Section 8041 - Headquarters, Marine Corps: function; composition(a) There is in the executive part of the Department of the Navy a Headquarters, Marine Corps. The function of the Headquarters, Marine Corps, is to assist the Secretary of the Navy in carrying out his responsibilities.(b) The Headquarters, Marine Corps, is composed of the following:(1) The Commandant of the Marine Corps.(2) The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.(3) The Deputy Commandants.(4) The Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.(5) Other members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned or detailed to the Headquarters, Marine Corps.(6) Civilian employees in the Department of the Navy assigned or detailed to the Headquarters, Marine Corps.(c) Except as otherwise specifically prescribed by law, the Headquarters, Marine Corps, shall be organized in such manner, and its members shall perform such duties and have such titles, as the Secretary may prescribe.Added Pub. L. 99-433, title V, §513(b), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1052, §5041; amended Pub. L. 106-398, §1 [[div. A], title IX, §902(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-224; Pub. L. 112-239, div. A, title V, §531(c), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1726; renumbered §8041, Pub. L. 115-232, div. A, title VIII, §807(a)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2018- Pub. L. 115-232 renumbered section 5041 of this title as this section. 2013-Subsec. (b)(4) to (6). Pub. L. 112-239 added par. (4) and redesignated former pars. (4) and (5) as (5) and (6), respectively.2000-Subsec. (b)(3) to (7). Pub. L. 106-398 added par. (3), redesignated pars. (6) and (7) as (4) and (5), respectively, and struck out former pars. (3) to (5) which read as follows:"(3) The Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps."(4) The Deputy Chiefs of Staff. "(5) The Assistant Chiefs of Staff."
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115-232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115-232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
- executive part of the department
- The term "executive part of the department" means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.