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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§8028 Director of Small Business Programs

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION › Chapter CHAPTER 803— - DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY › § 8028

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Navy must have a Director of Small Business Programs who the Secretary of the Navy appoints. The Office of Small Business Programs in the Navy is the office set up under section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)), and the Director runs that office. The Director must carry out the Navy’s small-business duties and use the powers the Secretary gives. Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act applies to the Director, except for the parts that name the Director and the Office.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §8028

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(a)There is a Director of Small Business Programs in the Department of the Navy. The Director is appointed by the Secretary of the Navy.
(b)The Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Navy is the office that is established within the Department of the Navy under section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)). The Director of Small Business Programs is the head of such office.
(c)(1)The Director of Small Business Programs shall, subject to paragraph (2), perform such duties regarding small business programs of the Department of the Navy, and shall exercise such powers regarding those programs, as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe.
(2)section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)), except for the designations of the Director and the Office, applies to the Director of Small Business Programs.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 5028 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

The Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of the Navy and the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of the Navy were redesignated the Director of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Navy and the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of the Navy, respectively, by Pub. L. 109–163 which also provided that references to the former were deemed to refer to the latter. See section 904(a) of Pub. L. 109–163, set out as a note under section 144 of this title.

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment 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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8028

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73