumbered § 8011, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(a)(1) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1834 .)